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Winter Leagues: Jose Osuna Hits His First Homer; Heredia Struggles Again

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In Venezuela on Saturday night, Jose Osuna went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in his team’s 5-3 victory. His team homered four times in the game, accounting for all of their runs. Going back to the regular season with Indianapolis, Osuna went 119 at-bats without a home run before his shot in this game. He is hitting .276/.382/.483 through eight games.

Elvis Escobar went 2-for-4 with his second triple and third stolen base. He scored a run, picked up an RBI and drew his first walk of the season. Escobar is hitting .414/.433/.586 in 30 plate appearances.

John Kuchno made his second start and allowed two runs on three hits in four innings. He had no walks, five strikeouts, and hit two batters (technically hit one batter two times). He threw 52 of his 78 pitches for strikes and had a 3:1 GO/AO ratio. Kuchno gave up one run over 3.2 innings in his debut.

In Mexico, Luis Heredia made his second appearance, trying to bounce back from allowing three runs while recording just one out in his debut on Thursday. He was able to keep the runs off the board on Saturday, but he still didn’t pitch well. Heredia gave up a single and two walks, while recording two outs. He left with the bases loaded and former Pirate Roberto Espinosa bailed him out by stranding all three runners. Heredia threw 29 pitches, with just 12 going for strikes.

Carlos Munoz went 2-for-4 with two singles. He is 3-for-8 in three games this season.

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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