CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former major leaguer Alex Cabrera has broken a three-decade-old Venezuelan record for most home runs in a season.
Cabrera hit his 21st home run on Sunday, a grand slam that soared into the left-field bleachers and surpassed the tally set in 1980 by former big league catcher Bo Diaz.
Cabrera, who turns 42 on Dec. 24, dedicated the feat to his wife. He said she arrived on Sunday in Venezuela from the United States.
With little more than a week to go in regular-season play in the winter league, Cabrera is on pace to become the first player to win a Triple Crown for leading the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in. He plays for Los Tiburones.
Cabrera played part of the 2000 season for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He’s played in Japan ever since then.
