Thursday, June 7, 2012

Cardinals Minors June 6, 2012: Jonathan Rodriguez Hits 2 Homers & Collects 3 RBIs; Kolten Wong & Oscar Taveras Each Homer & Drive In 2 Runs; Anthony Ferrara Strikes Out 9 Over 6 Innings; Hector Salazar Strikes Out 6 Over 3 & A Third; Draft Notes

Memphis had day off



Springfield beat Tulsa 9-7


Individual Highlights:
Kolten Wong 2-for-5 with one home run, two two-out RBIs, one run, and two strikeouts.
Jermaine Curtis 0-for-3 with one run, two walks, one strikeout, and one throwing error.
Oscar Taveras 2-for-5 with one home run, two RBIs, two runs, and one strikeout.
Xavier Scruggs 2-for-4 with two RBIs (one w/two-outs), one run, one walk, and one caught stealing.
Greg Garcia 0-for-2 with two runs and two walks.
Audry Perez 3-for-4 with one two-out RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Jake Shaffer 0-for-1 with one RBI.
Eric Fornataro entered in the seventh and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and two walks for the hold (10).  0-for-1 with one strikeout at the plate. (p-s:24-13)(g/f:2-2)(ir-s:2-0)
Keith Butler entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck one out for the save (12). (p-s:14-10)(g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Adam Melker 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Deryk Hooker entered in the sixth and pitched 1.2 innings.  He allowed one hit, one earned run, one home run, and two walks for the winning decision (1-0). (p-s:28-16)(g/f:3-2)

Springfield Cardinals Official Site Post Game
Tulsa Drillers Official Site Post Game
Ozarks First Post Game (Video)


Palm Beach beat Dunedin 6-4


Individual Highlights:
Mike O'Neill 1-for-3 with one run and two walks.
Jonathan Rodriguez 2-for-5 with two home runs, three RBIs (one w/two-outs), two runs, and two strikeouts.
Geoff Klein 2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, and two runs.
Cody Stanley 1-for-4 with one double and one run.
Ronny Gil 0-for-3 with one RBI, one sac fly, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Ildemaro Vargas 1-for-2 with one two-out RBI and one walk.
Anthony Ferrara started and pitched six innings.  He allowed six hits, three earned runs, one home run, one walk, hit one batter, and struck nine out for the winning decision (3-4). (g/f:5-3)
Dean Kiekhefer entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and strucvk three out for the save (5).

Rough Outing:
Starlin Rodriguez 0-for-5 with one strikeout.
Chris Edmondson 0-for-4 with one strikeout.
Logan Billbrough entered in the seventh and pitched two innings.  He allowed one hit, one earned run, one walk, and struck two out for the hold (1). (g/f:2-0)

Palm Beach Cardinals Official Site Post Game


Kane County beat Quad Cities 4-3


Individual Highlights:
Nick Martini 2-for-4 with two doubles and one run.
Colin Walsh 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run.
Tyler Rahmatulla 1-for-3 with one RBI, one sac fly, and one strikeout.
Juan Castillo 0-for-3 with one RBI, one sac fly, one strikeout, and grounded into one double play.
Virgil Hill 1-for-4 with one double.
Robert Stock entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck two out. (g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
David Medina 0-for-4 with one strikeout and one caught stealing.
Matt Williams 0-for-3 at the plate.
Neal Pritchard 0-for-3 at the plate.
Sam Gaviglio started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed five hits, four earned runs, one home run, one walk, and struck six out  for the losing decision (3-4). (g/f:11-2)

Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site Post Game


DSL: Astros beat Cardinals 6-4


Individual Highlights:
Robelys Reyes 0-for-2 with two runs, three walks, and one stolen bases.
Leobaldo Pina 1-for-4 with two two-out RBIs, one run, one walk, one strikeout, and one fielding error.
Luis Cruz 1-for-3 with one double and two walks.
Bladimil Franco 0-for-3 with one RBI, one walk, and two strikeouts.
Ramon Santos entered in the fifth and pitched 2.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, hit one batter, and struck three out. (g/f:3-1)(ir-s:2-0)
Juan Fresa entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out. (g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
Alejandro Mejia 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Carlos Torres 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
Junior Agustin 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Hector Salazar started and pitched 3.1 innings.  He allowed two hits, four runs (two earned), two walks, hit one batter, threw one wild pitch, one balk committed one pickoff error, and struck six out for the losing decision (0-1). (g/f:3-1)
Esteban Vallejo entered in the fourth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed three hits, two earned runs, two walks, threw one wild pitch, and struck three out. (g/f:1-0)(ir-s:3-1)


MLB Draft


870th overall selection Dodson McPherson is expected to be assigned to Single-A Batavia.

13th round selection BrettWiley is expecting to be assigned to Single-A Batavia or Rookie-Level Johnson City.

Kevin Medrano, who was selected by the Cardinals in the 14th round in 2011, slipped to the 18th round to the Diamondbacks.

Cardinals couldn't wheel in Sam Ayala with $300,000.

Michael Wacha is most likely gonna sign with the Cardinals.

33rd round selection Ronnie Shaban was grateful to hear his named called by the Cardinals.

690th overall selection Casey Schroeder is deciding between heading to Kentucky or signing with the Cardinals.

The Cardinals are one of a handful of teams that have checked out undrafted Zach LeBarron.

18th round selection Jeremy Shaffer and the Cardinals have agreed to terms.

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