Thursday’s opponents: Partial schedule as Springfield and Quad Cities played up a level at Port St. Lucie against the Mets Triple-A and Double-A clubs respectively. The Cardinals Triple-A club was en route to Memphis to entertain the big-league Cardinals on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
Friday’s opponents: St. Louis at Memphis with the other four clubs playing on the Marlins’ side of the complex. Those are the last games against outside competition. Games will start early as Springfield and Quad Cities will break camp Saturday morning. Palm Beach will remain home to play some games against the extended spring training group.
Following are the current won-loss records of the teams this spring. The group in total fell seven games under .500.
Memphis: 5-8-0
Springfield: 5-8-1
Palm Beach: 6-7-1
Quad Cities #1: 4-8-2
Quad Cities #2: 6-2-1
Total: 26-33-5
In a programming note, catch me on KMA Radio 960 in Shenandoah, IA talking Cardinals baseball with Derek Martin this weekend. There will be a five-minute segment run on Friday at 5:50 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 2:45 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. The entire discussion is scheduled at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday.
KMA is a member of the Cardinals Radio Network and stream their signal online at KMA960.com.
As always, the following game summaries are provided through the courtesy of the St. Louis Cardinals by Director of Minor League Operations John Vuch.
Springfield lost to Buffalo, 2-1
Springfield pitching
Clayton Mortensen, 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s
Tyler Norrick 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB’s
Eduardo Sanchez 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K
Casey Mulligan 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K’s
Springfield hitting
James Rapoport 2-for-5
Andrew Brown (pictured) doubled, tripled and scored a run
Steve Hill doubled
Mike Folli singled and had the lone RBI
Brett Wallace singled and walked
Palm Beach lost to Binghamton, 9-2
Palm Beach pitching
Brandon Dickson 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Nick Additon, 3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K’s
George Brown, one inning, three weak groundballs on seven pitches
David Carpenter, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
Palm Beach hitting
Shane Peterson 1-for-3 with a run scored
Charlie Kingrey 1-for-2 with a run scored
Francisco Rivera 1-for-4 with an RBI
Quad Cities #2 defeated Quad Cities #1, 5-3
QC #1 pitching
Gary Daley 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K’s
Eric Fornataro 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB
LaCurtis Mayes 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s
QC#1 hitting
Osvaldo Morales 2-for-3 with an RBI
Jon Edwards 2-for-2 with two walks
Alex Castellanos doubled, scored and had an RBI
Niko Vasquez doubled and scored a run
Brian Buck doubled
Charlie Cutler and Ryde Rodriguez singled
QC #2 pitching
Anthony Ferrara 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K’s
Brett Zawacki 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K’s
Joel Pichardo 1 IP (all zeroes)
Jason Buursma, 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K’s
QC #2 hitting
Travis Mitchell 2-for-3 with a run scored
Jairo Martinez 2-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs
Ivan Castro doubled and had an RBI
Edwin Gomez 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored
Jose Garcia 1-for-3
Norrick did a nice job giving up 7 runners in just 2 innings, yet none scored. If I can figure that out, I will do Rubiks Cube next.
Pickoff or caught stealing?
Sounds like a caught stealing or two, or perhaps a pickoff.
You owe me a coke, Brian.
Double plays could do it, too.
Our minor league pitching has not looked good this Spring for the most part. Guys who were strong last year are struggling.
In his first inning, Norrick could give up a single and a couple of walks, but get out of it, leaving the sacks full. The next inning, he does the same. Then he gives up a hit to the first batter in the 3rd inning and the manager cant stand watching and yanks him. Another solution. His WHIP will indicate the struggle.
Gary Daley Jr. went 3 innings, zero runs.