St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Report: Randal Grichuk, Aledmys Diaz homer

Memphis beat New Orleans 6 - 3

• Thomas Pham (CF), 0 for 5, K
• Randal Grichuk (LF), 1 for 3, HR, BB, K, R, RBI
• Stephen Piscotty (RF), 0 for 3, BB, R
• Xavier Scruggs (1B), 1 for 3, R
• Greg Garcia (2B), 2 for 3, BB, 2 Runs, RBI, SB
• Pete Kozma (SS), 1 for 3, K, RBI
• Mike O'Neill (PH), 1 for 1, RBI
• John Gast, 5.0 IP, 4 Ks, 2 BBs, 5 Hits, 2 ER, Pickoff

Notes:

Greg Garcia has been on fire lately, after a terrible May and overwhelming numbers overall so far this season. In August he has now hit .385/.467/.487, and his season line is now pretty similar to least year's. Still, after last year's .881 2nd half OPS, a repeat of last year's season totals would be fairly disappointing.

Palm Beach beat Fort Myers 4 - 3

• Aledmys Diaz (DH), 2 for 3, HR, 2B, R, 2 RBI
• Luke Voit (1B), 0 for 3
• Anthony Garcia (LF), 0 for 2, BB
• Mason Katz (BB), 0 for 2
• Silfredo Garcia, 4 2/3 IP, 5 Ks, BB, 4 Hits, HR, 3 ER

Notes:

Did I miss something? How long is Diaz to be at Palm Beach for?

State College lost to Connecticut 2 - 1

• Darren Seferina (2B), 2 for 6, 3B, 2 Ks
• Alex De Leon (1B), 0 for 5, K
• Brian O'Keefe (C), 1 for 4, BB
• Jake Stone (PH), 0 for 1
• Nick Thompson (PH-RF), 0 for 1, K
• Fernando Baez, 3 2/3 IP, 3 Ks, 3 BBs, 2 Hits, ER
• Josh Lucas, 3 1/3 IP, 4 Ks, H

Notes:

This game ended in 12 innings.

The DH for the other team has the surname "Pankake". That's amazing.

GCL Cardinals lost to the GCL Marlins 0 -1

• Magneuris Sierra (CF), 1 for 3, K
• Edmundo Sosa (SS), 1 for 3, 2B
• Malik Collymore (PH-DH), 0 for 1
• Jack Flaherty, 4.0 IP, 4 Ks, H

GCL Cardinals lost to the GCL Marlins 1 - 2

• Malik Collymore (2B), 1 for 2, BB, K

Notes:

Both these games went just seven innings, with the latter being a make up for a shortened game on August 1st.

DSL Cardinals lost to the DSL Giants 2 - 3

Johnson City beat Kingsport 3 - 2

• Casey Turgeon (SS), 0 for 5
• Blake Drake (DH), 2 for 5, R
• Kevin Carlow, 2.0 IP, 4 Ks, H

Tonight's Starters

Memphis: Tim Cooney

Springfield: Jonathan Cornelius

Pam Beach: Corey Littrell

Peoria: Alex Reyes

State College: Will Anderson

Johnson City: Matt Pearce