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Winter Leagues: Polo Off to Strong Start in Colombia, Osuna Homers

In Venezuela, Jose Osuna hit his fifth homer of the winter on Wednesday night. His team played a doubleheader and Osuna went 2-for-3 with a single and a solo homer in game one, driving in his 22nd run of the season. In game two, he went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts and a walk. He is hitting .329/.392/.472 in 45 games.

Elias Diaz caught game one of the doubleheader and went 0-for-3. He is hitting .241/.311/.463 in 15 games.

Newly-signed Patrick Johnson pitched terrific on Wednesday, allowing one run over seven innings. He gave up five hits, two walks and struck out six batters.