THE MATANCERO Yurisbel Gracial and Yariel Rodríguez from Camagüey presented themselves brilliantly on the second day of the 2022 campaign of the Japanese Professional Baseball League.
The Softbank Falcons slugger went 1-3 with a double, a run scored and another RBI, in a match that his team beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 6-3 at the Pay Pay Dome in Fukuoka.
The Cuban lowered his offensive average from .400 to .375, in what is still an outstanding opening to the season.
The other Cuban hawks, Liván Moinelo and Alfredo Despaigne, did not see any activity on the day.
Rodriguez of the Chunichi Dragons walked but allowed no hits or runs in a relief episode. He dropped his ERA to 0.00 after two boxing appearances. His team lost 5×7 to the Yomiuri Giants at the Tokyo Dome.
