Saturday, December 20, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-20-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Ex-Cardinal John Gall hit a solo home run for Culiacan: Boxscore

Hugo Castellano (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the 11th and got the only batter he faced to ground into a double play. (ground out-fly out:2-0)(inherited runner-scored:2-0)
Former Memphis Redbird Dan Serafini started for Obregon and pitched seven innings, allowing six hits, three runs, one home run, one walk, and striking out four.
Obregon gave up two runs in the 12th and lost 7-5: Boxscore
Obregon (24-35) welcomes Navojoa (28-32) Saturday @ 7:30pm MST.

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.
Mazatlan had the day off on Friday.
Mazatlan (35-24) visits Mochis (31-25) Saturday @ 7:30pm MST.

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities): Did not play for Acayucan.
Acayucan beat Cosamloapan 11-9: Boxscore
Acayucan (9-16-2) hosts Cosamloapan (10-13-1) on Saturday.

Joe Rogers (Memphis): Did not pitch for Minatitlan.
Minatitlan beat Mixtequilla 13-7: Boxscore
Minatitlan (17-7-1) visits Mixtequilla (2-25-2) on Saturday.

*Venezuelan League*

Katsuhiko Maekawa (Memphis 2009): Did not pitch for Caribes.
Margarita @ Caribes was postponed due to electrical problems: Link
Caribes (24-30) visits Lara (29-26) Saturday @ 5:30pm VST.

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Did not pitch for Lara.
Lara scored three in the ninth and held on to beat Magallanes 6-5: Boxscore

Jose Rada (GCL): Entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings. Allowed two hits, one earned run, one home run, and struck out one. He blew his first save and picked up his first loss in league play. (ground out-fly out:2-1)(inherited runners-scored:1-1)
Jose Martinez (Springfield): Did not play for Aragua.

Former Memphis Redbird Javier Colina had a pinch hit RBI for La Guaira.
Aragua gave up six runs in the eighth and lost 9-4 to La Guaira: Boxscore
Aragua (29-23) visits La Guaira (27-26) Saturday @ 6:00pm VST.

Magic Numbers For The Round Robin Tournament:
Caracas - Qualified
Aragua - 5
Lara - 6
La Guaira - 7

*Venezuelan Parallel League*

No games posted for Friday.
Caribes and Caracas will face off in a best of three-game series for the Parallel League championship.

St. Louis Top 5 Hitters:
Ted Obregon (GCL) is batting .313 with one double, two triples, two RBIs, 25 total bases, seven runs, ten walks, 16 strikeouts, seven stolen bases, .413 OBP, and .391 SLG in 25 games.
Wilfred Vivas (VSL) is batting .293 with three doubles, two RBIs, 15 total bases, two runs, four walks, eight strikeouts, three stolen bases, .356 OBP, and .366 SLG in 14 games.
Limbert Rivas (VSL) is batting .281 with three doubles, one home run, nine RBIs, 22 total bases, eight runs, seven walks, 11 strikeouts, .354 OBP, and .386 SLG in 29 games.
Anthony Fonseca (VSL) is batting .274 with three doubles, seven RBIs, 26 total bases, nine runs, eight walks, 15 strikeouts, five stolen bases, .392 OBP, and .310 SLG in 30 games.
Roberto Espinoza (Quad Cities) is batting .269 with five doubles, five RBIs, 26 total bases, six runs, 18 walks, 17 strikeouts, one stolen base, .412 OBP, and .333 SLG in 32 games.

St. Louis Top Pitchers:
Javier Avendano (VSL) has made nine appearances (eight starts) posting a 1-2 record and 2.43 ERA. He's allowed 33 hits, 16 runs (nine earned), one home run, 11 walks, and struck out 23 over 33.1 innings.
Geney Rios (VSL) has made seven starts posting an 0-1 record and 2.39 ERA. He's allowed 23 hits, nine runs (seven earned), two home runs, 12 walks, and struck out 19 over 26.1 innings.
Jackson Solarte (VSL) has made 13 relief appearances posting a 2-2 record and 2.62 ERA. He's allowed 21 hits, 15 runs (seven earned), 23 walks, and struck out 21 over 24 innings.
Yonathan Gonzalez (VSL) has made six appearances (five starts) posting a 2-2 record and 3.22 ERA. He's allowed 24 hits, 11 runs (eight earned), one home run, seven walks, and struck out 18 over 22.1 innings.
Fabian Marquez (VSL) has made nine relief appearances posting a 3-0 record and 1.64 ERA. He's allowed 18 hits, five runs (four earned), one home run, five walks, and struck out 15 over 22 innings.

*Venezuelan Parallel Western League*

Jose Penaloza (GCL): Pitches for Zulia.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started as designated hitter and batted 8th. 2-for-3 with one two-out RBI.
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Licey lost 2-1 to Azucareros: Boxscore
Azucareros advances to the playoffs with this win, Licey need to win all three final games to qualify.
Licey (25-23) hosts Azucareros (27-21) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST.

Luis Perdomo (SF Giants-Rule 5 Draft): Did not pitch for Aguilas.
Aguilas beat Escogido 9-3: Boxscore
Aguilas (25-23) welcomes Escogido (23-25) Saturday @ 8:00pm AST.

*Colombian League*

Sincelejo beat Barranquilla 5-3.
Monteria beat Cartagena 11-8.

Saturday's games:
Sincelejo (18-26) @ Barranquilla (24-20)
Monteria (24-20) @ Cartagena (22-22)

*Puerto Rican League*

Yadier Molina (St. Louis): Started at catcher and batted 9th. 1-for-4 with one strikeout (swinging) and one ground into double play.
P.J. Walters (Memphis): Started and pitched 5.1 innings. Allowed five hits, no runs, two walks, hit one batter, and struck out one en route to his third win in league play. (ground out-fly out:11-4)
Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Former Memphis Redbird Armando Rios had an RBI double for Carolina.

Joe Thurston (Memphis): Started at shortstop and batted leadoff. 0-for-4 with one strikeout (looking). Assisted in one double play in the field. (Runners left in scoring position with 2-outs: 2) Carolina scored all seven runs in the first two innings, beating Ponce 7-1: Boxscore
Ponce (20-11) visits Carolina (11-18) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST.
Walters has now made his last start in the P.R. League: Link

Former Cardinals' minor league spring invite Miguel Negron drove in two runs for Caguas: Boxscore


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