DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Escogido 5, Aguilas 2 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 2-for-3 with a walk for Escogido. Luis Perdomo struck out one in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk, for Aguilas.
Sunday
Escogido 4, Aguilas 1 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks for Escogido.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Mayaguez 8, Caguas 5 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 0-for-4 and scored once for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Magallanes 8, Aragua 4 in Magallanes. Pedro Guerra struck out seven in three perfect innings for Magallanes.
Sunday
Magallanes 6, Anzoategui 5 in Anzoategui (11 innings). Lester Oliveros struck out two in three shutout innings, giving up one hit, for Anzoategui.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Adelaide 7, Brisbane 1 in Adelaide (Game 1). Rory Rhodes was 0-for-3 for Brisbane.
Brisbane 4, Adelaide 3 in Adelaide (Game 2). Rory Rhodes was 0-for-4 for Brisbane.
Perth 3, Sydney 0 in Perth. Jacob Younis was 0-for-3 with a walk for Sydney. Luke Hughes was 1-for-4 with an RBI for Perth.
Sunday
Melbourne 10, Canberra 7 in Melbourne. Tim Atherton surrendered eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits and three walks in 4.1 innings.
Perth 7, Sydney 2 in Perth. Jacob Younis was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI for Sydney. Luke Hughes was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one for Perth.
PLAYOFF UPDATES
Dominican League—Escogido leads Aguilas two games to none in the best-of-nine championship series.
Mexican League—Obregon leads Guasave two games to none in the best-of-seven championship series.
Puerto Rican League—Mayaguez leads Caguas four games to two in the best-of-nine championship series.
Venezuelan League—Aragua won the round-robin, but there was a three-way tie for second among Anzoategui, La Guaira, and Magallanes. Magallanes defeated Anzoategui in the first game of the playoff, with La Guaira getting the bye. La Guaira then defeated Magallanes in the second game. La Guaira will play Aragua in the championship series.
Australian League—The playoffs start Thursday. The way the brackets work, 1 plays 2 and 3 plays 4 in the first round. In the second round, the winner of 3-4 plays the loser of 1-2. In the championship round, the winner of 1-2 plays the second round winner.
That's a lot of strikeouts for Guerra. I hope he's ready for the big leagues, since he must be getting close to being out of options.
Are you thinking of Deolis Guerra? Pedro Guerra's not on the 40-man, so none of his options have been exercised yet. Deolis Guerra was added to the 40-man in the '09-'10 off-season, so the Twins have used two of his option years (2010 and 2011), and it won't be a problem to option him this year again. Next spring will be the do-or-die time for Deolis Guerra. Seems like they gave up on him as a starting pitcher last year, moved him to the bullpen and his strikeout rate ticked up favorably.
Ah, indeed I am. So much for reading comprehension.
Pedro Guerra seems rather young to be pitching in the VWL, considering Beloit is the highest he's been. Although, he's only eight months younger than Deolis. Two Guerras in the bullpen*, both right-handed, sounds like a confusing mix.
* Pedro has primarily been a starter with the Twins, but I'm not sure how long that will last. He did fine last year, but 2010 not so much.
Looking just at the numbers, it's easy to hypothesize that he was dealing with an injury in 2010. His 2009 and 2011 numbers are pretty consistent with one another.