On Friday night in the Dominican, Stolmy Pimentel made his fourth start and continued to struggle. In two innings of work, he gave up just one run, but allowed three hits and three walks. In 9.1 innings, he has given up ten runs on 16 hits and seven walks, while striking out four batters. Pimentel has now made three starts in which he failed to go longer than two innings.
Wirfin Obispo was one of the five relievers that followed Pimentel for Estrellas de Oriente. He pitched the ninth inning and struck out the side to pick up his second save. Obispo is still a minor league free agent.
Mel Rojas Jr. went 1-for-5 with a double and run scored. The double was his seventh of the season and it was the fourth game in a row that he hit a double.
Willy Garcia went 2-for-5 with a double and run scored. The double was his seventh of the season. He started the game in center field and committed his first error.
In Venezuela, Jhonathan Ramos and Matt Nevarez pitched back-to-back for Bravos de Margarita. Ramos gave up two hits, including his first run allowed of the winter, which came on a solo homer. He recorded two outs. Nevarez threw 1.1 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out two batters. He signed with the Pirates through the 2015 season after they purchased his contract from independent ball in August. In 14 appearances, he has a 3.60 ERA and .154 BAA.
Ramon Cabrera went 1-for-3 with a walk. He is 7-for-24 in his last ten games, with three walks and just one strikeout. Cabrera has 13 hits this winter, all of them are singles.
In Puerto Rico, Bryton Trepagnier gave up two runs in his one inning of work. He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out two batters. He actually pitched a scoreless sixth inning, then gave up a walk and double before being pulled in the seventh inning. Trepagnier has made four appearances, allowing six earned runs over seven innings.
In Mexico, Carlos Munoz started for the third time and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. He left five men on base. Munoz is 1-for-12 with five strikeouts.
