Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Escogido 5, Aguilas 4 in Escogido.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-1 with two walks and a run for Escogido.  Luis Perdomo allowed a run on two hits and a walk in one inning for Aguilas.

Licey 6, Cibao 4 in Cibao (13 innings).  Alexi Casilla was 3-for-6 with a double and two runs for Cibao.  Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a double and a run for Cibao.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Mayaguez 11, Caguas 6 in Caguas.  Daniel Ortiz was 0-for-4 with an RBI for Mayaguez.  Nelvin Fuentes allowed a run on a hit in one inning for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Magallanes 11, Zulia 4 in Magallanes.  Pedro Guerra walked one and struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings for Magallanes.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Sydney 9, Melbourne 7 in Melbourne.  Jacob Younis was 1-for-4 with an RBI for Sydney.

Perth 9, Adelaide 6 in Adelaide.  Luke Hughes was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run for Perth.  Brendan Wise got the save for Perth, walking one in a scoreless inning.

Brisbane 6, Canberra 1 in Brisbane.  Rory Rhodes was 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, a run, and an RBI for Brisbane.  He was also hit by a pitch.

He's still around?  Dan Serafini pitched six shutout innings, striking out seven, for Los Mochis in the Mexican League last night.

Happy Birthday–December 29

Hank DeBerry (1894)
Bill Knickerbocker (1911)
Ted Del Guercio (1927)
Ken Rudolph (1946)
Jim Wilson (1960)
Devon White (1962)
Craig Grebeck (1964)
James Mouton (1968)
Tomas Perez (1973)
Richie Sexson (1974)
Emil Brown (1974)
Jaret Wright (1975)
Jack Wilson (1977)

Ted Del Guercio was part of the largest trade in baseball history. He was traded by the New York Yankees along with Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Bob Turley, Kal Segrist, Bill Miller and Don Leppert to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski in the off-season following the 1953 campaign. Del Guercio was the only person involved in the trade not to play in the majors.

James Mouton was drafted by Minnesota in the eighth round in 1990, but did not sign.

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Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Escogido 9, Licey 4 in Licey.  Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run, and an RBI for Escogido.

Aguilas 3, Cibao 0 in Aguilas.  Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 for Cibao.  Wilkin Ramirez was 0-for-2 for Cibao.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 4, Ponce 2 in Caguas.  Angel Morales was 0-for-3 for Ponce.

Carolina 9, Mayaguez 1 in Mayaguez.  Daniel Ortiz was 0-for-4 for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Anzoategui 2, Zulia 1 in Anzoategui.  Lester Oliveros pitched a perfect inning for Anzoategui.