The Dominican Summer League Cardinals saved their best for the last week as they won five of their final six games of the season. The team finished with a 34-38 record, .472 PCT, and 16 games out of first place. They had a 16-20 record at home, 18-18 on the road, and ended in fourth place in the Boca Chica North Division.
Week In Review:
The Cardinals opened their final week with a two-game set against the Astros Orange, with the first contest at home. Oneiver Diaz was strong tossing five scoreless innings while striking out five and allowing five hits and one walk. The Redbirds held a lead of 2-0 on a Sanel Rosendo RBI ground out and Wadye Ynfante RBI triple. The Astros tied it up in the top half of the sixth but the Cardinals snatched the lead back in the bottom half as they loaded up the bases and Dariel Gomez, Edwin Figuera, and Ynfante each plated runs. Edwar Ramirez coughed up the lead but pitched two scoreless innings and Estailin Tejada followed with one and two-thirds and the Redbirds won 5-2.
The Cardinals visited the Astros Orange in the second game of the set. Both teams exchanged zeroes in the first three frames and after that, the Redbirds went to work at the plate. The Cardinals tacked on four runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings as the Astros plated one. Then both teams switched off a run in the seventh. Starlin Balbuena lead the way for the offense with three single, one double, and three RBIs and Brian Sanchez and Esequeil Delgado each contributed two RBIs apiece. Will Changarotty went five innings, in his latest start, allowing five hits, two earned runs, and struck four out. Cristhian Lugo pitched two scoreless final innings for the Cardinals as they won 9-3.
The Cardinals stayed out on the road to take on the Nationals in the next two-game series. Both teams showed strong pitching to open as they each scored one run in the third and put zeroes on the scoreboard in the first, second, and fourth innings. Juan Alvarez continued on striking out five and allowing five hits, one earned run, and one walk over five innings. Enrique Perez followed with two scoreless innings, striking out five of seven batters faced. The Cardinals offense took advantage of the Nats mishaps scoring a total of eight runs with only two being earned. The Redbirds also picked up eight walks and collected six hits. Wadye Ynfante singled, walked twice, and drove in one run. The Nationals finally attacked in the ninth scoring three runs but came up short 8-3.
The Cardinals hosted the Nationals in the second game of the series. Junior Gonzalez pitched six innings allowing four hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck eight out.. Angel Estevez and Fabian Blanco followed with a combined three scoreless innings. The Redbirds offense sparked in the fourth with one run, then two in each of the six and seventh innings. Elehuris Montero lead the way with one single, two walks, and two RBIs. The Cardinals went on to win the fourth straight 5-1.
The Cardinals visited the Rangers One in the final regular season series of the year. Franyel Casadilla opened the game, for the Redbirds, and pitched a shut out heading into the fifth. Esequeil Delgado, Dariel Gomez, and Edwin Figuera each drove in a run to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead at mid-fifth inning. With two errors by the Cardinals, the Rangers tacked on two runs in the bottom of the fifth. The Rangers' bullpen tossed up zeroes on the scoreboard for the remaining four innings and plated four in the seventh and end the Redbirds winning streak with a score of 6-3.
The Cardinals welcomed in the Rangers One for the final regular season game of the 2015 season. Oneiver Diaz tossed five scoreless innings to start the game and then gave up one in the sixth but struck out five before leaving. Starlin Balbuena singled, doubled, and drove in one and Andres Luna contributed with one RBI to give the Redbirds the early lead. Enrique Perez and Noel DeJesus closed the door on the Rangers, tossing three scoreless innings and the Cardinals ended the year with a 3-1 victory.
Who's Hot:
Starlin Balbuena finished the season on an eight-game on base streak. The 17-year old right-handed hitter went 8-for-16 (.500) with two doubles, four RBIs (three w/two-outs), three runs, two walks, one hit by pitch, one strikeout, and three caught stealing/one pickoff. He played four games at shortstop and assisted in four double plays.
Hector Linares ended the year on a seven-game hitting streak. The 18-year old right-handed hitter went 5-for-11 (.455) with one double, two two-out RBIs, one run, two walks, two stolen bases, and four strikeouts, He played two games at third base and one as designated hitter.
Esequeil Delgado extended his on base streak to 12 games which included an eight-game hitting streak. The 17-year old switch-hitter went 6-for-15 (.400) with one double, three RBIs (one w/two-outs) two walks, one stolen base, and three strikeouts. He played three games at second base (assisted in two double plays and committed one throwing error) and one as designated hitter.
Oneiver Diaz made two quality starts this past week. The 18-year old right-hander made his first on August 17th, tossing five scoreless innings allowing five hits, one walk, hit one batter, and struck five out. His second appearance came on August 22nd, where he gave up six hits, one earned run, and struck five out over six innings for the winning decision (3-5). He had a combined ground out-to-fly out ratio of 9-to-7.
Juan Alvarez only allowed two or more runs in one of his last five starts. The 18-year old right-hander started on August 19th, and gave up five hits, one earned run, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck five out over five innings. He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 7-to-2.
Junior Gonzalez bounced back from a couple shaky appearances. The 18-year old right-handed started on August 20th, tossing six innings and allowing four hits, one earned run, one walk, hit one batter, struck out a career-high eight, and assisted in one double play for the winning decision (4-4). He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 6-to-2.
Enrique Perez ended the year only giving up two earned runs in one game out of his last ten. The 18-year old left-hander made his first appearance on August 19th, as he struck out five of seven batters faced for the hold. Then on August 22nd, Perez tossed another hitless/scoreless inning and allowed two walks, hit one batter, and struck one out. He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 2-to-1.
Noel DeJesus rebounded to toss two scoreless appearances after getting hammered in his previous. The 18-year old right-hander was called on for relief on August 19th, and struck out two of three batters faced. DeJesus earned his first professional save on August 22nd as he went two innings allowing two hits and no runs. He had a combined ground out-to-fly out ratio of 3-to-1 and kept his only inherited runner on base.
Notes:
Jesus Garcia (elbow), Jose Geronimo, Jesus Narvaez, and Carlos Luis missed the entire 2015 season.
Carlos Rodriguez has been out of action since July 21st, Diego Cordero (hernia) since July 23rd, Anthony Trompiz since August 4th, Oscar Cotes since August 6th, and Luis Flores since August 11th.
Angel Estevez made his 2015 debut August 17th, after having missed almost the entire year with shoulder issues. He made two relief appearances allowing no hits, two hits (one earned), four walks, and struck two out over 1.1 innings.
Dominican Summer League Stats:
The team went 628-for-2487 (t-17th)(.253) with 130 doubles (2nd), 36 triples (7th), 30 home runs (t-4th), 327 RBIs (6th), 920 total bases (3rd), 372 runs (17th), 250 walks (12th worst), 46 stolen bases (worst), 588 strikeouts (7th worst), 37 caught stealing (t-3rd best), ,334 OBP (11th worst), .370 SLG (4th), and .704 OPS (t-8th).
The club was 34-38 with a 3.55 ERA (15th), 1.39 WHIP (19th), one complete game (t-6th), two shutouts (t-7th worst), 18 holds (6th), and 12 saves (t-2nd worst). They allowed 636 hits (11th worst), 346 runs (18th best), 254 earned runs (15th best), 17 home runs (t-19th worst), 258 walks (16th best), hit 82 batters (5th worst), and struck out 513 (13th worst) over 644.2 innings.
Sanel Rosendo tied for seventh in doubles and tied for eighth in home runs.
Brian Sanchez tied for eighth in home runs and tied for tenth in RBIs.
Oneiver Diaz tied for second in complete games, tied for ninth in innings pitched, and tied for fourth in hits allowed.
Franyel Casadilla was fifth in innings pitched.
Juan Alvarez tied for eighth in hits allowed.
Enrique Perez tied for fourth in holds.
Dominican Summer League Cardinals 2015 final stats
Past Notebooks:
June 8, 2015: Will Changarotty, Ronald Medrano, David Oca, Elehuris Montero, and Wadye Ynfante.
June 15, 2015: Juan Alvarez, Franyel Casadilla, Elehuris Montero, David Oca, and Brian Sanchez.
June 22, 2015: Estarlin Arias, Will Changarotty, Carlos Rodriguez, Brian Sanchez, and Wadye Ynfante.
June 29, 2015: Edwin Figuera, Frendy Gavin, Elehuris Montero, Carlos Rodriguez, and Brian Sanchez.
July 6, 2015: Franyel Casadilla, Edwin Figuera, Ronald Medrano, Brian Sanchez, and Wadye Ynfante.
July 13, 2015: Juan Alvarez, Luis Flores, Carlos Rodriguez, Estailin Tejada, and Wadye Ynfante.
July 20, 2015 (All-Star Edition): Starlin Balbuena, Franyel Casadilla, Junior Gonzalez, Andres Luna, Sanel Rosendo, and Wadye Ynfante.
July 27, 2015: Franyel Casadilla, Oneiver Diaz, Dariel Gomez, Ronald Medrano, and Sanel Rosendo.
August 3, 2015: Franyel Casadilla, Will Changarotty, Oneiver Diaz, Dariel Gomez, and Sanel Rosendo.
August 10, 2015: Juan Alvarez, Starlin Balbuena, Franyel Casadilla, Dariel Gomez, and Hector Linares.
August 17, 2015: Franyel Casadilla, Leandro Cedeno, Will Changarotty, Esequeil Delgado, and Dennis Ortega.
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