The Caribbean Slugger, Balbino Fuenmayor, joined a select list of Caribes de Anzoátegui, of players with multiple postseason finishes with four or more home runs and at least 10 RBI according to the portal pelotabinaria; after going 2-4 with two RBIs scored in his team’s 5-4 victory over Navegantes del Magallanes at the Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel in Puerto La Cruz.
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Balbino hit a two-run shot with the game tied in the bottom of the seventh inning; and in addition to being the difference in the triumph of the “tribe”, he reached four home runs and more than 10 charters (11 in total) for the second time in his postseason career, joining Magglio Ordoñez (1997-98 and 2003-04 ) and Eliézer Alfonzo (2003-04 and 2007-08) as the only players in the eastern franchise with at least two playoff editions with at least four home runs and 10 or more RBIs.
The other time “Balbineitor” achieved both figures was in 2014-15; when he dispatched six full-round hits and sent 15 teammates to the rubber; Precisely in the last round robin season prior to this contest, for his part, Magglio completed six HR’s and 13 RBI’s in the all against all of 97-98, Eliézer collected seven HR’s and 16 RBI’s in 07-08, while both dispatched five hits and 11 RBIs and eight home runs and 23 walks in 2003-04 respectively.
Among the best of the franchise
It should also be remembered that Balbino this year became the second player in the franchise with the most homers in the playoffs, currently he has 17; just seven behind Eliézer Alfonzo, who dispatched 24 over eight postseasons. while in the line of the driven; ranks ninth with 43, one behind Gorkys Hernández (44), four behind Luis Jiménez (47) and five behind Oscar Salazar (48), on a list led by Eliézer Alfonzo (83) and that has at least four other sluggers with at least 50 brought to the plate.
