Joshua Palacios had three hits, including a key home run, helping Indianapolis to a victory on Friday night.
The Pirates' Triple-A squad was down 2-0...
Alika Williams had four hits on Thursday night for Indianapolis.
Since being sent down for Nick Yorke, Williams is 8-for-14 at the Triple-A level. He's...
The DSL Pirates teams ended their seasons this week, which brings the rookie-level affiliates to an end.
I've been reviewing the best performing hitting and...
After having a Monday off, the winter leagues are back to action on Tuesday night, as we cheer on the Pirates' players and friends:
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE Leones de Ponce 1, Gigantes de Carolina 0 -- After 10.5 scoreless innings, the only run of the game came in the bottom of the 11th. A fielding error, a double, and and intentional walk loaded the bases for Los Leones, then a balk forced in the winning run. Former Pirate farmhand RJ Rodriguez was the winning pitcher. He threw two scoreless innings (9th and 10th) and was the pitcher of record when his teammates scored the winning run. Los Gigantes was held to just 2 hits and 3 walks. The hits were both singles, in the 1st and 2nd innings.
Criollos de Caguas 3, Senadores de San Juan 1 -- Former Indy Indian SS Luis Figueroa got the scoring started with a solo home run in the top of the 1st. Figueroa led off the 4th with a single, then scored on an RBI double. A single and two doubles added Caguas' third run in the 6th. Figueroa collected his third hit of the game with a lead-off single in the 8th. 3B Ramon Vazquez went 0-for-4 for Los Criollos.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE Aguilas Cibaenas 5, Toros del Este 3 -- SS Pedro Ciriaco had 2 of Los Toros' 8 hits. He led off the bottom of the 6th with a single, then came around to score on a passed ball, a ground out, and an RBI single. Los Toros added 2 more runs in the 7th, the first on a walk, a single, and a sacrifice fly. Then Ciriaco drove in another run with his second single. Los Aguilas scored 2 runs in each of the 4th and 5th, then one more in the 9th for the win.
Tigres del Licey 6, Estrellas de Oriente 5 -- Los Tigres were behind 5-0 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, when Indy area native DH Jake Fox put them onto the scoreboard with a 2-run homer. C Robinzon Diaz led off the bottom of the 7th with a single, and two more runs scored that inning on another single and two errors. Then Fox gave Los Tigres the win with another 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th.
MEXICAN PACIFIC LEAGUE Venados de Mazatlan 5, Tomateros de Culiacan 3 -- Los Venados held off late-inning rallies by Los Tomateros for the win. LF Rogelios Noris singled in the game, but did not score.
Not sure why the Venezuelan League info is not coming up. Maybe more of that in the morning too. -- 7 am -- nope, still no info. Odd.
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