Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-30-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Ex-Cardinal John Gall drove in one run for Culiacan: Boxscore

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the eighth and pitched 1.2 innings. Allowed no hits or runs, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck out two picking up his first save in winter league play. (ground out-fly out:2-1)
Obregon beat Hermosillo 6-2: Boxscore
Obregon placed former Memphis Redbird Reggie Taylor on the disabled list.
Obregon (28-38) welcomes Hermosillo (36-31) Tuesday @ 7:30pm MST.

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.
Mazatlan shut out Guasave 3-0: Boxscore
Mazatlan (40-26) hosts Guasave (36-30) Tuesday for a doubleheader beginning @ 7:00pm MST.

*Venezuelan League*

Jose Rada (GCL): Has been moved into the Aragua rotation, will start Tuesday.
Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Did not pitch for Lara.
Lara beat Aragua 4-1: Boxscore
Lara (33-29) visits Caracas (41-21) Tuesday @ 7:30pm VST.

Katsuhiko Maekawa (Memphis?): Pitches for Caribes.
Caribes beat La Guaira 7-6: Post Game
Caribes (27-34) visits Aragua (35-27) Tuesday @ 7:30pm VST.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started in left field and batted 5th. 1-for-4 with two strikeouts (looking & swinging). (Runners left in scoring position with 2-outs: 1)
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Started at first base and batted 8th. 1-for-4 with one run, one strikeout (looking), and assisted in one double play.

Luis Perdomo (SF Giants-Rule 5 Draft) and Jose Arrodondo (Johnson City): Did not pitch for Aguilas
Licey scored four in the second and held off Aguilas for a 5-2 victory: Boxscore

Azucareros beat Gigantes 7-6: Boxscore

Ex-Cardinal Ray King joined Gigantes and should be available in a couple days.

Tuesday's games:
Aguilas (0-3) @ Gigantes (2-2)
Licey (2-1) @ Azucareros (3-1)

*Colombian League*

Monday's results:
Cartagena beat Barranquilla 3-1.
Monteria beat Sincelejo 10-9.

Final Standings:
1. Monteria 31-22
2. Barranquilla 28-25
3. Cartagena 26-28
4. Sincelejo 22-32

Since Sincelejo was eliminated, the league held a small draft selecting one player for each remaining team from Sincelejo (no Cardinals prospects picked): Link
Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach), Pete Parise (Palm Beach), Ryan Bird (Instructional), and Luis Orozco (GCL/Johnson City/Batavia?) were all playing for Sincelejo.
Dann Bilardello was the manager and Tim Leveque was a coach for Sincelejo.

Round Robin Tournament:
Cartagena @ Barranquilla on January 3.
Barranquilla @ Monteria on January 4.
Cartagena @ Monteria on January 5.
Barranquilla @ Cartagena on January 6.
Monteria @ Cartagena on January 7.
Monteria @ Barranquilla on January 8.

*Puerto Rican League*

Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Carolina was shut out 1-0 by Mayaguez: Boxscore
Ex-New York Yankee Bernie Williams suffered a series injury and may be done with his comeback trail: Link

Joe Thurston (Memphis?): Did not play for Ponce.
Ponce (24-13) had Monday off, visit Carolina (14-23) Tuesday @ 7:30pm AST.

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