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Winter Leagues: Chris Sharpe Drives in a Pair to Help Lead Team to Victory

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In the Dominican on Wednesday night, Pedro Vasquez pitched two innings and got roughed up a little. He allowed two runs on five hits, with no walks and one strikeout. He has pitched seven times this winter, posting a 4.91 ERA in 11 innings, with a .304 BAA and a 7:2 SO/BB ratio.

In Puerto Rico, Chris Sharpe went 1-for-3 with a triple, run scored and two RBIs in his team’s 4-1 win. He picked up an RBI on the triple and another on a sacrifice fly. Sharpe is hitting .254/.378/.339 in 21 games.

Ike Schlabach picked up his fifth save in the same game. He allowed two hits, but threw a scoreless inning with no walks and one strikeout. Schlabach has a 1.59 ERA in 11.1 innings over 11 outings, with a 9:2 SO/BB ratio and a .222 BAA.

Yacksel Rios was on the opposing team and he matched Schlabach with a scoreless ninth inning. Rios retired the side in order on two ground outs and a fly out. In six appearances, he has allowed two earned runs over seven innings.

In Mexico, Randy Romero pinch-ran in the ninth inning of a 7-6 game, and then went to left field for the bottom of the inning. He has just one at-bat over his last nine games. Romero is hitting .179/.207/.214 through 27 games.

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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