Luisangel Acuña continues to swing a hot bat in the Venezuelan Winter League.
THE Dishes“The young infielder started and finished the scoring for Cardenales de Lara on Saturday night.
Acuña gave the Cardenales a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, sending a leadoff fastball over the left field wall for his fourth homer since joining the team.
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He fell on strikes each of his next two times, but struck out again in the top of the eighth, this time hitting a two-run single to left to make it a 10-0 game.
That was the bottom line, and he finished the night 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs.
Acuña reached base two or more times in each of his last three matchesand he has four XBHs in this period.
The 23-year-old’s few big days at the plate brought his average to a strong .276 with 11 XBH, 16 RBI, a .429 OBP and a .980 OPS.
More intriguing than his offensive performance was that Acuña was at center for the ninth time in 23 Winter Ball games.
