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Winter Leagues: Big Game Tonight in the Dominican

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On Wednesday night in the Dominican, Socrates Brito went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Unfortunately for him, his error on this throw changed the game and caused a three-way tie for the second spot in the league finals. The best team finished 12-6, while the other three clubs all went 8-10. Licey (Brito’s team) will play tonight in a one-game playoff for second place. If they win, they will be in the finals. Brito went 19-for-73 (.260) with a double, two homers and 12 RBIs in the 18-game round robin series.

Here’s the error, which was still a strong throw, even if it wasn’t recommended with two outs at the time. It appears that the runner blocked the view of the throw, causing the third baseman to miss it.

On Thursday in Australia, Robbie Glendinning (pictured above) went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. In 33 games, he is hitting .317/.386/.540, with ten doubles, 14 walks, three stolen bases and six homers.

In Puerto Rico, Yacksel Rios helped his team to the league finals, where he struck out the only batter he faced on Thursday night. The best-of-seven finals is tied 1-1.

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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