The Dominican Summer League Cardinals won two of their final five games played and had one rained out. The team was 45-26 with a .634 PCT and six games out of first place. They had a 24-11 record at home and 21-15 on the road.
Week In Review:
August 22, 2016: The Cardinals opened the final week hosting the Nationals. The Redbirds got things started with two runs in the first innings but the Nats answered back with a run in the second and one in the third. The Cardinals plated one in the fifth and rain washed the remainder of the contest away in the sixth, before the Nationals could strike back. Elehuris Montero singled, walked, and drove in two runs.
August 23, 2016: The Cardinals went on the road in the second game of the series against the Nationals. The Nats flipped it scoring two in the first inning. The Redbirds tied it up with one in the third and another in the fifth. The Cardinals kept the Nationals off the board until the eighth and could not tie the contest up. Brian Pirela struck out four over three scoreless relief innings. William Jimenez walked twice and knocked in one run.
August 24, 2016: The Cardinals stayed out on the road to face the Braves in the next series. The Braves scored first with a run in the first inning. The Redbirds took the lead with two runs in the fourth and pitching held the Braves out of the game from the second through fifth innings. The Braves plated two in the sixth and another in the seventh before rain ended the contest in the eighth. Elehuris Montero singled and drove in one run.
August 25, 2016: The Cardinals were scheduled to host the Braves in the second game but was cancelled due to rain.
August 26, 2016: The Cardinals welcomed in the first place Rockies for the first game of the final series. The Redbirds struck first with one in the opening inning. The Rockies answered back with one in the fourth. The Rockies took the lead with two runs in the sixth and the Cardinals came back with three in the bottom half. The Redbirds expanded the lead with four in the eighth and the Rockies attempted a comeback scoring two in the ninth. Cristhian Lugo struck out all three batters faced in the seventh for the hold. Esequeil Delgado hit a grand slam in the eighth.
August 27, 2016: The Cardinals visited the Rockies in the final game of the season. The Rockies scored one run in the first inning and pitching kept the Redbirds bats out of the game for the first five innings. The Cardinals tied it up in the sixth and both team's pitching staffs held each other off until the 11th inning. The Rockies pulled it off with a run in the 11th inning. Winston Nicacio struck out six over five scoreless relief innings. Diomedes Del Rio singled, doubled, and drove in one run.
Who's Finished Hot:
Julio Rodriguez ended the season on a three-game on-base streak which included two-game hit streak. The 19-year old right-handed hitter went 3-for-9 (.333) with one home run, one RBI, two runs, and one strikeout. He played two games at catcher (threw out one of two base runners) and one as designated hitter. The January 26, 2016 free agent signing was second in the team in triples, home runs, RBIs, SLG, and OPS.
Elehruis Montero extended his hitting streak to four games to round of the season. The 18-year old right-handed hitter went 5-for-8 (.625) with four RBIs (three w/two-outs), two runs, one walk, and one sac fly. He played three games at third base and committed one throwing error. The August 29, 2014 free agent signing went 23-for-74 (319) with five doubles, nine RBIs, and eight runs in the final month.
Esequeil Delgado finished on a two-game hit streak and collected a hit in his final seven of eight games. The 18-year old switch-hitter went 3-for-14 (.214) with one triple, one home run (grand slam), four RBIs, one run, one walk, three strikeouts, and grounded into one double play. He played three games at second base (assisted in one double play) and one as designated hitter. The July 3, 2014 free agent signing lead the team in walks and tied for first in stolen bases.
Raffy Ozuna ended his eight-game hitless streak with two consecutive games of two hits a piece. The 17-year old right-handed hitter went 4-for-11 (.364) with two doubles, two runs, one walk, and three strikeouts. He played three games at shortstop and assisted in two double plays and committed three errors (two throwing and one fielding). The July 2, 2015 free agent signing lead the team in strikeouts.
Diomedes Del Rio connected for a hit in his last two games and four of last five played. The 18-year old left-handed hitter went 6-for-19 (.316) with one double, one triple, one RBI, one run, and three strikeouts. He played five games in centerfield and committed one fielding error and one outfield assist.
Edwar Ramirez put up three consecutive strong starts and five of his last six. The 18-year old right-hander started on August 27th and pitched five innings allowing six hits, one earned run, and struck six out. He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 7-to-2. The February 11, 2015 free agent signing was 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and struck out 23 and walked three over 25.2 innings in August.
Winston Nicacio finished the season strong with three straight quality performances. The 19-year old right-hander followed Ramirez on August 27th and struck out six over five scoreless innings, only giving up two hits. He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 4-to-3. The November 6, 2015 free agent signing lead the team in strikeouts and walks.
Fabian Blanco didn't not allow an earned run in his final seven relief appearances. The 18-year old was called on for the August 23rd game and sat one batter while holding the bases loaded. Then on August 26th, he faced three batters, striking out one, inducing one fly out, and walked the other but did let one of two inherited runners score for the save (8). The August 6, 2014 free agent signing lead the team in saves and struck out 45 and walked 17 over 29.1 innings.
Brian Pirela didn't allow an earned run in his final two games pitched and six of last seven. The 18-year old right-hander pitched on August 23rd and tossed three scoreless innings allowing two hits, one walk, and struck four out. He had a grounded out-to-fly out 2-to-0.
Johan Oviedo bounced back from a so-so outing to finish strong this season. The 18-year old right-hander started on August 26th and pitched four innings giving up four hits, one unearned run, and struck five out. He had a ground out-to-fly out ratio of 3-to-2.
Notes:
Andres Luna has been out of action since July 9th; Francis Ventura since August 16th; Jesus Garcia since August 19th; and Brian Sanchez, Jonathan Machado, and Wilman Madera since August 20th.
Wadye Ynfante was promoted at the beginning of the week to short-season rookie-level Gulf Coast League after playing the last three years in the Dominican Summer League. Yanfante was the third player promoted following Irving Wilson and Alvaro Seijas earlier in the 2016 season.
Dominican Summer League Stats:
The team batted .265 (3rd, 640-for-2418) with 134 doubles (1st), 34 triples (3rd), 36 home runs (1st), 365 RBIs (1st), 950 total bases (1st), 438 runs (1st), 347 walks (3rd), 39 stolen bases (worst), 561 strikeouts (3rd worst), 14 caught stealing (best), .363 OBP (3rd), .393 SLG (1st), and .756 OPS (1st).
The club finished with 45-26 record, 3.52 ERA (22nd), 1.32 WHIP (17th), three shutouts (t-9th worst), 20 holds (t-3rd), and 20 saves (14th). They allowed 598 hits (t-2nd worst), 316 runs, 244 earned runs, 14 home runs, 227 walks (9th best), hit 62 batters, and struck out 599 (best) over 624 innings.
Brian Sanchez was fourth in AVG, seventh in runs scored, fourth in hits, first in home runs, first in RBIs, first in total bases, fifth in OBP, first in SLG, and first in OPS.
Wadye Ynfante was tenth in AVG, tied for fifth in runs scored, sixth in OBP, and ninth in OPS.
Julio Rodriguez was tied for fifth in home runs and tied for tenth in RBIs.
Esequeil Delgado was tied for fourth in walks.
Raffy Ozuna was tied for third in strikeouts.
Fabian Blanco was tied for ninth in saves
Junior Gonzalez was tied for sixth in hits allowed, tied for ninth in runs allowed, tied for second in earned runs, and tied for fifth in home runs allowed.
Brian Pirela was sixth in holds.
Past Notebooks:
June 13, 2016: Leandro Cedeno, Enrique Perez, Angel Rondon, Brian Sanchez, and Francis Ventura.
June 20, 2016: Leandro Cedeno, Noel DeJesus, Carlos Luis, Elehuris Montero, Winston Nicacio, Brian Sanchez, and Wadye Ynfante.
June 27, 2016: Esequeil Delgado, Brian Pirela, Brian Sanchez, Alvaro Seijas, and Wadye Ynfante.
July 4, 2016: Fabian Blanco, Noel DeJesus, Junior Gonzalez, Brian Sanchez, and Carlos Soto.
July 11, 2016: Noel DeJesus, Dariel Gomez, Junior Fernandez, Carlos Luis, Edwar Ramirez, and Julio Rodriguez.
July 18, 2016 (All-Star Edition): Leandro Cedeno, Cristhian Lugo, Enrique Perez, Brian Pirela, Brian Sanchez, Carlos Soto, and Wadye Ynfante.
July 25, 2016: Leandro Cedeno, Noel DeJesus, Enrique Perez, Brian Sanchez, and Wadye Ynfante.
August 1, 2016: Moises Castillo, Julio Rodriguez, Angel Rondon, Brian Sanchez, and Wadye Ynfante.
August 8, 2016: Moises Castillo, Oscar Cotes, Noel DeJesus, Dariel Gomez, and Brian Sanchez.
August 15, 2016: Moises Castillo, Leandro Cedeno, Noel DeJesus, Elehuris Montero, Julio Rodriguez, and Wadye Ynfante.
August 22, 2016: Fabian Blanco, Esequeil Delgado, Junior Gonzalez, Winston Nicacio, Edwar Ramirez, Carlos Soto, and Francis Ventura.
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