Anthony Santander reached 100 hits of the season with a home run

Baltimore Orioles Venezuelan outfielder Anthony Santander remains on fire with the bat. Yesterday, the Venezuelan hit a home run to reach 100 hits in the season, in addition to increasing his home runs to 32 in the game that the Orioles lost 10-3 to the Cleveland Guardians.

The Creole’s blast came in the top of the fourth inning off pitches from starter Ben Lively. The superb connection from the outfielder traveled a distance of 416 feet and had an exit velocity of 111.2 mph.

With his home run, Santander brought the Orioles closer to the scoreboard 5-2 at that point. In the game he finished 1-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and one RBI.

The native of Margarita has a remarkable .333 average in his last seven games. In that time he has three home runs, eight hits, six RBIs, eight runs scored in 24 visits to the batter’s box.

In this game, the Venezuelan Albert Suárez saw action on the mound in a relief role. He was on the mound for 1.2 innings, allowed three hits, three runs, gave up one walk and struck out one opponent.

FREDDY FERMÍN LIGA IN KANSAS’ WIN

Freddy Fermín stood out yesterday with the bat by linking up two hits and contributing to the Kansas City Royals’ 7-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

The Creole made his presence felt in the top of the seventh inning with a one-run single off the pitches of Venezuelan Keider Montero. With that hit, Fermín increased the Royals’ lead to 4-1 at that moment.

The Puerto Ordaz native finished the game 2-for-4 with one run brought home. The catcher has taken advantage of the opportunities and in his last seven games he has a remarkable batting average of .400.

||AP