Winter League Recaps

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

One final make-up game wraps up the Dominican winter league regular season.  Jimmy Paredes probably would have preferred not to play the make-up game as he went 1-4 with three strikeouts as the DH for the Gigantes, but Erick Abreu fared well, pitching 2.1 innings with one hit, one walk and four strikeouts.  Diory Hernandez was 2-4 with a strikeout and an RBI for the Toros team.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Lara over Zulia 4-3 (Game #1)
Joe Thurston was 2-4 with an RBI for Lara.

Zulia over Lara 9-0 (Game #2)
Joe Thurston was 0-3 for Lara.

Magallanes over La Guaira 5-4
Jose Altuve was 1-3 with two RBI's and a walk for Magallanes, and Carlos Quevedo pitched one inning, giving up four hits and two runs, with one strikeout.  Gabriel Garcia pitched two-thirds of an inning for Magallanes with no hits, no runs and no walks.  Sergio Escalona pitched 1.2 innings for La Guaira giving up a solo home run, and was charged with the loss.

Caribes over Caracas 7-5
Marwin Gonzalez was 2-4 and scored a run for Caracas.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Ponce over Carolina 4-3 in 14 innings
*Robinson Cancel was 1-4 with an RBI, two walks and scored a run for Ponce.  Rene Garcia was 0-3 for Carolina, and Enrique Hernandez was 0-1 with a strikeout and scored a run.  Adalberto Flores pitched 3.2 innings for Carolina with one hit, one walk and one strikeout, while Xavier Cedeno pitched 4.1 innings with two hits, one walk and four strikeouts in this marathon game.

*Free Agent