Sunday, December 28, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-28-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.

Once again former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson looks awful, pitching for Mexicali.
Mazatlan beat Mexicali 7-4: Boxscore
Mazatlan (39-26) welcomes Guasave (36-29) Sunday @ 6:00pm MST.

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the eighth and pitched one inning. Allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out. (ground out-fly out:1-1)
Former Memphis Redbird Dan Serafini started for Obregon and pitched seven innings giving up five hits, two runs, one walk, and striking out three.
Obregon gave up the winning run in the bottom of the tenth, losing 4-3 to Guasave: Boxscore
Obregon (27-37) hosts Hermosillo (35-30) Sunday @ 5:00pm MST.

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities): Started as designated hitter and batted 3rd. 2-for-2 with one double. (Should of left him in the game!!!)
Acayucan gave up four runs in the eighth and ninth, combined, and lost 4-1 to Tuxtlas: Boxscore
Acayucan has been eliminated from the playoffs.

Joe Rogers (Memphis): Did not pitch for Minatitlan.
Former DSL Cardinal Alexander Francisco started for Minatitlan and pitched six innings, giving up eight hits, three runs, two walks, and striking out three.
Minatitlan took it to extras and gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 12th, losing 4-3 to Cosamaloapan: Boxscore
Minatitlan has been eliminated from the playoffs.

Former Cardinals' 2008 minor league spring training invite Ivan Bellazetin and Xalapa were also eliminated from the playoffs, on Saturday.

*Venezuelan League*

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Entered in the third and pitched 2.1 innings. Allowed two hits, one earned run, one walk, hit one batter, threw one wild pitch, and struck out two. (ground out-fly out:2-2)(inherited runners-scored:3-0)
Ex-Cardinal Cesar Izturis went 1-for-4 with one run and two walks for Lara.

Former Springfield Cardinal Juan Richardson doubled, drove in one run, and walked twice for La Guaira.
Lara gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 12th, losing 5-4 to La Guaira: Boxscore
Lara (31-29) welcomes Magallanes (27-33) Sunday @ 4:00pm VST.

Katsuhiko Maekawa (Memphis?): Did not pitch for Caribes.
Caribes lost 5-3 to Zulia: Boxscore
Caribes (27-33) hosts Zulia (28-32) Sunday @ 6:00pm VST.

Jose Rada (GCL): Did not pitch for Aragua.
Aragua lost 6-5 to Magallanes: Boxscore
Before the game, Aragua had a ceremony and handed out rings for last seasons championship: Link
Aragua (34-25) visits La Guaira (30-29) Sunday for a doubleheader starting at 1:00pm VST.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started in left field and batted 5th. 0-for-1 with 1 run, three walks, and struck out once (swinging).
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the ninth as a pinch hitter and was called out on strikes.Licey gave up threre runs in the ninth and lost 8-7 to Azucareros: Boxscore

Luis Perdomo (SF Giants-Rule 5 Draft) and Jose Arrodondo (Johnson City): Did not pitch for Aguilas.
Ex-Cardinal Hector Luna drove in one run and walked twice for Aguilas.
Ex-Cardinal Julian Tavarez started for Agulias and pitched 5.2 innings, giving up five hits, two runs, two walks, and striking out six.
Aguilas lost 7-6 to Gigantes: Boxscore

Sunday's games:
Azucareros (2-0) @ Gigantes (1-1)
Licey (1-1) @ Aguilas (0-2)

*Colombian League*

Round Robin Tournament begins January 3rd, two games left in regular season.

Saturday's games:
Sincelejo swept the doubleheader over Cartagena. 5-1 in game one, 8-1 in game two.
Monteria won game one of the doubleheader over Barranquilla 6-5, and were pounded in game two 10-1. Donovan Solano (Springfield) drove in one run in the first game for Barranquilla: Post Game

Sunday's games:
Sincelejo (22-30) @ Cartagena (24-28)
Barranquilla (28-24) @ Monteria (30-22)

Also participating: Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach), Pete Parise (Palm Beach), Ryan Bird (Instructional), and Luis Orozco (GCL/Johnson City/Batavia?)


*Puerto Rican League*

Joe Thurston (Memphis?): Did not play for Ponce.
Ponce lost 6-2 to Mayaguez: Boxscore
Ponce (23-13) visits Santurce (16-20) Sunday @ 6:00pm AST.

Yadier Molina (St. Louis) and Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Carolina lost 6-1 to Caguas: Boxscore
Carolina (14-21) visits Caguas (17-18) Sunday @ 4:00pm AST.

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