Friday, December 19, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-19-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings. Allowed two hits, no runs, and struck out three picking up his ninth hold of the winter season. (ground out-fly out:0-1)(inherited runners-scored:2-0)
Former Memphis Redbird Reggie Taylor hit two two-run home runs for Obregon.

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Entered in the sixth and pitched two innings. Allowed one hit, no runs, and struck out one. (ground out-fly out:2-2)
Obregon beat Mazatlan 5-2: Boxscore

Friday's games:
Obregon (24-34) hosts Navojoa (27-32) @ 7:30pm MST.
Mazatlan (35-24) visits Mochis (31-25) @ 7:30pm MST.

Ex-Cardinal John Gall went 3-for-4 and drove in one run for Culiacan.
Former Cardinals' prospect Mike McCoy went 4-for-5 with one RBI for Navojoa.
Navojoa scored four runs in the bottom of the tenth to beat Culiacan 7-3: Boxscore

Former Memphis Redbird Edgar Gonzalez will be playing with his brother Adrian on the Mexico team in the World Baseball Classic: Link

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Regular season ends Sunday December 21st. Playoffs begin Tuesday December 23rd: Link

Joe Rogers (Memphis): Did not pitch for Minatitlan.
Minatitlan beat Xalapa 5-3, no boxscore.

Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities): Started in right field and batted 5th. 2-for-5 with one run and grounded into one double play.
Acayucan scored eight runs in the sixth but still came up short losing in a slugfest with Santa Rosa 15-14: Boxscore

*Venezuelan League*

Jose Martinez (Springfield) and Jose Rada (GCL): Did not play for Aragua.

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Did not pitch for Lara.
Aragua beat Lara 9-7: Boxscore

Friday's games:
Lara (28-26) visits Magallanes (24-29) @ 7:30pm VST.
Aragua (29-22) welcomes La Guaira (26-26) @ 7:30pm VST.

Leones del Caracas has qualified for the round robin tournament: Link

*Venezuelan Parallel League*

Kevin Moscatel (GCL): Started at catcher and batted 7th. 1-for-4 at the plate.
Fernando Cedeno (VSL): Started and pitched three innings. Allowed two hits, one earned run, two walks, threw one wild pitch, and struck out one. (ground out-fly out:5-3)
Caribes gave up the winning run in the bottom of the tenth, losing 4-3 to La Guaira: Boxscore

Final day of regular season:
St. Louis (16-32) @ Margarita (32-21)
Caracas (35-14) @ Aragua (34-19)
Pittsburgh (18-33) @ Caribes (34-14)

*Venezuelan Parallel Western League*

Jose Penaloza (GCL): Pitches for Zulia.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis) is batting .301 with ten doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 32 RBIs, 87 total bases, 26 runs, 21 walks, 42 strikeouts, .381 OBP, .524 SLG, and .906 OPS in 44 games.

D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent) is batting .289 with five doubles, two home runs, 18 RBIs, 39 total bases, 21 runs, 30 walks, 23 strikeouts, two stolen bases, .453 OBP, .402 SLG, and .855 OPS in 34 games.
Licey (25-22) visits Azucareros (26-21) Friday @ 7:30pm AST.

Luis Perdomo (SF Giants-Rule 5 Draft) has made eight relief appearances posting an 0-1 record and 11.81 ERA. He's allowed nine hits, nine runs (seven earned), hit one batter, walked three, and struck out three over 5.1 innings.

Jose Arredondo (Johnson City) has made one relief appearance allowing two hits, one earned run, and striking out one over one inning.
Aguilas (24-23) visits Escogido (23-24) Friday @ 7:30pm AST.

*Colombian League*

Barranquilla Beat Sincelejo 6-4
Cartagena beat Monteria 5-2

Friday's games:
Sincelejo (17-26) @ Barranquilla (24-19)
Monteria (23-20) @ Cartagena (22-21)

Players participating: Donovan Solano (Springfield), Ryan Bird (Instructional), Pete Parise (Palm Beach), and Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach).

*Puerto Rican League*

Joe Thurston (Memphis) is batting .298 with five doubles, one triple, three home runs, 12 RBIs, 50 total bases, 20 runs, 12 walks, 12 strikeouts, seven stolen bases, .386 OBP, .439 SLG, and .825 OPS in 28 games for Ponce.

Luis Mateo (Johnson City) is 2-for-4 with two total bases, two runs, and one stolen base in four games for Carolina.

Yadier Molina (St. Louis) is batting .125 with one double, two RBIs, four total bases, two walks, four strikeouts, .192 OBP, .167 SLG, and .359 OPS in seven games for Carolina.

P.J. Walters (Memphis) made seven starts for Carolina posting a 2-3 record and 5.06 ERA. He allowed 37 hits, 21 runs (18 earned), three home runs, hit three batters, walked nine, and struck out 37 over 32 innings.

Carolina (10-18) visits Ponce (20-10) Friday @ 7:30pm AST.

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