Like other sites, I receive daily reports on the Cardinals minor league spring training games, courtesy of Director of Minor League Operations John Vuch. It is easy to post them here, but I am curious if you find them of value.
As I attend games starting on Sunday, I will post eye-witness commentary and photos at Scout.com and here at TCN, but are these summary reports worth seeing here, too? Of course, these will always be focused on positive outings, which is understandable considering their source.
Your comments appreciated.
First games against real opponents are today, Thursday, 3/19. Prepare for lots of Marlins, Mets and more scrimmages like these this spring.
Memphis/Springfield – 4 Palm Beach – 3
Mem/Spr pitchers
Blake Hawksworth 4 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 BB, 2 K’s
Royce Ring one perfect inning, 1 K
Brad Furnish 2 hitless innings, one walk, one K
Ian Ostlund 2 scoreless innings, 1 hit, one K
Russ Haltiwanger one perfect inning
Chuckie Fick 1 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 2 BB
Mem/Spr hitters
Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-for-2, 2 RBIs
Antonio DeJesus 2-for-5 with a triple
Brett Wallace 2-for-5 with an RBI
Brandon Buckman doubled
Amaury Cazana was 1-for-3 with an RBI
Tyler Henley, Bryan Anderson, Casey Rowlett, Mike Folli and David Freese also had hits
Palm Beach pitchers
PJ Walters 4 IP, 4 hits, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K’s
Luke Gregerson 1 IP, 2 hits, 1 R
Lance Lynn 2 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 K
Nick Additon 2 IP, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 K
Mark Diapoules 2 IP, 2 hits, 1 run 1 BB
Palm Beach hitters
Curt Smith hit a two-run HR
Oliver Marmol and Charlie Kingrey doubled
Pete Kozma singled in his only AB
Jonathan Edwards was 1-for-3
Quad Cities #1 – 10, Quad Cities #2 – 0
QC #1 combined for a 2-hit shutout. Hector Cardenas, George Brown and Ramon Delgado each threw two hitless innings, while Adam Veres allowed two hits in his two scoreless innings.
QC #1 hitters
Alex Castellanos was 3-for-5 with two doubles a run scored and an RBI
Niko Vasquez was 2-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI
Ryde Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and two RBIs
Beau Riportella and Osvaldo Morales each doubled
QC #2 pitchers
Eric Fornataro 2 IP, 2 ER
Anthony Ferrara 2 IP, 2 ER, with 4 K’s
Kevin Thomas 1.2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER
Dan Richardson, one scoreless IP
Jorge Rondon 1 IP, 2 R, 1 ER
QC #2 hitters
Brett Lilley 1-for-3 with a walk
Yunior Castillo 1-for-2 with a walk