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Cricket players make baseball debuts

Associated Press

Saturday, July 4, 2009

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Pittsburgh Pirates farmhands Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel became the first players from India to appear in organized baseball when each pitched an inning for Bradenton of the Gulf Coast League on Saturday. Singh allowed one run on two hits and struck out one, throwing 13 of 20 pitches for strikes during the seventh inning of the Pirates' 4-2 loss to the Yankees. Patel threw a scoreless eighth, throwing seven of nine pitches for strikes while striking out one. The two signed ...

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