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Winter Leagues Recap: 11/11

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In Winter League action yesterday, Benji Gonzalez made his first start for Leones de Ponce, batting ninth and playing shortstop. He went 1-for-4, with a stolen base, a run scored and he turned two double plays.

In Dominican League action, Oscar Tejada went 0-for-1 with a strikeout, while Anderson Hernandez went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts. Neither Starling Marte, nor Gregory Polanco played yesterday, while Alen Hanson hasn’t played since November 2nd.

In the Venezuelan Winter League game between Aguilas del Zulia and Bravos de Margarita, Pirates pitchers finished off the game for both teams. Newly signed minor league free agent, Ryan Reid, threw a scoreless ninth to wrap up the 10-3 win, striking out two of the three batters he faced. On the other side, Jhonathan Ramos recorded the final two outs, but not before allowing one run on two hits. Ramos has struggled in his six outings, giving up four runs on eight hits and a walk over 3.2 innings.

Also in the VWL, Darren Ford went 1-for-4 yesterday with three strikeouts and his seventh stolen base. He has a .253/.345/.313 line in 99 AB’s.

The Australian Baseball League has off today. A recap of their game from yesterday can be found here.

Neither Pirates player currently in the Mexican League(Ali Solis and Jovany Lopez) played yesterday.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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