Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-28-17: Edgard Montiel Singles Twice, Doubles, Walks, & Drives In Three Runs; Pedro Echemendia Strikes Out Two & Allows One Run Over Three & Two-Thirds Innings For The Win; Rayder Ascanio Walks & Hits A Solo Home Run

Edgard Montiel - Tigres de Chinandega


Mexican Pacific League:

Efren Navarro (former Memphis-Hermosillo) started at first base and batted second.  0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.
Irving Lopez (State College-Hermosillo) entered late in the game at second base and batted third.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Luis Garcia (former New Haven-Hermosillo) entered late in the game as designated hitter and batted fourth.  Two walks at the plate.

Mexicali beat Hermosillo 3-0
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Hector Villalobos (MiLB signing-Mochis) entered in the sixth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed one hit and no runs.  (p-s:6-3)(ir-s:1-1)

Randy Arozarena (Springfield-Navojoa) started in left field and batted second.  1-for-4 with one double and one strikeout.

Navojoa beat Mochis 5-2
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Niko Vasquez (former Springfield-Mazatlan) started at shortstop and batted sixth.  0-for-4 with one walk, one strikeout, one missed catch error, and assisted in two double plays.

Obregon beat Mazatlan 4-3 in 11 innings
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Thursday's Games:
Mazatlan visits Obregon @ 7:10 PM MST
Mexicali visits Hermosillo @ 7:30 PM MST
Mochis visits Navojoa @ 7:30 PM MST
Jalisco visits Culiacan @ 7:35 PM MT


Venezuelan League:

Breyvic Valera (St. Louis-Margarita) started in centerfield and batted third.  1-for-4 with one RBI.
Kevin Medrano (former 2011 draft selection-Margarita) started at second base and batted fifth.  0-for-3 with one sacrifice, one strikeout, one throwing error, and assisted in one double play.
Imeldo Diaz (Johnson City-Margarita) started at third base and batted sixth.  2-for-3 with one RBI, one walk, one caught straling/pickoff, and assisted in one double play.

Ildemaro Vargas (former Springfield-Lara) strted at second base and batted leadoff.  1-for-4 with one stolen base.

Margarita beat Lara 2-1
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Ronny Cedeno (former St. Louis-Magallanes) started at second base and batted second.  0-for-6 with one strikeout.
Rayder Ascanio (Palm Beach-Magallanes) started at shortstop and batted ninth.  1-for-4 with one home run, one two-out RBI, two runs, one walk, and three strikeout.
Jorge Rondon (former St. Louis-Magallanes) entered in the fifth and pitched 1.2 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck three out.  (p-s:17-12)(g/f:2-0)(ir-s:1-0)

Wilfredo Tovar (Memphis-Caracas) started at shortstop and batted leadoff.  2-for-7 with one two-out RBI, two runs, and one throwing error.
Anthony Garcia (former Memphis-Caracas) started in left field and batted third.  1-for-4 with two walks.
Leobaldo Pina (Palm Beach-Caracas) started at third base and batted ninth.  3-for-6 with one home run, one RBI, one run, one stolen base, three strikeouts, and assisted in one double play.

Caracas beat Magallanes 8-7 in 12 innings
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Notes:
Wilfredo Tovar (Memphis-Caracas) became the eighth player in Caracas history to collect 80 hits in a season: LVBP Official Site

David Bergin (former Quad Cities-Aragua) was added to the Aragua active roster: LVBP Official Site

Thursday's Games:
Margarita visits La Guaira for a doubleheader beginning @ 6:00 PM VET
Lara visits Zulia @  7:00 PM VET
Caracas visits Aragua @ 7:00 PM VET
Magallanes visits Caribes @ 7:00 PM VET


Dominican  League Round Robin:

Donovan Solano (former Memphis-Licey) started as designated hittr second.  1-for-4 with one RBI, one run, and one walk.
Pedro Echemendia (Memphis-Licey) entered in the fourth and pitched 3.2 innings.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, one home run, and struck two out for the winning decision (1-0).  (g/f:6-2)

Francisco Pena (MiLB signing-Cibaenas) started at catcher and batted ninth.  1-for-2 at the plate.
Alberto Rosario (former St. Louis-Cibaenas) entered late in the game at catcher and batted ninth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.

Licey beat Cibaenas 9-4
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Notes:
Licey's stadium caught fire on Wednesday night: Licey Official Site and Licey Official Site

Donovan Solano (former Memphis-Licey) will ignore what happened during the regular season and play all out in the playoffs: Licey Official Site

Thursday's Game:
Escogido (0-0) visits Cibao (0-1) @ 7:30 PM AST


Nicaraguan League:

Edgard Montiel (former DSL-Chinandega) started as designated hitter and batted fifth.  3-for-4 with, one double, three RBIs, and one walk.

Chinandega beat Boer 13-11
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Thursday's Game:
Chinandega (18-18) visits Boer (17-19)