Saturday, December 6, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-6-08

*Mexican Pacific League*

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the sixth and pitched 1.2 innings. Allowed one hit, no runs, one walk, and struck out one. (ground out-fly out:3-1)
Obregon gave up five runs in the sixth leading to a 7-3 loss to Mexicali: Boxscore
Obregon (17-30) visits Mexicali (25-23) Saturday @ 6:00pm MST.

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.
Mazatlan scored four runs in the sixth and beat Culiacan 8-5: Boxscore
Mazatlan (29-19) hosts Culiacan (20-28) Saturday @ 6:00pm MST.

Ex-Cardinal John Gall has joined Culiacan: Link
Esteban Loaiza has also joined Culiacan and could make his first appearance on Sunday: Link
Former Memphis Redbird Dan Serafini was activated by Obregon.
Former Memphis Redbird Shawn Garrett was placed on the inactive list by Guasave.
Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities) is actually playing in the Veracruz Instructional League (look below).

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Cordoba (6-9) @ Minatitlan (7-4-1) was postponed on Friday.
Cosamaloapan (5-7-1) @ Acayucan (7-7-2) was postponed on Friday.

Stats as off December 1:
Joe Rogers (Memphis) has made two starts, allowing five hits, no runs, two walks, and struck out four over 5.2 innings for Minatitlan.
Former DSL Cardinal Alexander Francisco has made eight starts posting a 7-1 record and 0.99 ERA. He's allowed 33 hits, six earned runs, one home run, 14 walks, and struck out 47 over 54.1 innings for Minatitlan.
Former Cardinal minor league spring training invite Ivan Bellazetin is batting .365 with 18 doubles, one triple, one home run, 18 RBIs, 31 runs, seven walks, 18 strikeouts, .500 SLG, and .392 OBA in 40 games for Xalapa.
Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities) is batting .321 with two doubles, two home runs, 12 RBIs, 12 runs, ten walks, eight strikeouts, .420 SLG, and .396 OBA in 24 games for Acayucan.
Former Johnson City Cardinal Rayner Laya is batting .298 with three doubles, one triple, three home runs, 12 RBIs, 13 runs, four walks, five strikeouts, .464 SLG, and .351 OBA in 22 games for Soledad.

*Venezuelan League*

Jose Rada (GCL): Entered in the sixth and pitched one inning. Allowed one hit, no runs, two walks, and struck out one. (pitches-strikes:24-13)(ground out-fly out:0-2)
Jose Martinez (Springfield): Did not play for Aragua.
Aragua was pounded on 12-4 by Caracas: Boxscore
Aragua (20-19) welcomes La Guaira (20-21) Saturday @ 5:30pm VST.

Cesar Izturis (St. Louis-free agent): Started at shortstop and batted leadoff. 0-for-4 with one strikeout (swinging) and assisted in two double plays.

Luke Gregerson (Springfield): Did not pitch for Margarita.

Margarita doubled up lara 4-2: Boxscore
Lara (25-19) visits Zulia (22-21) Saturday @ 5:30pm VST.
Margarita (17-23) visits Magallanes (17-25) Saturday @ 5:30pm VST.

*Venezuelan Parallel League*

Anthony Fonseca (VSL): Started in right field and batted leadoff. 2-for-4 with one double, one run, one strikeout, and committed two errors.
Osmir Medina (VSL): Started at shortstop and batted 2nd. 0-for-3 with one RBI, one run, stole one base, and assisted in one double play.
Alberto Rivero (VSL): Started in centerfield and batted 3rd. 1-for-3 with two RBIs, stole one base, and committed one error.
Limbert Rivas (VSL): Started at catcher and batted 7th. 2-for-3 at the plate.
Jose Cortez (VSL): Started in left field and moved to centerfield, batting 9th. 2-for-3 with one double, one RBI, and one run.
Javier Avendano (VSL): Started and lasted 2.2 innings. Allowed three hits, two unearned runs, one walk, and struck out two. (ground out-fly out:3-3)
Carlos Oraa (VSL): Followed Avendano and pitched four innings. Allowed four hits, five earned runs, one home run, two walks (one intentional), and struck out three en route to his second loss in league play. (ground out-fly out:4-5)(inherited runners-scored:2-1)
Francisco Guzman (VSL): Followed Oraa and pitched 2.1 innings. Allowed three hits, one earned run, one walk, hit one batter, threw one wild pitch, and struck out two. (ground out-fly out:1-2)(inherited runners-scored:3-2)
St. Louis was doubled up 8-4 by Caracas: Boxscore

Juan Lucena (Free Agent): Started at third base and batted 7th. 3-for-4 with one double, one triple, two RBIs (one with two-outs), one run, and one sac fly.
Pablo Ortiz (GCL): Entered in the eighth and pitched 1.2 innings. Allowed two hits, one earned run, one home run, three walks, struck out two, committed one error, and picked up his third save in league play. (ground out-fly out:1-2)(inherited runners-scored:1-0)
Aragua fell behind early and made a comeback to beat La Guaira 11-8: Boxscore

Saturday's games:
Pittsburgh (16-26) @ Aragua (27-17)
St. Louis (14-26) @ Tampa Bay (14-25)
Philadelphia (18-21) @ Caribes (30-9)

*Venezuelan Parallel Western League*

Wednesday's results:

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Did not pitch for Marineros-Lara.
Marineros-Lara fell behind early and lost 10-6.

Jose Penaloza (GCL): Did not pitch for Zulia, day off.

Neither team played on Thursday.

Standings as of Thursday:
1. Cardenales 18-10
2. Marineros-Lara 18-13
3. Seattle 16-14
4. Cleveland 11-16
5. Zulia 9-19

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Entered in the sixth as a pinch hitter and took over in right field, batting 9th. 1-for-2 with one walk.
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Ex-Cardinal Ronnie Belliard went 3-for-4 and scored a run for Licey.
Licey scored five in the ninth but still fell short 12-10 to Aguilas: Boxscore
Licey (21-18) visits Santurce (11-11) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST in the Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rican Interleague Challange.

*Colombian League*

All-Star game will be presented on Direct TV, Saturday: Link

Monteria and Cardinals Colombian scout Neder Horta is managing the Colombian Team.
Barranquilla's Donovan Solano (Springfield) is playing for the Colombian Team.
Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach), Pete Parise (Palm Beach) and Ryan Bird (Instructional) will be playing for the Foreign Team.
Former Springfield Cardinal Adam Daniels was also named to the Foreign Team, but as posted yesterday he left the league due to an unspecified injury.
All-Star Team Rosters: Link

*Puerto Rican League*

Yadier Molina (St. Louis), P.J. Walters (Memphis-Two More Starts?), and Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Carolina beat Arecibo 5-2: Boxscore
Carolina (8-13) visits Gigantes (22-16) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST in the Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rican Interleague Challenge.

Former Memphis Redbird Robinson Cancel went 1-for-4 with one double and two RBIs for Ponce.
Ponce beat Santurce 4-1: Boxscore

*Nicaraguan Prospect Winter League*

Jen Argenal (November 28 Signing) and Chelsor Cutbert: Play for Unica.
Unica lost both games to Boer AC on Friday. 1-0 in the first and 11-0 in the second.
Post game notes: Link
Cardenales de la Unica (8-10) visit Jaguares de la UAM (7-7) for a doubleheader on Wednesday.







Dropping from the daily reports: Rigoberto Lugo (Batavia) & Bryan Anderson (Memphis) until further notice.

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