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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Cibao 5, Escogido 4 in Cibao (14 innings).  Alexi Casilla was 2-for-7 with a double and a run for Cibao.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI for Escogido.

Aguilas 4, Oriente 1 in Aguilas.  Luis Perdomo retired the only man he faced for Aguilas.  Esmerling Vasquez struck out both men he faced for Oriente.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 6, Mayaguez 5 in Caguas (10 innings).  Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one, for Mayaguez.  Eddie Rosario was used as a pinch-runner for Mayaguez.  Nelvin Fuentes retired all four batters he faced for Mayaguez.

Ponce 3, Carolina 2 in Ponce.  Angel Morales pinch-hit and struck out for Ponce.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Sydney 3, Canberra 2 in Sydney (11 innings).  Jacob Younis was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs for Sydney.

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Happy Birthday–December 16

Sammy Strang (1876)
Tony Kaufmann (1900)
Neil Chrisley (1931)
Adolfo Phillips (1941)
Mike Flanagan (1951)
Rick Sofield (1956)
Tom Gorman (1957)
Billy Ripken (1964)
Jeff Granger (1971)
Charles Gipson (1972)
Matt Kinney (1976)

The reason Neil Chrisley is listed is because his given name is Barbra O’Neil Chrisley. No explanation for this name is given, but it seems reasonable to assume that he’s the only man to play major league baseball whose first name was Barbra.

Jeff Granger was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1990, but did not sign.

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MEXICAN LEAGUE

Guasave 2, Mazatlan 1 in Mazatlan (14 innings).  Anthony Slama gave up a run on a hit in one-third of an inning.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Mayaguez 4, Caguas 3 in Mayaguez.  Daniel Ortiz was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a home run, driving in two.  Nelvin Fuentes retired both batters he faced for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Caracas 8, Magallanes 5 in Caracas.  Deolis Guerra surrendered four runs on four hits in one inning for Magallanes.  Pedro Guerra allowed an unearned run on a hit and a walk in a third of an inning.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Sydney 1, Canberra 0 in Sydney.  Jacob Younis was 0-for-3 for Sydney.

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Happy Birthday–December 14

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John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927)
Pete Whisenant (1929)
Jim Roland (1942)
Jerry May (1943)
Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969)
Marcus Jensen (1972)
Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975)
Dave Gassner (1978)

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Weekly Winterball Whiparound

The good:  Aaron Bates hit .356/.396/.556 in 45 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Alexi Casilla is hitting .352/.438/.429 in 91 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican).  Pedro Florimon is hitting .305/.406/.407 in 59 at-bats (Escogido, Dominican).  Nelvin Fuentes is 0-0, 2.61, 1.16 in 10.1 innings (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Deolis Guerra is 2-0, 2.45, 0.94 with 23 strikeouts in 25.2 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan).  Luis Perdomo is 0-0, 1.86, 0.72 with 15 strikeouts in 19.1 innings (Aguilas, Dominican).

The average:  Joe Benson hit .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Jairo Perez hit .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats.  Jacob Younis is hitting .255/.377/.294 in 51 at-bats (Sydney, Australian).  Pedro Guerra is 0-1, 3.91, 1.26 with 23 strikeouts in 25.1 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan).  Lester Oliveros went 0-1, 1.13, 1.44 with 17 strikeouts in 16 innings (Anzoategui, Venezuelan).  Deinys Suarez went 1-1, 3.62, 1.61 in 27.1 innings (Ponce, Puerto Rican).

The bad:  Matt Carson hit .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats (Oriente, Dominican).  Estarlin De Los Santos hit .158/.200/.211 in 19 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican).  Joshua Hendricks hit .118/.211/.118 in 34 at-bats (Melbourne, Australian).  Angel Morales hit .200/.300/.286 in 35 at-bats (Ponce, Puerto Rican).  Wilkin Ramirez is hitting .220/.281/.322 in 59 at-bats (Licey, Dominican).  Rory Rhodes is hitting .178/.315/.289 in 45 at-bats (Brisbane, Australian).  Deibinson Romero hit .176/.300/.176 in 17 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Eddie Rosario hit .205/.279/.282 in 39 at-bats (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Rene Tosoni hit .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan).  Cesar Ciurcina is 0-0, 5.52, 1.70 in 14.2 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan).

The insignificant:  Oswaldo Arcia is 0-for-2 (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Daniel Ortiz is 1-for-4 (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Josmil Pinto is 1-for-5 with a walk (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Dereck Rodriguez is 1-for-7 (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Ramon Santana is 0-for-7 (Licey, Dominican).  Samuel Deduno went 0-0, 1.50, 1.67 with 13 strikeouts in 6 innings (Aguilas, Dominican).  Sam Gibbons went 0-1, 9.00, 2.25 in 4 innings (Melbourne, Australian).  Yorman Landa went 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 in 2.2 innings (La Guaira, Venezuelan).   Jose Mijares is 3-0, 1.29, 1.14 in 7 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Gonzalo Sanudo went 0-0, 0.00, 1.50 in 2 innings (Culiacan, Mexican).  Anthony Slama is 0-1, 3.00, 0.83 in 6 innings (Mazatlan, Mexican).  Manuel Soliman went 0-0, 0.00, 3.86 in 2.1 innings (Escogido, Dominican).  Junior Subero went 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 in 1 innings (Caracas, Venezuelan).  Todd Van Steensel went 0-0, 7.94, 2.12 in 5.2 innings (Sydney, Australian).  Esmerling Vasquez is 1-1, 3.86, 1.71 in 7 innings (Oriente, Domincan).

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Happy Birthday–December 13

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Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916)
Larry Doby (1923)
Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937)
Ferguson Jenkins (1942)
Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967)
Matthew LeCroy (1975)

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.

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Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Escogido 8, Licey 2 in Licey.  Pedro Florimon was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one, for Escogido.

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

Sunday

Escogido 11, Aguilas 2 in Aguilas.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and an RBI for Escogido.

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

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Sunday

Mexicali 10, Mazatlan 5 in Mexicali.  Anthony Slama retired both men he faced, striking out one of them, for Mazatlan.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Zulia 10, Aragua 1 in Zulia.  Cesar Ciurcina allowed two runs on six hits and two walks in two innings for Aragua.

Anzoategui 4, Caracas 3 in Anzoategui (12 innings).  Lester Oliveros struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Sunday

Aragua 4, Zulia 3 in Zulia.  Jose Mijares allowed a run on two hits in a third of an inning for Aragua.

Magallanes 3, Caracas 1 in Caracas.  Pedro Guerra gave up a hit in a third of an inning for Magallanes.