Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/12

Sightings of Boof Bonser and Bobby Korecky!

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

MARGARITA 4, LA GUAIRA 3 IN LA GUAIRA

Twins: Aaron Hicks was 1-for-5 and scored once. Sean Burroughs was 2-for-4 and drove in a run.

Game summary: Burroughs singled in Hicks with the go-ahead run in the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie.

Margarita: Boof Bonser (San Francisco) worked four innings, giving up two runs on four hits. Rene Reyes was 2-for-4 and drove in a run.

La Guaira: Cesar Suarez was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Tyson Brummett (Philadelphia) struck out five in five innings, allowing a run on three hits and three walks.

ZULIA 9, ARAGUA 0 IN ARAGUA

Twins: Oswaldo Arcia was 0-for-3 and struck out twice. Josmil Pinto was 0-for-3 and struck out once. Edgar Ibarra surrendered four runs (three earned) on four hits and a walk while striking out three in three innings. Angel Mata allowed one run on two hits while striking out three in 1.2 innings.

Game summary: Zulia scored five in the fourth to take a 6-0 lead and never looked back.

Zulia: Evan Gattis (Atlanta) was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, driving in three. Austin Bibens-Dirkx (Colorado) worked 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.

Aragua: Alex Romero was 2-for-3 with a walk.

LARA 3, MAGALLANES 2 IN LARA (10 INNINGS)

Game summary: Tomas Perez delivered a two-run single to tie the score. Joe Thurston led off the tenth with a triple and scored the winning run.

Magallanes: Andres Blanco (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4. Matt Shoemaker (Angels) struck out four in 5.1 scoreless innings.

Lara: Hernan Iribarren (Colorado) was 3-for-5 and drove in the winning run. Bobby Korecky worked two shutout innings, striking out two.

ANZOATEGUI 8, CARACAS 1 IN ANZOATEGUI

Game summary: Anzoategui scored five in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.

Caracas: Jesus Aguilar (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 with a double. Victor Garate struck out seven in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.

Anzoategui: Jose Castillo was 3-for-4 and drove in two. Juan Marcano (San Diego) allowed an unearned run on two hits and no walks in five innings.

The Mexican Pacific League opens play tonight!

In Response to May 22, 2013: Long Night,
- DK: Check out the new Fangraphs article on Worley after today’s game. It hadn’t registered with me before just how much he...
- brianS: some absolutely great stuff in that article, sean. The Bluest of blue-chip teams in the data: the Lakers in 1988 (top 6 rotation...
- sean: I’m thrilled he’s walking a dull razor edge instead of the razor-thin edge Blackburn had. Especially since his...
- AMR:
- brianS: dido. Plus, now you can write a headline that says JMIVGAB.
- brianS: with a pretty large variance, I presume, since the ACTUAL average values bounce all over the friggin’ place for picks 2-14.
- SBG: Good for you. Your articles are pretty darned good.
- socaltwinsfan: The Minnesota Twins haven’t done enough to improve their starting pitching
- socaltwinsfan: Diamond is also left-handed and gets a ton of ground balls. That is Bill James’ formula for a pitcher that can...
- socaltwinsfan: Well, it looks like Yahoo! has given me the privilege of publishing my own content without sending it to an editor first....
- socaltwinsfan: Yes, but it wouldn’t matter with how he’s pitching so far. Walters and Albers deserve a shot first.
- socaltwinsfan: You don’t like watching a 4.11 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 3.22 K/BB rate? That would look downright dominant next to the...
- Zack: I think his first start back was Monday and he needs to be in AAA for 10 days before being called up?
- nibbish: And even then, it’s not that I never want to see De Vries pitch with the Twins again (I still think he’ll make at...
- DK: Not officially, but he’s given up 14 earned runs in 7 innings in two Rochester starts.
- Rhubarb_Runner: DeVries still rehabbing?
- nibbish: Yes. They should.
- Zack: I would assume that’s Deduno’s spot. But they’re going to need another starter for Monday, so who gets that...
- Daneekas Ghost: SPOILER
- Daneekas Ghost: Gophers get a lead off double in the bottom of the ninth. Tied 2-2 in the Big Ten tourney first round.
- davidwatts: a sack of potatos? cant be any worse.
- nibbish: That works for me.
- Jeff A: Worley is being sent to AAA. No word yet on who comes up. Or, maybe that’ll just be Deduno’s spot.
In Response to 2013 Game 43: Twins at Braves,
- sean: Very true. There is no reason for the manager to try different things, which is why the Astros are doing all of their...
- Jeff A: It strikes me that there’s not a lot of incentive for a manager to innovate in this way. If you have a good team,...
- Philosofer: My point is that I don’t buy the speculation that the players are really against it for arbitration reasons. I do buy...
- sean: That’s great. Go become a lawyer for agents and push the cases of the 90s. I am only passing on the way I’ve read it...
- Philosofer: “Mr./Mrs. Arbiter – my client ranks in the top 10% of the league in 4-inning appearance with 2 or fewer runs...
- spookymilk: Yeah, I’ve read that as well. It was in relation to Saves, but obviously, the same principle applies.
- sean: It’s the arbitrators. They aren’t baseball people (which is the point), so using things like wins is easy to...

Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/12

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

MARGARITA 4, LA GUAIRA 3 IN LA GUAIRA

ZULIA 9, ARAGUA 0 IN ARAGUA

LARA 3, MAGALLANES 2 IN LARA (10 INNINGS)

ANZOATEGUI 8, CARACAS 1 IN ANZOATEGUI

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