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Who's hot:  Rene Rivera is hitting .417/.462/.417 in 12 at-bats for Licey (Dominican League).

Who's in the middle:  Rory Rhodes is hitting .214/.389/.286 in 42 at-bats for Brisbane (Australian League).

Who's cold:  Jacob Younis is hitting .182/.250/.182 in 33 at-bats for Syndey (Australian League).

Who's barely played:  Aaron Bates is 1-for-3 with a walk for Caguas (Puerto Rican League).  Alexi Casilla is 1-for-7 with a walk for Cibao (Dominican League).  Estarlin De Los Santos is 0-for-2 for Cibao (Dominican League).  Joshua Hendricks is 0-for-5 with a walk for Melbourne (Australian League).  Angel Morales is 1-for-5 for Ponce (Puerto Rican League).  Eddie Rosario is 0-for-1 for Caguas (Puerto Rican League).  Ramon Santana is 0-for-4 for Mayaguez (Puerto Rican League).  Ramon Santana is 0-for-3 for Este (Dominican League).  Nelvin Fuentes is 0-0, 9.00, 2.00 WHIP in 1 inning (1 appearance) for Mayaguez (Puerto Rican League).  Sam Gibbons is 0-1, 27.00, 4.50 WHIP in 0.2 innings (2 appearances) for Melbourne (Australian League).  Gonzalo Sanudo is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 WHIP in 1 inning (1 appearance) for Culiacan (Mexican League).  Manuel Soliman is 0-0, 0.00, 2.00 WHIP in 1 inning (1 appearance) for Escogido (Dominican League).  Deinys Suarez is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 WHIP in 4 innings (1 start) for Ponce (Puerto Rican League).

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Venezuelan View

Where they stand:  Magallanes leads Anzoategui by 2.5 games.  La Guaira is third, 3 back.  Then comes Caracas, 4 behind; Aragua, 4.5 out; Zulia, 5 back; Lara, 6 out; and Margarita, 6.5 games back.  Assuming they've made no changes to the playoff procedures since last year, the first five teams will go to the playoffs, which are in a round-robin format.

Who's hot:  Deolis Guerra is 1-0, 2.57, 1.29 WHIP in 7 innings (5 appearances) for Magallanes.  Pedro Guerra is 0-0, 2.00, 0.67 WHIP in 9 innings (4 appearances) for Magallanes.

Who's in the middle:  Joe Benson is hitting .216/355/.373 in 51 at-bats for Aragua.  Jairo Perez is hitting .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats for Lara.

Who's cold:  Rene Tosoni is hitting .195/283/.195 in 41 at-bats for Lara.

Who's barely played:  Oswaldo Arcia is 0-for-2 for Aragua.  Josmil Pinto has played in two games for Aragua and walked in his only plate appearance.  Cesar Ciurcina is 0-0, 2.08, 0.92 WHIP in 4.1 innings (3 appearances) for Aragua.  Lester Oliveros is 0-0, 3.86, 2.14 WHIP in 2.1 innings (2 appearances) for Anzoategui.  Junior Subero is 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 WHIP in 1 inning (1 appearance) for Caracas.

Note:  I wonder if Andrew Baldwin has signed with someone, as I don't see him listed as one of the Twins players in winter ball any more.  I'll try to track that down for This Week in Ex-Twins Friday.

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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Escogido 3, Este 2 in Este.  Ramon Santana was 0-for-3 for Este.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 6, Ponce 0 in Caguas.  Angel Morales was 1-for-4 for Ponce.  Aaron Bates was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run for Caguas.  Dereck Rodriguez was 0-for-1 as a reserve for Caguas.

Carolina 6, Mayaguez 4 in Mayaguez.  Eddie Rosario was 0-for-4 for Mayaguez.  Nelvin Fuentes pitched one inning, allowing a run on two hits for Mayaguez.

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Lara 6, Aragua 5 in Aragua.  The Cardenales scored two in the eighth and two in the ninth to overcome a 5-2 Tigres lead.  Luis Valbuena (Cleveland) led Lara with two hits.  Oswaldo Navarro (Houston) hit a home run and drove in three.  Johnny Montoya worked 2.1 scoreless innings to get the win, while Scott Patterson (Seattle) struck out two in a perfect ninth to get the save.  For Aragua, Luis Maza had three singles and a double and Luis Hernandez had two singles and a double.  Yangervis Solarte pinch-hit and was 1-for-1.  Victor Moreno allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning to take the loss.

Magallanes 5, Anzoategui 4 in Magallanes.  The Navegantes lost a 4-0 lead but scored in the bottom of the ninth to win.  Jose Altuve (Houston) led the way with three hits.  Bryan LaHair (Cubs) hit a home run.  Jean Machi (San Francisco) got the win by allowing two runs on three hits in the top of the ninth.  The Caribes were led by Luis Nunez (Yankees), who doubled and singled.  Eliezer Alfonzo (Colorado) hit a game-tying homer in the ninth.  Lester Oliveros worked 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Matt Palmer took the loss, allowing a run on a hit and a walk in a third of an inning.

In games not involving Twins players, La Guaira defeated Zulia 5-2 and Caracas blanked Margarita 6-0.

There are no games scheduled in the Venzuelan Winter League today.  Tomorrow, Aragua is at Margarita, Caracas travels to Lara, and Magallanes goes to La Guaira.

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Solar Sox Summary

Where they stand:  Mesa is 14-14, second in the AFL East, three games behind Salt River.

Who's hot:  Brian Dozier is hitting .302/.351/.442 in 86 at-bats.  Aaron Hicks is hitting .244/.344/.500 in 78 at-bats.  Chris Herrmann is hitting .343/.439/.514 in 35 at-bats.  Cole DeVries is 2-0, 2.70, 0.95 WHIP with 3 walks and 13 strikeouts in 20 innings (6 starts).

Who's in the middle:  Brett Jacobson  is 1-2, 4.50, 1.50 WHIP in 10 innings (9 appearances).

Who's cold:  Bruce Pugh  is 0-1, 8.18, 2.73 WHIP in 11 innings (9 appearances).  Dakota Watts is 0-1, 7.15, 1.68 WHIP in 11.1 innings (9 appearances).

The season ends November 17.  Mesa hosts Peoria this afternoon.

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This is what, for now, I'm calling the round-up of Twins players in fall/winter ball who are not in the AFL or the VWL.  I'm not in love with the title, but it'll do until something better comes along.  Today, the only games involving Twins players came from the Australian League.

Perth 7, Adelaide 4 in Perth (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  Allan de San Miguel was 3-for-3 with a double for Perth, scoring once.

Perth 3, Adelaide 2 in Perth (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  Allan de San Miguel was 0-for-2 with a walk.

Brisbane 9, Canberra 6 in Canberra.  Rory Rhodes was 1-for-4 with a walk for Brisbane.

Sydney 2, Melbourne 0 in Sydney (5 innings--rain).  Joshua Hendricks was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter for Melbourne.  Sam Gibbons surrendered two runs on two hits in a third of an inning, taking the loss.  Jacob Younis was 0-for-1 for Sydney.

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Solar Sox Summary: The Fall Star Game

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In the AFL all-star game, called the Rising Stars Game, the West scored five runs in the first inning and cruised to an 11-2 victory over the East.

The stars of the game were Nick Franklin (Seattle), who had a single, two doubles, and a home run, scoring three times and driving in four, and Joe Terdoslavich (Atlanta), who had a single, a double, and a home run and drove in three.  Wil Myers (Kansas City) had two singles and a double and Kevin Mattison (Florida) singled and doubled.  The win went to starter Danny Hultzen (Seattle), who struck out three in two shutout innings.

No one had more than one hit for the East.  Brian Dozier was 1-for-2 with a home run.  Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh) surrendered five runs on four hits and a walk in just two-thirds of an inning to take the loss.

There are no games in the AFL today.  Mesa hosts Peoria tomorrow.