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Friday, March 21 - Cardinals v. Mets:
The Cardinals system went 2-1-1 against the visitors from Port St.Lucie, with the lone loss coming against the Mets' talent laden AAA squad.
Las Vegas 8 Memphis 6
- Sam Gaviglio started for the Redbirds and Las Vegas was able to get to him for 4 runs. He also gave up 4 hits and 3 walks, and picked up 4 strikeouts in his 4 innings of work.
- Lee Stoppelman struck out a man and gave up a hit in one scoreless inning.
- Eric Fornataro also struck out 1 and allowed a hit in 1 inning.
- Tommy Pham started in center and led the Redbird offense. He went 2-5 with a homer, 1 RBI and 2 runs. It's good to see Pham hitting again, the question as always with him will be health.
- Patrick Wisdom kept up what has been a solid spring so far. He went 2-5 with a run, 2 doubles and an RBI. He also struck out once.
- Oscar Taveras played right field and went 2-4 with a run a walk and a strikeout.
Springfield 4 Binghamton 2
- Jon Cornelius got the start and held Binghamton scoreless for 3 innings. He gave up a walk and 3 hits and struck out 2.
- Kyle Hald followed Cornelius with 3 scoreless, hitless innings of his own. We walked 1 and struck out 2.
- Logan Billbrough struck out 1 in a perfect 9th inning.
- Starlin Rodriguez DH'd for the S-Cards going 2-4 with a double, a run and a strikeout.
- Colin Walsh played third and went 1-4, and knocked in 2 runs.
- Nick Longmire started in centerfield and went 1-2 with a triple and an RBI
Palm Beach 6 St. Lucie 6
- Blake McKnight started for the Cardinals. He lasted 3 innings and gave up 3 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 2.
- Dixon Llorens has racked up big strikeout numbers thus far in his professional career. He struck out 2 Mets in a scoreless inning of work.
- Catcher Alex De Leon provided most of the offense, going 1-2 with a homer, 1 run scored and 3 driven in.
- DH Jeremy Schaffer went 3-4 with 2 runs and a double and knocked in 2 runs of his own
Peoria 9 Savannah 7
- Chris Perry had a rough day for the Chiefs. He gave up 6 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks and struck out 2 in his 1 inning of work.
- Jeff Rauh, Kyle Grana, Steven Gallardo, Mike Aldrete, Josh Lucas and Jhonny Polanco only gave up 1 run the rest of the way. They combined to strike out 4 Sand Gnats.
- Catcher Luis Cruz scored twice and went 2-3 with a double.
- Jimmy Bosco went 1-4 with a triple and 2 RBI.
Saturday, March 22 - Intra-squad games (5 innings)
The minor league teams stayed in Jupiter and played a pair of five inning intrasquad games. Memphis took on Springfield and Palm Beach squared off against Peoria.
Memphis 0 Springfield 0 (5 innings)
Memphis Notables
- Randy Choate didn't travel with the big club, instead he stayed behind in Jupiter to get work in on the back fields. He struck out 1 batter in his only inning.
- Tyler Lyons walked 2 and struck out 1 in 3 innings.
- Hitting highlights were obviously hard to come by, Jermaine Curtis picked up the Redbirds only hit.
Springfield Notables
- Kyle Helisek, Ronnie Shaban and Danny Miranda combined to blank Memphis. Miranda struck out 2 in his only inning.
- Starlin Rodriguez went 1-1 for a double.
Palm Beach 3 Peoria 1 (5 innings)
Palm Beach Notables:
- 2013 9th round draft pick Nick Petree threw 3 scoreless innings. He struck out 1 and allowed 2 hits and a walk.
- Catcher Carson Kelly went 1-3 and drove in 2
- Nick Martini was 1-2 with a double
Peoria Notables:
- 18 year old Steven Farinaro gave up all 3 runs. He allowed 3 hits and walked 1 in 2 innings.
- Robert Stock pitched a perfect inning.
- Kenny Peoples-Walls played center and went 3-3 with a double. He also scored the Chiefs only run.
Sunday, March 23: Cardinals v. Marlins
Cardinal farm teams finished 3-1-1 on the day and featured some excellent performances from Top 20 Future Redbirds:
Memphis 6 New Orleans 3
Memphis Pitching
- Zach Petrick - 4 IP, 6 H, Er, BB, 4 K
- Boone Whiting - 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 K
- Jose Almarante - 1.1 BB, 3 K
- Sam Freeman - 1 IP, H, 2 BB, K
Memphis Hitting
- Tommy Pham (CF) - 1 for 5, 2 R, RBI, HR,
- Oscar Taveras (DH) - 1 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI, K
- Patrick Wisdom (3B) - 2 for 5, 2B, 3B,
- Jonathan Rodriguez (1B) - 1 for 3, 2 R, BB
Springfield 5 Jacksonville 4
Springfield Pitching
- Kurt Heyer - 4 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K
- Nick Greenwood - 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 K
- Thomas Lee - 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER
- Logan Billbrough - 1 IP, H K
Springfield Hitting
- Adam Melker (DH) - 2 for 4, R, RBI
- Breyvic Valera (3B) - 2 for 2, R, BB
- David Washington - (1B) - 1 for 3, 2B, 2 RBI
- Adam Ehrlich (C) - 1 for 2, R, RBI
Palm Beach 5 Jupiter 1
Palm Beach Pitching
- Jimmy Reed - 3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER
- Sam Tuivailala - 2 IP, H, BB, 3 K
- Victor DeLeon - 1 IP, 2 H, ER, K
- Robert Stock - 1 IP, 2 H, ER, BB
Palm Beach Hitting
- Anthony Garcia (LF) - 2 for 4
- Dante Rosenberg (EH) - 2 for 2, BB
Peoria 8 Greensboro 2
Peoria Pitching
- Rob Kaminsky - 4 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 3 K
- Juan Perez - 2 IP, 4 K
- Zach Loraine - 2 IP, 2 H
Peoria Hitting
- CJ McElroy (CF) - 4 for 5, 2 R, 2B, 3B
- Ronald Castillo (RF) - 2 for 4, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB
- Oscar Mercado (SS) - 2 for 5, R
State College 4 Batavia 4
State College Pitching
- Ian McKinney - 2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB
- Max Foody - 2 IP, 2 K
State College Hitting
- Luis Perez (LF) 2 for 2, 2 R, 3B, RBI
- Jesus Ustariz (1B) - 1 for 3, 2B, R
- Edmundo Sosa (SS) - 1 for 2, RBI
Notes:
McKinney and Foody pitched well in their spring debuts. Ustariz is a former Tiger farmhand from Venezuela who is a player to watch early in the season -- good power tool that could play up with proper instruction. Sosa has looked solid in his first few games stateside; between he, Mercado, and the newly signed Diaz, the Cardinals depth at SS is certainly looking up and could be an organizational strength by the end of the 2014 season.
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The Cardinals will play the Mets minor league system again on Monday.