Cup of Coffee: Portes shines on mound in FCL shutout

5/7 Cup of Coffee: Complex League Mondays made their 2024 return with the FCL Sox picking up their season's first win. Six-foot-four righty Ovis Portes (pictured) was the star for the Sox, earning the win as one of three pitchers who took part in a seven-inning shutout.

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FCL Red Sox 2, FCL Braves 0

A trio of Sox arms combined for a three-hit shutout in the second game of the Florida Complex League season. Deybi Salcedo walked the tightrope in his stateside debut, stranding six baserunners in three innings but escaping without allowing a run. He gave up two hits and walked four, striking out a pair. Ovis Portes followed with three scoreless frames, allowing just one hit and one walk, striking out four. Willian Colmaneres fired a hitless seventh the pick up the save. Frayner Noria scored both of the Sox runs after reaching base via a walk and a hit batsman. Raimundo De Los Santos notched a pair of hits in the win.

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Player of the Day: Ovis Portes earned the victory in his first US appearance after spending the last two summers in the Dominican complex. Portes is attempting to become the first major leaguer from Antigua and Barbuda to appear in the major leagues. Hailing from the capital city of St. John's, he signed as an international free agent to a $25,000 bonus in March 2022. 

Photo Credit: Ovis Portes by Kelly O'Connor

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