Winter Leagues: Oneil Cruz Homers in Second Game

Here’s a recap of Sunday’s action around winter ball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In case you missed it, here’s our weekly Winter League Report article, focused on Osvaldo Bido.

In the Dominican, Oneil Cruz made his first start at shortstop. He had a big game at the plate and a poor first day in the field. After going 0-for-4 in the opener as a DH, he went 3-for-3 with a homer, two singles, two walks (one IBB), three runs scored and an RBI in his team’s 8-4 win. He also committed two errors.

Miguel Andujar went 2-for-5 with two runs scored. He’s now hitting for a .364 average and a 1.006 OPS in eight games.

Rodolfo Castro went 1-for-3 with a single and an RBI on a sacrifice fly. He’s now…