Sunday, December 21, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-21-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.
Mazatlan lost 3-1 to Mochis: Boxscore
Mazatlan (35-25) visits Mochis (32-25) Sunday for a doubleheader starting @ 2:00pm MST.

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the seventh and faced four batters. Allowed two hits, one earned run, and one intentional walk. (ground out-fly out:1-0)(Inherited runners-scored:1-1)

Former Cardinal prospect Mike McCoy walked and scored three times for Navojoa.
Obregon was held to two hits and lost 6-0 to Navojoa: Boxscore
Obregon (24-36) welcomes Navojoa (29-32) Sunday @ 5:00pm MST.

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities): Entered in the sixth inning at shortstop and batting 9th. 0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Acayucan gave up five runs in the first and allowed more, losing 10-3 to Cosamaloapan: Boxscore

Joe Rogers (Memphis): Did not pitch for Minatitlan.
Minatitlan beat Mixtequilla 5-2: Boxscore

*Venezuelan League*

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Entered in the ninth and pitched one inning. He hit one batter and struck out another. (pitches-strikes:17-9)(ground out-fly out:1-1)
Ex-Cardinal Cesar Izturis returned to the Lara lineup going 1-for-4 with one stolen base.

Former Memphis Redbird Orber Moreno pitched two hitless and scoreless innings for Caracas, picking up his first win in league play.
Lara lost 6-1 to Caracas: Boxscore

Jose Martinez (Springfield) and Jose Rada (GCL): Did not play for Aragua.
Aragua shut out La Guaira 4-0: Boxscore
Aragua (30-23) visits Lara (29-27) Sunday @ 4:00pm VST.

Katsuhiko Maekawa (Memphis): Did not pitch for Caribes.
Caribes @ Margarita was postponed Saturday due to heavy rain: Link
Caribes (24-30) visits Margarita (19-34) Sunday for a doubleheader starting @ 6:00pm VST.

*Venezuelan Parallel League*

Friday's results:
Juan Lucena (Springfield-free agent): Started at first base and batted 7th. 0-for-1 at the plate.
Kleinenger Teran (GCL): Took over for Lucena at first base. 1-for-2 at the plate.
Jesus Montero (GCL): Entered early in the game at catcher, batting 8th. 0-for-2 at the plate.
Reynier Gonzalez (Johnson City): Entered in the seventh and pitched one inning. Faced three batters and got them all to ground out.
Aragua lost 3-1 to Caracas: Boxscore

Caribes takes on Caracas in a best of three-game series for the championship.
Kevin Moscatel (GCL), Fernando Cedeno (VSL), and Orlando Munoz (GCL) all play for Caribes.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started as designated hitter and batted 4th. 2-for-4 with one double, one RBI, and one run.
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Ex-Cardinals Ronnie Belliard and Timo Perez each drove in one run for Licey.
Licey scored five in the third and held off Azucareros for a 7-2 victory: Boxscore
Licey (26-23) hosts Escogido (24-25) Sunday @ 5:00pm AST.

Ex-Cardinal Ray King Struck out two of three batters for Escogido.

Jose Arredondo (Johnson City): Entered in the 10th and pitched to three batters. Allowed two walks and got the other to ground out.
Luis Perdomo (SF Giants-Rule 5 Draft): Did not pitch for Aguilas.
Aguilas gave up the winning run in the 13th losing 6-5 to Escogido: Boxscore
Aguilas (25-24) welcomes Gigantes (30-19) Sunday @ 5:00pm AST.

Ex-Cardinal Kelvin Jimenez pitched two scoreless innings fro Estrellas giving up one hit and strikoing out three: Boxscore

Gigantes del Cibao, Toros del Este (Azucareros), and Tigres del Licey have all now qualified for the round robin tournament.

*Colombian League*

Donovan Solano (Springfield) and other Barranquilla players were on hand at a shopping center/mall to sign autographs for the fans: Link

Sincelejo beat Barranquilla 5-2, Solano scored one of the runs for Barranquilla: Post game
Monteria beat Cartagena 8-1.

Sunday's games:
Sincelejo (19-26) @ Barranquilla (24-21)
Monteria (25-20) @ Cartagena (22-23)

Playing for Sincelejo: Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach), Pete Parise (Palm Beach), and Ryan Bird (Instructional).

*Puerto Rican League*

Joe Thurston (Memphis): Started at second base and batted leadoff. 1-for-5 with one double, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout (looking). Assisted in one double play in the field.

Yadier Molina (St. Louis): Started as catcher and batted 8th. 0-for-1 with one walk and one caught stealing.
Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Ponce pounded on Carolina 11-0: Boxscore
Carolina (11-19) visits Ponce (21-11) Sunday @4:00pm AST.

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