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Daily Farm Report - 7/24/13

A daily recap of the minor league players in the Cardinals' farm system.

Fairly certain legs aren't supposed to look like that...
Fairly certain legs aren't supposed to look like that...
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The system had a busy night, going 3-and-4 in 7 games. Michael Wacha made a joke out of Round Rock batsmen. State College was swept in its double-header despite strong pitching that limited Mahoning Valley to 3 runs because they only mustered a total of 4 singles in two games. Johnson City lost in extra innings.

Round Rock 2, Memphis 3

  • Jamie Romak was 2-for-3 with a HR (20) and walk. With Brock Peterson promotion to St. Louis, Romak now leads the PCL in home runs.
  • Greg Garcia was 2-for-3.
  • Chad Huffman doubled.
  • Kolten Wong singled.
  • Michael Wacha was sharp after resting for fifteen days between starts, though he did face five batters in Triple-A's All-Star Game. In 6 innings, he used 87 pitches (57 strikes) to strike out 8 batters. Wacha only allowed 2 hits and the 1 run that scored against him was on a solo homer, but his 2-7 groundout-flyout ratio makes me wonder what the other balls in play looked like.
  • Victor Marte had a scoreless outing, everyone! No, really!
  • Keith Butler allowed a solo home run and struck out a batter in 2 innings.
  • Springfield tallied 4 hits and 5 walks but couldn't push any runs across home plate.
  • Mike O'Neill, Chris Swauger, and Colin Walsh all singled and walked.
  • Cody Stanley singled while Jake Lemmerman and Ruben Gotay contributed walks.
  • Jonathan Cornelius allowed 8 hits and 2 walks in 6.2 innings but limited Tulsa to 3 runs by keeping the ball on the floor with 11 groundouts against just 1 flyout.
  • Jose Almarante struck out the only batter he retired, stranding 2 of 3 inherited runners in the process.
  • Danny Miranda, appearing in just his second game for Springfield, struck out 3 in 2 innings.
  • Jacob Wilson was 3-for-5 with 2 doubles and a walk.
  • C.J. McElroy doubled and walked in the leadoff spot.
  • Patrick Wisdom was 1-for-6 with a double.
  • Gerwuins Velazco was 2-for-5 with a double and SB (4).
  • Breyvic Valera was 2-for-4 with a walk.
  • Jeremy Schaffer was 2-for-2 with a SB (2).
  • Charlie Tilson was 1-for-5 with a walk.
  • Kyle Helisek allowed 4 runs (all unearned) in 2 innings on 3 hits, 5 walks, and 3 strikeouts.
  • Joe Donofrio pitted 3 strikeouts against 1 walk in 3 innings but allowed 1 run on a solo homer.
  • Samuel Tuivailala allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and 1 strikeout in his inning.
  • Thomas Lee allowed 1 of 3 inherited runners to score but scattered 3 hits across 3 innings and struck out 2.
  • Zach Russell allowed 1 hit and 1 walk but struck out 1 in his scoreless inning.
State College 1, Mahoning Valley 2 (Game 1 - Eight innings)
State College 0, Mahoning Valley 1 (Game 2 - Eight innings)
  • Mason Katz and Matthew Young collected State College's only 2 hits, both of which were singles... again.
  • State College did manage to walk 6 times: Bruce Caldwell (2), Luis Perez (2), David Washington (1), and Alex De Leon (1).
  • Nick Petree struck out 5 and only allowed 1 hit and 1 walk in 5 scoreless innings.
  • Andrew Pierce struck out 7 in 4.1 innings that included 1 run on 4 hits and 1 walk.