Dominican slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took a step towards the lead in the competition for the best home runner in the Major Leagues by hitting his 43rd homer so far this season, in addition to becoming the most outstanding Latin American of the day in the majors.
While the Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera He hit his unstoppable number 2,974 as a professional, and Fernando Tatis Jr. aims to return to the race for the home run lead by hitting his 38th of the season.
Guerrero Jr. hit his 43rd home run and helped the Toronto Blue Jays, who beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 in the first game of a doubleheader.
In the top of the third inning, Guerrero Jr., (43) hit the fairway with no running backs in circulation against pitches by starter Dean Kremer, with one out in the inning.
Guerrero Jr.’s hit from four corners flew 122 meters over the top of the left fence.
With his home runs, Guerrero Jr., remains in the solo runner-up in the competition for the best home runner in the Major Leagues, behind only the Japanese Shohei Ohtani, who has 44, and in front of the Venezuelan Salvador Pérez, who has connected 42.
Cuban ranger Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (17) also homered in the second inning with a teammate on point guard.
For the Orioles, Venezuelan ranger Anthony Santander (16) hit home runs for the second day in a row by connecting with a fellow on base in the first inning.
Third baseman Joey Wendle hit a triple and homered, relief Dietrich Enns won for the first time in the majors and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2, for whom Cabrera hit his hit number 2,974 as a professional, a single. producer in the fourth inning.
Ranger Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer with two outs in the fifth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4, who had Tatis Jr., with his 38th homer of the season.
Tatis Jr. got the ball out of the field in the fourth inning with a runner on the trails, hunting down Walker Buehler’s streamer.
The Dominican second baseman Jorge Polanco hit a pair of homers with the Minnesota Twins who defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-2, in a duel of teams eliminated from the playoffs.
Polanco (29) began his show of power in the first inning, with no runners ahead, by beating starter Brady Singer’s job.
In the fifth inning the Dominican returned to bounce the ball off the field against Singer, this time leading a runner ahead.
Dominican ranger Teoscar Hernández capped with an 11-run cluster homer and the Blue Jays beat the Orioles 11-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.
Hernández (26) bounced the ball from the field also with two teammates in circulation, against the shots of closer Manny Barreda.
The Mexican receiver Alejandro Kirk (8) also disappeared the ball from the field.
Kirk did it with a runner on base by finding the relay streamer Tanner Scott.
Luis Rengifo had a home run and three RBIs for the Los Angeles Angels to beat the Houston Astros 4-2.
His compatriot, starter José Suárez (7-7) allowed three hits and one run in a 5 2/3 innings job, during which he struck out seven.
The Astros were unable to spin hits after Suarez left the game and into the ninth inning.
Cuban closer Raisel Iglesias was in charge of getting the last three outws of the game and got his thirty-first save of the season with the Angels.
Bryan de la Cruz and Jesús Sánchez hit home runs in a row in the eighth off compatriot Richard Rodríguez, and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4.
De la Cruz, who went 4-for-3, broke the tie 3-3 by hitting his fourth home run of the season, between left and center field. Sanchez hit nine homers on the season by sending the ball all over right field and setting it 5-3.
Along with De la Cruz and Sánchez, Venezuelan Miguel Rojas was 4-1 with scored and RBI to also help the Marlins’ offense.
Puerto Rican Javier Báez homered and went 4-2 with three touchdowns and one RBI, but could not prevent the New York Mets’ 7-8 loss to their Yankees neighbors, in a game that began after an emotional ceremony for the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.