Cuban Despaigne hits his First Homer in Japanese Professional Baseball League

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 10 (acn) After nine games, Cuban Alfredo Despaigne blasted his first homer in the Japanese professional baseball league (NPB), but he could not avoid the 1-4 loss of his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

The Cuban slugger has not had a good start this season and today he batted 1 for 4, and now his batting average is only of .121.
Last season he was the NBP leader in home runs (35) and RBIs (103).
Meanwhile, the also Cuban Livan Moinelo, also showed some improvement as he pitched one scoreless inning, including two strikeouts and a walk, to reduce his ERA to a dismal 13.50.
After nine games, the Hawks of Despaigne and Moinelo appear fourth among the six teams of the NPB Pacific League, with negative balance of four wins and five losses, four games behind the leader, the Saitama Seibu Lions.