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Reality TV winners notch Ks in pro debuts (Houston Chronicle)

Two former aspiring cricket players who won a reality show in India made their professional baseball debuts.

LHP Rinku Singh and RHP Dinesh Patel each got a strikeout for the Pirates’ Rookie-level minor league team in Bradenton, Fla. Singh allowed one run and two hits in one inning of work. Patel threw seven of nine pitches for strikes in a scoreless inning.