Saturday, January 24, 2009

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-24-09

*Mexican Pacific League*

No game Friday, Saturday's game:
Mazatlan visits Mochis @ 7:30pm MST, Mazatlan leads Championship Series 2-0.

*Venezuelan League*

Jose Rada (GCL): Did not pitch for Aragua.
Former Memphis Redbird Armando Rios went 2-for-4 with one RBI for Caracas.
Caracas scored four in the sixth to take the lead and beat Aragua 7-6: Boxscore
Some great pictures of the game posted: Link

Former Memphis Redbird Vladimir Nunez joined Caracas, substituting for a player that left the team: Link

Saturday's games:
Aragua visits Caracas @ 5:00pm VST, Caracas leads the Championship Series 1-0.

St. Louis Cardinals and former Cardinals that played for either Lara or Zulia (regular season stats):
Cesar Izturis batted .292 with three doubles, one triple, three RBIs, 24 total bases, nine runs, seven walks, four strikeouts, five stolen bases, .370 OBP, .369 SLG, and .739 OPS in 16 games for Lara. Izturis will be playing for the Venezuelan team in the World Baseball Classic.

Richard Castillo (Quad Cities) made four appearances (one start) posting a 1.74 ERA. He allowed eight hits, two earned runs, hit two batters, walked five, and struck out five over 10.1 innings for Lara. Castillo began the winter season with Marineros-Lara in the Venezuelan Parallel Western League.

Jackson Paz made five relief appearances posting 10.38 ERA. He allowed seven hits, five earned runs, one home run, and walked one over 4.1 innings for Lara. Paz began the winter season pitching for Marineros-Lara in the Venezuelan Parallel Western league.

Vladimir Nunez made one start posting a 0.00 ERA. He allowed two hits, no runs, two walks, and struck out two over four innings for Lara. Nunez joined the team after Estrellas was eliminated from the Dominican Republic League playoffs.

Gustavo Martinez made three relief appearances posting a 0.00 ERA and one hold. He allowed four hits, no runs, one walk, and struck out two over three innings for Lara. Martinez pitched for Licey in the Dominican Republic League before joining Lara.

Spike Lundberg made two appearances (one start) posting an 0-1 record and 27.00 ERA. He allowed eight hits, six earned runs, two home runs, hit two batters, walked one, and struck out two over two innings for Zulia. Lundberg joined Zulia after pitching for Guasave in the Mexican Pacific League and Estrellas in the Domincan Republic League previously.

*Dominican Republic League*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started in left field and batted 5th. 1-for-2 with one double, one run, one walk, and one strikeout (swinging).
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.
Licey beat Gigantes 2-1, was completed early due to rain: Boxscore

No game Saturday, Sunday's game:
Gigantes visits Licey @ 4:00pm AST, Licey leads the Championship Series 4-0 in a best of nine series.

*Colombian League*

No game Friday, Saturday's game:
Monteria @ Barranquilla, Monteria leads the Championship Series 3-2.
Donovan Solano (Springfield): Plays for Barranquilla.
Pre Game Notes

*Puerto Rican League*

Joe Thurston (Memphis?): Did not play dor Ponce.
Ponce @ Arecibo was postponed Friday due to rain.

Saturday's game:
Ponce visits Arecibo @ 7:30pm AST, Ponce leads the Championship Series 2-1.

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