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Keeping Track

Off-Season’s Greetings: The Wrap-up

A listing of how our Twins lads fared in winter leagues.  I'm listing batters with at least thirty at-bats and pitchers with at least ten innings.  Batters are listed in order of OPS and pitchers are listed in order of ERA.

BATTERS

Kennys Vargas (Aguilas, Dominican and Mayaguez, Puerto RIcan):  .245/.394/.480 in 102 at-bats.
Logan Wade (Brisbane, Australian):  .282/.333/.523  in 149 at-bats.
Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui, Venezuelan):  .329/.371/.477 in 222 at-bats.
Gregorio Petit (Caracas, Venezuelan):  .299/.359/.449 in 107 at-bats.
Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane, Australian):  .292/.364/.425 in 106 at-bats.
Brock Stassi (Jalisco, Mexican):  .234/.387/.364 in 107 at-bats.
Leonardo Reginatto (Margarita, Venezuelan):  .285/.326/.331 in 172 at-bats.
Jermaine Curtis (Hermosillo, Mexican):  .161/.278/.226 in 31 at-bats.

PITCHERS

Tyler Kinley (Licey, Dominican):  2-1, 0.47, 0.84 WHIP in 19 innings.
Adalberto Mejia (Gigantes, Dominican):  2-0, 3.43, 1.33 WHIP in 21 innings.
Anderson Munoz (Zulia, Venezuelan):  1-0, 3.45, 1.34 WHIP in 15.2 innings.
Anthony Marzi (Margarita, Venezuelan):  0-2, 4.32, 1.41 WHIP in 33.2 innings.
Omar Bencomo (Margarita, Venezuelan):  5-7, 4.42, 1.51 WHIP in 75.1 innings.

This concludes our winter league coverage for this year.  Hope you enjoyed it.  It looks like minor league seasons begin April 5.  God willing, we'll be there to cover them.

Keeping Track

Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of February 6

The semi-finals are set.

CARIBBEAN SERIES

Twins:  None

CUBA 6, PUERTO RICO 3 (PUERTO RICO HOME TEAM)

Raul Gonzalez' RBI double in the seventh broke a 3-3 tie and Guillermo Aviles' two-run single in the eighth provided some insurance.  Frank Morejon was 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, and three runs.  For Puerto Rico, Anthony Garcia was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Dayron Varona also homered.

MEXICO 8, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 ( DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HOME TEAM)

Leading 3-1, Mexico scored four in the sixth to take control of the game.  Justin Greene was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Japhet Amador was 2-for-5 with a home run.  Sergio Mitre pitched six innings, giving up a run on six hits and a walk and striking out three.  For the Dominican Republic, Hector Gomez was 3-for-4.

Cuba, 3-1
Dominican Republic, 2-2
Puerto Rico, 2-2
Venezuela, 2-2
Mexico, 1-3

This sets up the semi-final round today.  Cuba plays the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico plays Venezuela.  The winners will play tomorrow for the championship.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

Keeping Track

Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of February 5

CARIBBEAN SERIES

Twins:  None.

PUERTO RICO 12, VENEZUELA 7 (VENEZUELA HOME TEAM)

Puerto Rico scored four runs in each of the first two innings and led all the way.  Anthony Garcia was 3-for-4 with a home run and three runs.  Jonathan Morales was 3-for-5.  David Vidal was 2-for-2 with a home run, three walks, and four RBIs.  For Venezuela, Luis Domoromo was 3-for-5 and scored three times.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 7, CUBA 1 (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HOME TEAM)

Already leading 3-1, the Dominican Republic scored four in the seventh to put the game out of reach.  Junior Lake hit a two-run homer.  Bryan Evans struck out eight in seven innings, giving up one run on five hits.  For Cuba, Roel Santos was 3-for-4 with a home run for the only Cuba run.  Bladimir Banos struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.

Cuba, 2-1
Dominican Republic, 2-1
Puerto Rico, 2-1
Venezuela, 2-2
Mexico, 0-3

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.