Friday, January 6, 2017

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-6-17: Brayan Pena Doubles & Drives In Three Runs; Efren Navarro Singles Twice, Homers, & Knocks In Two Runs; Notes On Tommy Pham, Greg Jelks, Seung-Hwan Oh, Matt Carpenter, Alex Reyes, Ty Kelly, & Corey Baker



Venezuelan League Playoffs:

Ronny Cedeno (former MLB signing-Zulia) started at third base and batted seventh.  1-for-3 with one run, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.

Zulia beat Aragua 9-2
LVBP Official Site Post Game

Ildemaro Vargas (former Palm Beach-Lara) started at second base and batted leadoff.  0-for-3 with one RBI, one run, one walk, and one sac fly.

Kender Villegas (former Palm Beach-Margarita) entered in the eighth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs for the winning decision (1-0).  (p-s:4-3)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-0)

Margarita beat Lara 9-8
LVBP Official Site Post Game

Roberto Canache (former Johnson City-Caribes) entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (1).  (p-s:11-8)(g/f:1-2)

Jose Martinez (St. Louis-La Guaira) started in right field and batted fourth.  1-for-4 with one walk and one strikeout.

Caribes beat La Guaira 6-5
LVBP Official Site Post Game

Notes:
Ronny Cedeno (former MLB signing-Zulia) left Thursday's game with sore right hamstring: El Emergente

Friday's Games:
Zulia (3-0) visits Aragua (0-3) @ 7:00 PM VET
Lara (1-2) visits Margarita (2-1) @ 7:00 PM VET
Caribes (1-2) visits La Guaira (2-1) @ 7:00 PM VET


Mexican Pacific League Playoffs:

Dennys Reyes (former St. Louis-Culiacan) entered in the fifth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed one hit and one earned run.  (p-s:2-2)(ir-s:2-1)
Victor Marte (former St. Louis-Culiacan) entered in the sixth and pitched to two batters.  He allowed no hits, one earned run, and two walks.  (p;-s:9-1)

Efren Navarro (Memphis-Hermosillo) started at first base and batted third.  3-for-5 with one home run, two RBIs, two runs, one strikeout, and one fielding error.
Luis Garcia (former New Haven-Hermosillo) entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted eighth.  One walk at the plate.

Culiacan beat Hermosillo 8-7
LMP Official Site Post Game

Eugenio Velez (former Memphis-Mochis) started in left field and batted leadoff.  0-for-4 with two runs and one strikeout.

Mochis beat Mazatlan 3-0
LMP Official Site Post Game

Niko Vasquez (former Springfield-Navojoa) started at shortstop and batted fifth.  2-for-4 with one strikeout.
Lance Zawadzki (former Memphis-Navojoa) entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted eighth.  0-for-1 at the plate.

Mexicali beat Navojoa 3-2
LMP Official Site Post Game

Friday's Games:
Culiacan (2-1) visits Hermosillo (1-2) @ 7:30 PM MST
Mochis (3-0) visits Mazatlan (0-3) @ 8:00 PM MT
Navojoa (1-2) visits Mexicali (2-1) @ 7:30 PM PT


Dominican League Playoffs:

Tommy Pham (St. Louis-Escogido) started in centerfield and batted eighth.  1-for-4 with one two-out RBI, one run, and two strikeouts.

Cibao beat Escogido 6-5
Listin Diario Post Game

Donovan Solano (former Memphis-Licey) started at second base and batted second.  0-for-4, one throwing error, and assisted in one double play.

Brayan Pena (St. Louis-Cibaenas) entered late in the game as designated hitter and batted fifth.  1-for-1 with one double and three two-out RBIs.

Cibaenas beat Licey 5-2
LIDOM Official Site Post Game

Notes:
Tommy Pham (St. Louis-Magallanes/Escogido) was on a short leash when he played for Magallanes and struggled to produce: LVBP Official Site

Friday's Games:
Cibaenas (7-1) visits Cibao (2-4) @ 7:30 PM AST
Escogido (3-4) visits Licey (2-5) @ 7:30 PM AST


Puerto Rican League Playoffs:

Stats:
Ruben Gotay (former Memphis-Caguas) has played in two games going 5-for-8 (.625) with two doubles, seven total bases, one run, one walk, .667 OBP, .875 SLG, and 1.542 OPS.
Randy Ruiz (former MiLB signing-Caguas) has played in two games going 1-for-6 (.167) with two RBIs, one total base, two strikeouts, .167 OBP, .167 SLG, and .333 OPS.
Anthony Garcia (Memphis-Carolina) has played in two games going 1-for-7 (.143) with two RBIs, one total base, one walk, one strikeout, .250 OBP, .143 SLG, and .393 OPS.
Jonathan Rodriguez (Memphis free agent-Mayaguez) has played in one game going 0-for-1 (.000) with one strikeout.

Ivan Maldonado (former MiLB tryout-Mayaguez) has made one relief appearance posting a 0-0 record, 0.00 ERA, and 2.00 WHIP.  He's allowed two hits, no runs, and hit one batter over one inning.
Justin Wright (Memphis free agent-Caguas) has made two relief appearances posting a 0-0 record, 0.00 ERA, and 2.25 WHIP.  He's allowed two hits, two unearned runs, one walk, and struck three out over 1.1 innings.
J.C. Romero (former St. Louis-Santurce) has made one relief appearance posting a 0-0 record, 13.50 ERA, and 3.00 WHIP.  He's allowed two hits, one earned run, and one home run over 0.2 innings.
Tyler Herron (former Springfield-Mayaguez) has made one relief appearance posting a 0-0 record, 54.00 ERA, 6.00 WHIP, and one hold.  He's allowed one hit, three runs (two earned), one walk, and struck one out over 0.1 innings.

No Games Scheduled For Friday


Nicaraguan League:

Final Regular Season Stats:
Curt Smith (former Springfield-Chinandega) played in 45 games going 64-for-168 (.381) with 11 doubles, one triple, ten home runs, 40 RBIs, 107 total bases, 35 runs, 23 walks (four intentional), six hit by pitches, three sac flies, one stolen base, 26 strikeouts, grounded into two double plays, .475 OBP, .637 SLG, and 1.112 OPS.
Edgard Montiel (former DSL-Chinandega) played in 48 games going 60-for-172 (.349) with nine doubles, three triples, four home runs, 36 RBIs, 87 total bases, 34 runs (three intentional), six hit by pitches, three sacrifices, five sac flies, 26 strikeouts, grounded into seven double plays, .429 OBP, .506 SLG, and .935 OBP.
Jem Argenal (former GCL-Chinandega) played in 15 games going 11-for-42 (.262) with five RBIs, 11 total bases, six runs, six walks, two sac flies, one stolen base, five strikeouts, .340 OBP, .262 SLG, and .602 OPS.

Fidencio Flores (former GCL-Boer) made 12 appearances (ten starts) posting a 3-2 record, 4.13 ERA, and 1.46 WHIP.  He allowed 62 hits, 28 runs (26 earned), six home runs, 21 walks, hit three batters, threw two wild pitches, and struck 31 out over 56.2 innings.
Jhonny Polanco (former Springfield-Boer) made 16 relief appearances posting a 1-0 record, 7.56 ERA, 2.04 WHIP, and one save.  He allowed 18 hits, 15 runs (14 earned), three home runs, 16 walks, hit one batter, threw one wild pitch, and struck 15 out over 16.2 innings.

Friday's Playoff Game:
Boer (23-25) visits Rivas (26-22) @ 6:00 PM


Colombian League:

January 4, 2017:

Jose Almarante (former Memphis-Sincelejo) started and pitched five innings.  He allowed four hits, three earned runs, one walk, and struck three out.  (p-s:81-50)

Cartagena beat Sincelejo in game two of doubleheader
LCBP Official Site Post Game

January 5, 2017:

Ronald Ramirez (former Palm Beach-Barranquilla) started at shortstop and batted eighth.  0-for-4 with one ground into double play and one fielding error.
Dewin Perez (State College-Barranquilla) started and pitched 2.2 innings.  He allowed four hits, one earned run, two walks, and struck three out.  (p-s:45-25)
Jonathan Escudero (Palm Beach free agent-Barranquilla) entered in the third and pitched 2.1 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, three walks, and struck four out for the winning decision (2-0).  (p-s:41-22)(ir-s:2-0)

Barranquilla beat Monteria 8-2
LCBP Official Site Post Game

No Games Scheduled For Friday


Australian Baseball League:

Malik Collymore (former Johnson City-Sydney) started in centerfield and moved to left, batting second.  1-for-4 with one run, one walk, and one fielding error.

Perth beat Sydney 8-7

Notes:
Greg Jelks (former Louisville-Perth/Melbourne) passed away at 55: ABL Official Site

Saturday's Games:
Canberra (13-12) visits Adelaide (13-12) for a doubleheader beginning @ 4:00 PM ACT
Brisbane (11-15) visits Melbourne (20-6) @ 6:30 PM AET
Sydney (11-15) visits Perth (9-17) @ 7:00 AWST


Veracruz League:

Stats:
Francisco Rivera (former Palm Beach-Xalapa) has played in eight games going 10-for-35 (.286) with one double, six RBIs, 11 total bases, five runs, four walks, one sac fly, seven strikeouts, grounded into two double plays, .350 OBP, .314 SLG, and .664 OPS.

Current Standings:
1. Xalapa 6-2
2. Papantla 4-2-1
3. Minatitlan 5-3
4. Cocuite 3-4
5. Acayucan 2-4
6. Cosamaloapan 1-6-1


Panama League:

Friday's Games:
Metropolitanas (0-0) visits Panama Metro (0-0) @ 4:00 PM
Cocle (0-0) visits Panama (0-0) @ 7:00 PM


World Baseball Classic (March 6, 2017):

Notes:
Seung-Hwan Oh (St. Louis) awaits decision from Korean team and looks forward to spring training: Yonhap News Agency

Matt Carpenter (St. Louis-USA) and Alex Reyes (St. Louis-Dominican Republic) commit to playing in the WBC: St. Louis Official Site

Ty Kelly (former Memphis) and Corey Baker (Memphis) visited Israel: The Jerusalem Post

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