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Winter Leagues: Streak Ends For Polanco in Loss

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In the Dominican on Sunday afternoon, Gregory Polanco had his 16 game on base streak snapped in a 6-1 loss. He went 0-for-4, striking out twice and grounding out to first base twice. He is hitting .328 through 17 games, with 14 runs scored, 14 RBI’s and 13 walks. Polanco was the only Pittsburgh Pirates farmhand to play in the Dominican on Sunday.

In Puerto Rico, Ivan De Jesus Jr went 1-for-1 with two walks in the first game of a doubleheader. In game two, he went 1-for-2 before being replaced on defense in the sixth inning by Benji Gonzalez. With the score 7-2 late in the seven inning contest, Gonzalez made his season debut and fouled out to the catcher in his only AB.

In that first game for De Jesus, he faced off against Dan Cervette, who split time between three Pirates affiliates this season. Cervette had a rough outing, picking up the loss by allowing three runs on six hits and two walks in 1.2 innings. He allowed a walk and single to De Jesus in two plate appearances.

In Colombia, Harold Ramirez went 0-for-2 with a HBP in his team’s 3-0 loss on Sunday. He picked up an outfield assist. Tito Polo pinch-hit in the eighth inning and struck out. Ramirez is 2-for-8 through three games, with two walks and a HBP.

In the Veracruz League, Carlos Esqueda went 2-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. He is 10-for-50 with ten walks and eight runs scored.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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