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MLB: with Pérez and Correa explosives, that’s how Latin Americans did

After a new day of Major League Baseball, that’s how it was for the Latin American representatives.

Venezuelan Salvador Pérez remains the protagonist in professional baseball in the Major Leagues, this time to continue his brilliant offensive season that allowed him to tie an all-time record and also return to the home run lead in the majors.

Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for most home runs by a receiver in a season at 45, which didn’t stop the Oakland Athletics from beating their Kansas City Royals 7-2.

The veteran Venezuelan player hit a two-run home run in the first inning, ing, to match the record set by Bench in 1970 by a player who has played at least 75% of his games as a catcher.

The Venezuelan’s 45 homers, as well as his 112 RBIs, constitute the major statistics of the Major Leagues this season.

Pérez was 4-2 with a run scored and two RBIs with the Royals and shares the home run lead with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays, who had a bye.

Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa led the seven-run offense with a three-run homer in the fourth inning, and the Houston Astros smashed the Texas Rangers by beating 12-1.

Venezuelan pitcher Luis García, who had to replace the scheduled starter for this match, Dominican left-hander Framber Valdez, after suffering a cut in the index of his left hand, kept the shutout until the sixth inning.

The Astros, leaders in the AL West, held a seven-game lead over Oakland with 16 games remaining.

Houston won three of four games in its last series against the Rangers, who are in the bottom of the standings.

Designated hitter Yordan Alvarez contributed an RBI double that right fielder DJ Peters couldn’t reach despite jumping.

Also Cuban Yuli Gurriel drove in Alex Bregman with his second single of the game.

Garcia (11-7) took the win by working 5 1/3 innings in which he spaced five hits on an earned run, walked three and fanned two opposing hitters after hitting 87 pitches with 46 hitting the zone. of the “strike”.

Correa had his 23rd home run – the first to hit Glenn Otto (0-2) in the majors – after Gurriel’s single early in the fourth and a double-double by right fielder Kyle Tucker.

Venezuelan second baseman José Altuve was also present on the Astros’ unstoppable offense, going 3-for-1 with two runs scored.

Altuve joined Alvarez who went 5-1, one RBI, and Gurriel 6-2, two runs, one RBI.

But Correa would be the leader of the Latin batting for the Astros by going 4-2, two runs scored, three RBIs, while his compatriot, receiver Martín Maldonado had 1-0, two runs scored.

Puerto Rican shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. contributed his thirty-ninth home run of the season -leader of the National League-, which left him at the forefront of the San Diego Padres offense who defeated the San Diego Giants 7-4 this Thursday. Francisco, with whom they divided honors in the series.

The Padres came in the middle of the game against the Cardinals, who currently have the second wild-card berth in the NL playoffs. San Diego begins this Friday a series of three games in San Luis, which could be decisive.

Tatis Jr. also singled and walked a pair, one day after equaling his career-best four hits.

Again Tatis Jr., who went 3-2 with a run scored and an RBI, and Machado, who was 5-1 with two RBIs, were the Latino support in the Padres offense.

Venezuelan shortstop Luis Rengifo and right fielder José Rojas each contributed home runs and starter Alex Cobb solved by throwing five scoreless innings, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 9-3.

The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 17-8 and Latin American batting was present with Venezuelans Odubel Herrera who went 5-2, two runs scored and three RBIs and Freddy Galvis had 3-1 with two annotated.

Jean Segura was 6-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs.

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