Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of January 26

Twins players take an o-fer.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

LICEY AT AGUILAS

Rained out.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 0-for-4.

PERTH 10, MELBOURNE 9 IN PERTH

Garrett Whitley hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to break a 7-7 tie.  Melbourne got a pair of solo homers in the eighth but did not get the tying run past first base.  For Perth, Alex Hall was 3-for-4.  Whitley was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks in addition to the home run, which was his eighth.  Ulrich Bojarski was 2-for-4 with a double and a three-run homer, his fourth.  Luke Hughes hit a home run, his thirteenth.  For Melbourne, Tyler Neslony was 5-for-5 with two home runs (his eighth and ninth) and three RBIs.  Daryl George was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run, his seventh.  Delmon Young was 2-for-4 with a walk and two home runs, his twelfth and thirteenth.  Allan de San Miguel hit a home run, his seventh.

CANBERRA 5, BRISBANE 4 IN CANBERRA

Canberra scored three in the fifth to take a 5-1 lead.  Brisbane scored three in the seventh to make it 5-4 and had the tying run on second in the seventh and eighth.  For Canberra, David Kandilas was 3-for-4 with a home run, his eleventh.  Jay Baum hit a home run, his ninth.  Frank Gailey struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk.  For Brisbane, Donald Lutz hit a home run, his fifteenth.

ADELAIDE 10, SYDNEY 8 IN ADELAIDE

Adelaide led 10-2 after three innings.  It was still 10-3 after eighth, but Sydney scored five in the ninth and left the bases loaded.  For Adelaide, Nas Booij was 3-for-4 with a double.  Max Brown was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Stephen Lohr was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, his sixth.  Chris Powell pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and striking out five.  For Sydney, Jacob Younis was 4-for-5 with a double.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

CAGUAS 6, SANTURCE 1 IN SANTURCE

Caguas scored four in the fourth to break a scoreless tie and led the rest of the way.  Giovanni Soto struck out six in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and three walks.

Caguas leads the series 2-0.