Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-11-19: Dewin Perez Strikes Out Two Over Two Scoreless Innings; Donovan Solano Singles Twice & Drives In One Run; Raul Valdes Strikes Out Five & Allows Two Runs Over Seven & Two-Thirds Innings For The Win

Dewin Perez - Caimanes de Barranquilla

Cuban National Series:

Villa Clara and Las Tunas will face each other in the championship: Diario de Cuba


Mexican Pacific League Semifinals:

Friday's Games:
Obregon (0-0) visits Mochis (0-0) @ 7:30 PM MT
Jalisco (0-0) visits Mazatlan (0-0) @ 8:00 PM MT


Venezuelan League Playoffs:

Gabriel Lino (former Memphis-Aragua) entered late in the game at catcher.

Wilfredo Tovar (former Memphis-Caracas) started at shortstop and batted ninth.  0-for-4 with one strikeout and assisted in two double play.
Miguel Socolovich (former St. Louis-Caracas) entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and one walk for the save (1).  (p-s:17-7)(g/f:1-1)

Caracas beat Aragua 4-1
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Rafael Ortega (former Memphis-Caribes) started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  0-for-3 with one run, one walk, and one sacrifice.

Ronny Cedeno (former St. Louis signing-Magallanes) started at second base and batted second.  1-for-3 with one run, one walk, grounded into one double play, and assisted in one double play.
Rayder Ascanio (Peoria-Magallanes) started at shortstop and batted ninth.  0-for-3 with one run, one walk, two strikeouts, and assisted in one double play.
Pedro Rodriguez (former MiLB signing-Magallanes) entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and hit one batter.  (p-s:11-5)(g/f:2-0)

Caribes beat Magallanes 7-4
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Friday's Game:
Aragua (2-4) visits Magallanes (2-4) @ 7:00 PM VET


Dominican League Round Robin:

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Azucareros) started at first base and batted seventh.  0-for-5 with three strikeouts and one fielding error.
Raul Valdes (former St. Louis-Azucareros) started and pitched 7.2 innings.  He allowed four hits, two unearned runs, two walks, and struck five out for the winning decision (2-1).  (g/f:8-5)

Azucareros beat Escogido 7-2
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Donovan Solano (former Memphis-Licey) started at second base and batted third.  2-for-5 with one RBI, three strikeouts, one fielding error, and assisted in one double play.

Yeison Medina (Palm Beach-Estrellas) entered in the eighgh and pitched to three batters.  He allowed one hit and no runs.  (p-s:10-6)(g/f:2-0)

Estrellas beat Licey 6-3
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No Games Scheduled For Friday


Veracruz League Championship:

Friday's Game:
Acauycan (0-2) visits Xalapa (2-0) @ 7:00 PM


Colombian League Round Robin:

Dewin Perez (former Peoria-Barranquilla) entered in the eighth and pitched two innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck two out.  (p-s:31-20)(g/f:3-1)

Barranquilla beat Sincelejo 3-2 in 12 innings
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Friday's Game:
Sincelejo (4-2) visits Cartagena (0-6) @ 7:00 PM


Australian Baseball League:

Kurt Heyer (former Memphis-Adelaide) started and pitched five innings.  He allowed six hits, two earned runs, two home runs, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck four out for the losing decision (4-4).  (p-s:82-52)(g/f:7-2)

Melbourne beat Adelaide 4-0
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Pete Kozma (former St. Louis-Perth) started at shortstop and batted third.  0-for-3 with one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in two double plays.

Perth beat Geelong-Korea 2-0
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Saturday's Games:
Canberra (21-13) visits Brisbane (19-15) for a doubleheader beginning @ 2:30 PM AEST
Auckland (11-22) visits Sydney (20-13) for a doubleheader beginning @ 4:00 PM AET
Adelaide (17-16) visits Melbourne (19-14) for a doubleheader beginning @ 5:00 PM AET
Geelong-Korea (6-28) visits Perth (21-13) @ 7:00 PM AWST


Puerto Rican League Round Robin:

Yariel Gonzalez (Peoria-Mayaguez) started at first base and batted fourth.  2-for-5 with one strikeout.
Randy Ruiz (former MiLB signing-Mayaguez) started as designated hitter and batted sixth.  1-for-2 with one ground into double play.
Tyler Herron (former Springfield-Mayaguez) entered in the 11th and pitched to two batters.  He allowed one hit and no runs.

Anthony Garcia (former Memphis-Carolina) started in left field and batted fifth.  1-for-5 with one caught stealing.

Carolina beat Mayaguez 3-2 in 12 innings
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Friday's Game:
Carolina (1-4) visits Santurce (3-2) @ 7:10 PM AST


Nicaraguan League Championship:

Friday's Game:
Leon (0-0) visits Chinandega (0-0) @ 6:00 PM