Tag: Jorge Cortes
Winter Leagues 2/7 — Dominicans Take Caribbean Series Championship
Despite losing their last series game to Puerto Rico by a score of 3-1, the Dominican Republic (Los Leones del Escogido) has won the Caribbean Series. This is their lucky 13th series championship in the past 22 years, more than any other team in the competition. The Dominicans finished the round-robin championship series with a […]
Caribbean And Australian Series Wraps 2/6
We’re counting down to the opening of spring camps, but a few Pirates’ players and friends have been busy in the Caribbean Series. This has started as a round robin style tournament, with each team playing two games against each other team. The Dominican Republic team won their first four games, beating Mexico twice, and […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/29 — Gimenez Leads Aragua To Caribbean Series
The Winter Leagues continue to wrap things up…. VENEZUELAN LEAGUE Tigres de Aragua 3, Tiburones de La Guaira 1 1B Hector Gimenez had another big day, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, to lead Los Tigres to the win. That gives them the win of the championship series, and takes them to […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/28 — Dominican And Venezuelan Series Tied
Not too many Pirates’ players and friends left in the playoff mix, as winter league action winds down: VENEZUELAN LEAGUE (best of 7) Tiburones de La Guaira 9, Tigres de Aragua 1 Los Tiburones evened up the championship series again, at 2 games each, taking a big bite out of Los Tigres. Los Tigres […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/26 — Moss, Cortes, and Anderson Homer,...
The Mexican Pacific and Puerto Rican Leagues are just waiting for the Caribbean Series (which begins on Feb 2nd), while the Venezuelan and Dominican Leagues are still in their championship series. Just a few Pirates’ players and friends are still in action: DOMINICAN LEAGUE (best of 9 series) Aguilas Cibaenas 8, Leones del Escogido […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/24 — Homers By Gimenez and...
Not too many Pirates’ players and friends left in the mix, as the four Caribbean leagues continue their championship series: DOMINICAN LEAGUE (best of 9) Aguilas Cibaenas 1, Leones del Escogido 0 Los Aguilas earned their first win of the championship series, and took only 2 hits to do it. In the bottom of […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/23 — Ledezma Earns A Win
Just two playoff games on Monday evening: VENEZUELAN LEAGUE Tigres de Aragua 2, Tiburones de La Guaira 0 The Venezuelan League championship series (best-of-7) opened with a shutout by four Aragua pitchers. After 6 scoreless innings, with 5 hits, from starter Yusmeiro Petit, Wil Ledezma took over on the mound to begin the 7th. […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/20 — Homers For Gimenez And...
The Mexican Pacific League and Dominican Leagues both begin their championship playoff series on Saturday — best of 7 series for the Mexicans, and best of 9 series for the Dominicans. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan League has only two more days left in the regular season, and the Puerto Rican League is in the middle of […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/17 — Navarro and Hernandez Power Los...
Checking in on Pirates’ players and friends in Tuesday’s winter league action: PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE Indios de Mayaguez 2, Criollos de Caguas o Los Indios took a 2-1 game lead in this best-of-9 series with a shut-out win. Los Criollos were held to 4 hits. Two of them were surrendered by Justin Thomas, […]
Winter League Playoffs 1/16 — Two Hits For Navarro
Just the Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues were playing tonight, with a few Pirates’ players and friends DOMINICAN LEAGUE Aguilas Cibaenas 3, Tigres del Licey 1 3B Yamaico Navarro went 2-for-3, but his Tigres managed only 3 other hits in the game. Los Tigres scored their only run in the bottom of the 1st, on […]