Tuesday’s action in winter ball for the Pittsburgh Pirates was all playoff games. We have a recap from the one game in Colombia and two games in Puerto Rico, plus we had a new player added to our coverage.
Puerto Rico
During his first day as a member of the Pirates, Chavez Young went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and an RBI in his team’s 6-1 win. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the first playoff game, then followed it up with an 0-for-4 game in which he drew a walk. He played 13 regular season games in Puerto Rico, putting up a .289/.385/.422 slash line in 52 plate appearances.
Tsung-Che Cheng went 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs in his team’s 4-3 loss in 12 innings. He went 2-for-5 with a sac bunt in the first two playoff games.
Josh Palacios went 1-for-5 with a run scored. He went 2-for-7 with a double, homer and a walk in his first two playoff games.
Colombia
The playoffs started on Tuesday in Colombia, with Andres Alvarez and Francisco Acuna on opposite sides, playing each other’s teams in a best-of-five series. The winner will go on to play the first place team in the league finals.
Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a single, walk and a stolen base in his team’s 6-3 loss.
Acuna went 1-for-4 with a single on the winning side.
