Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne homers in Japan

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 29 (acn) Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne hit his 19th homerun on Wednesday to help his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, beat 6-5 the Nippon Ham Fighters in the Professional Baseball League of Japan (NPB).

The Caribbean player thus tied on top of this statistic in the Pacific circuit with his teammate Yuki Yanagita, two behind the absolute leader of the competition, the also Cuban Alexander Guerrero, who plays for the Chunichi Dragons in the Central League.
Despaigne batted 1 for 3, the hit was a solo homer, and scored two runs, and now his batting average is of .278 with 54 RBIs.
He remained in the disabled list for more than 15 days, due to an injury when he was having an excellent competitive moment as he ranked first in homeruns (18) and RBIs (53) in NPB, with a BA of .276 and OBP of .362.