By: Antonio Palma Enseñat
On this Saturday, the penultimate day before the break for the All-Star Games, 36 Venezuelan players stepped on the fields of Major League Baseball, it is a discreet performance that found Eduardo Escobar and Ranger Suarez as the most outstanding notes of the date.
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Eduardo Escobar, the scourge of the Cubs
The dark third baseman Edward Escobar He had a sweet game with the wood in the second duel of this Saturday’s doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at the legendary Wrigley Field.
Escobar ranked seventh in the New York shootout and was unleashed from the batter’s box by going 3-5, with a pair of extra-base hits, a double and a home run, to become the game’s best hitter.
The four-base hit came in the fourth inning on clean bases off Chicago starter Drew Smyly. On a one-ball, one-strike count, Escobar caught an 89mph sliced fastball in the low zone and deposited it 375 feet across the leftfieldthe eleventh that hits in the season.
With this performance, Escobar’s numbers improved to 223 AVG, with 73 hits and 40 RBI.
But as if his offensive performance weren’t enough, the Maracay native was also a key player on defense with a dobleplay excellent workmanship when the Cubs threatened to tie the game in the tenth inning.
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Ranger Suarez was part of five-hand grout
It’s getting harder to see pitchers throwing complete games in modern baseball. And that’s what happened to the Venezuelan left-hander of the Philadelphia Phillies Ranger Suarez who this Saturday achieved his seventh victory of the year with a 10×0 board against the Miami Marlins.
The dark-haired man withdrew the Miami batch without difficulty during the five innings he saw action in which he spaced out four hits and prescribed the same number of strikeouts.
However, manager Rob Thompson opted to remove him from the box after just 64 pitches and use four other pitchers, one per inning, to complete the five-handed grout.
After a couple of discreet starts, Ranger seems to have regained her confidence, the one that led her to be part of the Phillies’ starting staff who continue to trust her talent to fight for one of the playoff spots.
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This is how it went for the rest of the Venezuelans who saw action this Saturday in the Major Leagues:
Chicago White Sox
José Ruiz: IP: 1.0, H, 2K, PCL: 3.72
Seattle Mariners
Eugene Suarez: 4-0, BB, K, AVE: .238
Philadelphia Phillies
Ranger Suarez: Won (7-5) IP: 5.0, 4H, 4K, PCL: 4.07
Odubel Herrera: 1-1, AVE: .244
Oakland Athletics
Elvis Andrus: 4-1, BR, K, AVE: .224
Toronto Blue Jays
Max Castillo: IP: 3.0, 5H, 3CL, 2K, PCL: 3.38
Washington Nationals
Cesar Hernandez: 4-1, CA, AVE: .244
Keibert Ruiz: 4-0, CI, AVE: .251
Alcides Escobar: 3-0, K, AVE: .218
Andres Machado: IP: 1.0, H, PCL: 3.93
New York Mets
game 1
Luis Guillorme: 5-0, AC, 2K, AVE: .294
Eduardo Escobar: 4-0, 3K, AVE: .217
game 2
Luis Guillorme: 0-0, BB, AVE: .294
Eduardo Escobar: 5-3, HR, 2B, CI, CA, K, AVE: .217
Milwaukee Brewers
Omar Narvaez: 2-0, CI, AVE: .241
Minnesota Twins
Luis Arraez: 4-1, HR, CI, CA, K, AVE: .342
Detroit Tigers
Harold Castro: 3-1, BB, K, AVE: .281 /IP: 1.0, H, PCL: 4.50
Miguel Cabrera: 3-1, AVE: .287
Kansas City Royals
Edward Olivares: 4-1, CA, BB, 2K, AVE: .305
Freddy Fermin: 4-0, CA, 2K, AVE: .000
Arizona Diamondbacks
David Peralta: 1-0, AVE: .235
San Francisco Giants
Wilmer Flores: 4-1, CA, K, AVE: .253
Thairo Estrada: 3-1, 2B, AVE: .259
Pittsburg Pirates
Diego Castillo: 1-0, AVE: .207
Miami Marlins
Miguel Rojas: 4-0, K, AVE: .239
Jesus Aguilar: 3-2, AVE: .252
Avisail Garcia: 3-0, 2K, AVE: .228
Cleveland Guardians
Andres Gimenez: 2-0, CA, K, AVE: .296
New York Yankees
Marwin González: 2-0, K, AVE: .200
Baltimore Orioles
Anthony Santander: 4-1, 2B, CA, AVE: .238
Robinson Chirinos: 2-0, K, AVE: .162
Rougned Odor: 2-0, K, AVE: .198
Chicago Cubs
game 1
Rafael Ortega: 4-0, BB, 3K, AVE: .241
Wilson Contreras: 5-0, 3K, AVE: .254
game 2
Rafael Ortega: 2-0, BB, AVE: .240
Houston Astros
Jose Altuve: 4-1, K, AVE: .276
Los Angeles Angels
Luis Rengifo: 4-2, K, AVE: .259
José Suarez: IP: 3.2, 5H, 6CL, 3HR, 6K, 3BB, PCL: 5.60
Jose Quijada: IP: 1.0, K, PCL: 2.16
