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Winter Leagues Recap: Johnson Throws Three Hitless Innings

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In Winter League action from last night, Starling Marte went 1-for-4, with his fourth triple of the DWL season. He also reached on an error in the second, but was thrown out stealing for his first caught stealing in nine attempts. Marte has tripled in three of the last six games.

Anderson Hernandez went 1-for-3, with a walk and his first home run of the DWL season. He now has a .737 OPS through 39 games.

Felix Pie went 0-for-4, with an RBI and a strikeout. He has a .242/.362/.339 line through 35 games.

Alex Valdez went 2-for-4, with two singles and two RBI’s. He now has a .311 average and 18 RBI’s in 30 games.

Kris Johnson, making his second appearance of the DWL season, threw three hitless innings of relief. He walked one and struck out two batters. Johnson allowed the tying run to score in the sixth inning after coming on with men on first and second and no outs. He gave up two sacrifice hits to the first two batters he faced, Felix Pie and Alex Valdez.

In Mexico, Ali Solis went 1-for-5, with an RBI double. He has a .183/.247/.220 line through 25 games.

In Venezuela, Ramon Cabrera pinch-hit in the seventh inning and grounded out in his only plate appearance.

Nate Baker made his second appearance of the VWL season. He threw 1.1 IP, allowing a solo homer, one walk and he recorded one strikeout.

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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