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Winter Leagues: Polanco Loses Hitting Streak In Loss

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In the Dominican, Gregory Polanco had his 13 game hitting streak snapped, but he was still able to reach base once via walk. He finished the game 0-for-3, flying out to deep RF in the eighth to end his streak. In 14 games this season, he has reached base 30 times.

Matt Hague came on in the eighth inning as a pinch hitter for Toros del Este. He stayed in the game at first base and ended up going 0-for-1 with a walk.

In Venezuela, Elias Diaz went 1-for-2 with a walk and run scored. He also threw out the only runner attempting to steal against him. It was just the fourth start for Diaz, who hasn’t played since October 23rd.

In Puerto Rico, rain postponed the day for both Ivan De Jesus Jr. and Jerry Sands. Weather also caused a game in the Dominican to be postponed and one in Mexico, limiting the number of Pirates players seeing action on Sunday.

The Colombian Winter League starts this Friday.

The Australian Baseball League is off until Thursday.

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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