Saturday, December 13, 2008

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12/12 & 12/13

*Mexican Pacific League*

Thursday's results:
Fernando Salas (Springfield): Did not pitch for Mazatlan.
Mazatlan beat Guasave 9-6: Boxscore

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Did not pitch for Obregon.
Former Memphis Redbird Iker Franco drove in one run for Obregon.
Former Memphis Redbird Reggie Taylor went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs for Obregon.

Ex-Cardinal John Gall went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI for Culiacan.
Obregon stomped on Culiacan 13-5: Boxscore

Friday's results:
Former Cardinal closer Juan Acevedo made his return, for Mexicali, after being suspended for testing postive for performance enhancing drugs: Boxscore

Fernando Salas (Springfield): Entered in the seventh and pitched one inning. Allowed no hits or runs en route to his first win in league play. (ground out-fly out:2-1)

Former Cardinal prospect Reid Gorecki went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI for Novojoa.
Mazatlan scored two in the seventh and held off Navojoa for a 5-3 victory: Boxscore
Mazatlan (32-22) hosts Navojoa (26-28) Saturday @ 6:00pm MST.

Hugo Castellanos (Memphis-free agent): Entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings. Allowed one hit, no runs, one walk, and struck out two picking up his eighth hold of the winter season. (ground out-fly out:1-1)
Former Memphis Redbird Reggie Taylor hit a solo home run for Obregon.
Obregon doubled up Hermosillo 4-2: Boxscore
Obregon (21-32) visits Hermosillo (28-26) Saturday @ 6:00pm MST.

*Veracruz Instructional League (Mexico)*

Thursdays' Results:
Joe Rogers (Memphis): Started and pitched five innings. Allowed six hits, three earned runs, and struck out en route to the win.
Mintitlan beat Soledad 7-3: Boxscore

Friday's Results:
Francisco Rivera (Quad Cities): Did not play for Acayucan.
Joe Rogers (Memphis): Did not pitch for Minatitlan.
Minatitlan beat Acayucan 8-1: Boxscore
Minatitlan (12-6-1) visits Acayucan (8-11-2) on Saturday.

Former Cardinals' minor league spring invite Ivan Bellazetin and others visited with children and handed out autographs: Link

*Venezuelan League*

Thursday's Results:
Jose Martinez (Springfield) and Jose Rada (GCL): Did not play for Aragua.
Aragua gave up the winning run in the bottom of the ninth and lost 11-10 to Caribes: Boxscore

Friday's Results:
Jose Rada (GCL): Entered in the third and pitched three innings. Allowed two hits, no runs, threw one wild pitch, and struck out one. (ground out-fly out:3-4)(inherited runners-scored:2-2)
Jose Martinez (Springfield): Did not play for Aragua.
Aragua scored one in the ninth to beat Margarita 7-6: Boxscore
Aragua (24-21) visits Margarita (18-28) for a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game starting @ 5:30pm VST.

*Venezuelan Parallel League*

Thursday's Results:
No Cardinals' prospects played for Caribes.
Caribes lost 6-5 to Margarita: Boxscore

Jose Cortez (VSL): Started in left field and batted leadoff. 2-for-5 with two runs and one stolen base.
Osmir Medina (VSL): Started at shortstop and batted 2nd. 3-for-5 with two runs, one caught stealing, committed one error, and assisted in three double plays.
Alberto Rivero (VSL): Started in centerfield and batted 3rd. 2-for-5 with one double, one triple, four two-out RBIs, and one strikeout.
Hector Garcia (VSL): Started at third base and batted 4th. 3-for-5 with one double and assisted in one double play.
Yorbel Alcala (VSL): Started at catcher and batted 5th. 2-for-3 with one double and one walk.
Javier Avendano (VSL): Started and pitched four innings. Allowed nine hits, six runs (five earned), one home run, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out en route to his second loss in league play. (ground out-fly out:3-6)
Carlos Oraa (VSL): Followed Avendano and pitched 3.1 innings. Allowed six hits, five runs (four earned), one walks, and struck out two. (ground out-fly out:5-2)(inherited runners-scored:2-2)
Gregorio Ramos (VSL): Followed Oraa and pitched 1.2 innings. Allowed three hits, one earned run, one walk, hit one batter, and struck out one. (ground out-fly out:3-0)(inherited runners-scored:1-1)
St. Louis was pounded on by Magallanes 12-4: Boxscore

Jose Garcia (Batavia): Entered late in the game at second base and batted 7th. 1-for-1 with one double and one run.
Ruben Alvarado (VSL): Entered in the eighth and pitched one inning. Allowed no hits or runs. (ground out-fly out:1-2)
Aragua topped Philadelphia 10-1: Boxscore

No Results posted for Friday.

Saturday's games:
Detroit (24-21) @ St. Louis (15-29)
Aragua (32-17) @ Caribes (31-12)

*Venezuelan Parallel Western League*

Tuesday's Results:
Richard Castillo (Quad Cities): Did not pitch for Marineros-Lara.
Marineros-Lara was beat on 7-2 by Seattle.

Jose Penaloza (GCL): Entered in the fourth and pitched 3.2 innings in game one. Allowed five hits, no runs, hit one batter and struck out four en route to his first win in league play. (ground out-fly out:5-1)
Zulia scored three in the seventh insuring a 7-3 win over Cleveland in game one of a doubleheader.
Zulia lost 3-2 to Cleveland in game two.

Wednesday's Results:
Jose Penaloza (GCL): Did not pitch for Zulia.
Zulia lost to Seattle 11-4.

*Dominican Republic League*

Thursday's Results:
Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started in right field and batted 5th. 2-for-4 with one RBI, one run, and two strikeouts (looking and swinging).
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Licey beat Azucareros 7-2: Boxscore

Former Springfield Cardinal Juan Richardson went 2-for-5 with one home run and two RBIs for Estrellas: Boxscore

Former Memphis Rerdbird Nerio Rodriguez is expected to work one inning in the Sunday game for Escogido: Link

Friday's Results:
Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started as designated hitter and batted 5th. 0-for-3 with two walks, reached on an error, and struck out twice (swinging and looking). (Runners left in scoring position with 2-outs; 1)
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Ex-Cardinal players Timo Perez and Ronnie Belliard each hit solo home runs for Licey.
Licey scored three in the eigith and held off Estrellas for a 7-4 victory: Boxscore
Licey (23-20) visit Gigantes (25-18) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST.

*Colombian League*

Thursday's Results:
Monteria swept the doubleheader against Sincelejo; 6-4 in game one and 4-1 in game two.
Cartagena doubled up Barranquilla 8-4 in game one. Barranquilla then shu out Cartagena 4-0 in game two.

Friday's Results:
Sincelejo beat Cartagena 4-2.
Barranquilla beat Monteria 6-2.

Alexander Castellano (DSL) was placed on the reserve list by Barranquilla.
Donovan Solano (Springfield): Plays for Barranquilla.
Davis Bilardello (Palm Beach), Pete Parise (Palm Beach), and Ryan Bird (Instructional): Pitch for Sincelejo.

*Puerto Rican League*

No Games Thursday.

Friday's Results:
Yadier Molina (St. Louis): Started at catcher and batted 7th. 0-for-4 at the plate and one base was stolen on him while behind the plate. (Runners left in scoring position with 2-outs: 2)
P.J. Walters (Memphis-One More Start?) and Luis Mateo (Johnson City): Did not play for Carolina.
Carolina fell behind early and lost 7-5 to Mayaguez: Boxscore
Carolina (9-17) visits Mayaguez (12-12) Saturday @ 7:30pm AST.

Former Memphis Redbird Robinson Cancel went 2-for-3 and clubbed a solo home run for Ponce: Boxscore

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