Winter League Update for 1/12/2009

In the Dominican Republic: Carlos Gomez went 1-for-3 with a run scored in Escogido's 4-3 loss to Cibao.

With four games left to play in the round robin portion of the playoffs, Escogido is 7-7, three games back of first place Cibao and a game ahead of third place Licey.

In Puerto Rico: Efrain Nieves pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing two runs on two hits and three walks while striling out two. He picked up his first PWL loss.

With his second consecutive rough outing, Nieves' ERA has jumped to 5.83 in 16 innings of work.