Checking in with a few Pirates’ players and friend in winter league action
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Tigres de Aragua 6, Leones del Caracas 1
LF Lastings Milledge went 2-for-4 for Los Tigres, and another former Pirate farmhand, 1B Hector Gimenez, also had a hit in this game. Milledge started the scoring for Aragua, with a double in the 2nd inning. He came around to score on a sacrifice fly. A walk and a pair of doubles brought in 2 runs in the 2nd inning, giving Aragua a 3-0 lead. A single, a double, and another sacrifice fly in the 4th boosted the lead to 4-0. Milledge was hit by a pitch and Gimenez walked in the 5th, but neither scored in that frame. Los Tigres scored again with one run in the 8th, then both Milledge and Gimenez singled in the 9th, with Gimenez picking up an RBI. Caracas scored their only run in the bottom of the 9th with a walk and a double. Pirates’ Ramon Cabrera came on as a pinch-hitter for Los Leones in the 8th and lined a single into right field, but he was erased in a double play.
Caribes de Anzoategui 4, Aguilas de Zulia 3
Los Caribes did all their scoring in the 3rd inning. A pair of walks, including one to CF Gorkys Hernandez, opened the inning, and after a bunt moved both runners into scoring position, an intentional walk loaded the bases. A double drove in two of the runners, and a single pushed in two more. Hernandez walked again in the 4th, and he singled in the 6th, but was picked off and caught stealing. Pirates’ Exicardo Cayones made his winter league debut for Los Caribes as a pinch-hitter in the 8th inning, when he popped up a bunt. Zulia scored 2 runs in the 6th, and one more in the bottom of the 9th. After a lead-off single, former Pirate Carlos Maldonado lined a pinch-hit single into center field and was replaced by a pinch-runner. Another single brought in the run. Pirates’ Diego Moreno pitched the top of the 9th for Los Aguilas. He gave up two singles, but got two strikeouts, including Hernandez, and did not allow a run to score.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
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