Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-3-14: Yadier Molina Visits Caribbean Series; Jolbert Cabrera Talks Latin American Series Win; Luis Montanez Drives In One Run

Jolbert Cabrera (far left) - Tigres de Cartagena

California Winter League

Former Cardinals:
Wilfrido Pujols (former Johnson City-Palm Desert) has played in seven games going 3-for-16 (.188) with one double, four total bases, one run, two walks, one stolen base, eight strikeouts, .278 OBP, and .250 SLG.
Dutch Deol (former Johnson City-British Columbia) has played in seven games going 1-for-15 (.067) with two RBIs, one total base, two sac flies, five strikeouts, .059 OBP, and .067 SLG.

Monday's Game:
Palm Springs Chill (4-2-2) visits Oregon (5-3)
Cochella Valley (2-5-1) visits Midwest (5-3)
Washington (3-3-2) visits Palm Desert Coyotes (1-6-1)
Canada (4-3-1) visits Palm Springs Power (3-4-1)


Latin American Series

Notes:
Jolbert Cabrera (former Memphis-Cartagena) talked about the championship win when he arrived home: El Heraldo


Caribbean Series

Luis Garcia (former New Haven-Hermosillo) started as designated hitter and batted seventh.  0-for-4 with one strikeout.

Anthony Garcia (Palm Beach-Mayaguez) entered in the ninth as a pinch hitter and batted third.  0-for-1 at the plate.
Randy Ruiz (former MiLB signing-Mayaguez) started as designated hitter and batted fourth.  0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
Luis Montanez (former Memphis-Mayaguez) entered in the ninth as a pinch hitter and batted fifth.  0-for-1 with one RBI.
Hector Hernandez (former Palm Beach-Mayaguez) entered in the ninth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed one hit and one earned run.  (p-s:10-7)(g/f:1-1)

Hermosillo beat Mayaguez 6-3
Lider Post Game

Eliezer Alfonso (former Peoria-Magallanes) entered in the third as a pinch runner and took over at catcher, batting sixth.  0-for-3 with two strikeouts and allowed two stolen bases.

Magallanes beat Villa Clara 8-5
El Universal Post Game

Notes:
Yadier Molina (St. Louis-Carolina) visited the Caribbean Series: El Universal

Cuban players mostly sit in their rooms & are not permitted to talk with media: El Universal

Fans protested the presence of Cuba in the Caribbean Series: El Universal

Cuba would like to have full rights to participate in the Caribbean Series as they do in the World Baseball Classic or other tournaments: El Nuveo Dia

Monday's Games:
Licey (0-1) visits Villa Clara (0-2) @ 3:00 PM ET
Magallanes (1-0) visits Hermosillo (2-0) @ 7:30 PM ET


Texas Winter League (February 4)

Draft results: Texas League Official Site