In Venezuela, one game included three Pirates and all of them had good days. On the Bravos de Margarita side, Jose Osuna connected on his third home run of the winter, a solo shot in the eighth inning. He also doubled (his ninth) and scored two runs, finishing the day 2-for-5. Osuna is hitting .246/.327/.377 through 37 games.
Elias Diaz caught his third game and he has been able to play all nine innings each time. He went 1-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and a sacrifice fly. No one has attempted a stolen base against him yet. At the plate, he is 3-for-10 with a walk.
Elvis Escobar was on the other side of the field for Cardenales de Lara and while his team lost 7-3, Escobar went 2-for-4 with his eighth double and an RBI. He’s hitting .270/.282/.417 through 37 games.
In the Dominican, Eric Wood played his second game of the winter and went 0-for-2 with a walk and two strikeouts. He committed his second throwing error at third base, this one resulting in two unearned runs. Wood went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and a walk in his debut on Monday.
Carlos Munoz singled as a pinch-hitter, then left for a pinch-runner. That last part is significant only because he has played 25 games without scoring a run this winter. That’s mostly due to his .143 average and one extra-base hit (a double). Munoz has also been benched most of this month, last collecting a hit back on November 2nd. Before his hit on Tuesday night, he was on an 0-for-11 stretch.
In Colombia, Henrry Rosario went 1-for-4 with a sacrifice bunt. He hit lead-off and played center field. Rosario is hitting .244/.326/.317 through 13 games.
Due to a few rain outs, no other Pirates were in action on Tuesday night.
