{"id":135054,"date":"2020-01-14T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=135054"},"modified":"2020-01-15T00:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T00:00:50","slug":"ball-player-fausto-segura-dies-in-motorcycle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/01\/14\/ball-player-fausto-segura-dies-in-motorcycle-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball player Fausto Segura dies in motorcycle accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Fausto-Segura-El-Caribe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Fausto-Segura-El-Caribe.png 595w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Fausto-Segura-El-Caribe-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Local news reports say 23-year old Fausto Segura was driving a motorcycle without a helmet home for the holidays when he was run over by a SUV near the Maria Montez International Airport in southwestern Barahona. The Washington Nationals minor league pitcher died of injuries suffered during the accident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had been signed by the Nationals in 2017 and had a promising career before him. Last season he played for the Auburn Doubledays in Class low-A where he posted a 3.21 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 17 appearances. He went 4-6 with a 3.88 ERA in 32 games as a professional, also playing in the Dominican Summer League (2017) and Gulf Coast League (2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/Sports Illustrated\">Sports Illustrated <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2020\/01\/13\/washington-nats-prospect-fausto-segura-dies-motorcycle-accident\/4456048002\/\">USA Today<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2020\/01\/13\/muere-lanzador-dominicano-fausto-segura\/\">El Caribe<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/muere-el-pelotero-fausto-segura-en-accidente-de-transito\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/2020\/deportes\/8769349-muere-lanzador-de-los-nacionales-de-washington-fausto-segura-en-accidente-de-transito\/\">Acento<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 January 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local news reports say 23-year old Fausto Segura was driving a motorcycle without a helmet home for the holidays when he was run over by a SUV near the Maria Montez International Airport in southwestern Barahona. The Washington Nationals minor league pitcher died of injuries suffered during the accident. He had been signed by the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/01\/14\/ball-player-fausto-segura-dies-in-motorcycle-accident\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135098,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135054\/revisions\/135098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}