Following are the highlights from the 11th day of St. Louis Cardinals minor league games in spring 2011, on Saturday, March 26. On Saturday’s camp day, Memphis took on Springfield while Palm Beach and Quad Cities faced off at the Jupiter complex.
After the inherent 2-2 day in which both the lower level teams prevailed, the Cardinals system is a combined 23-17-6 this spring. That includes a 15-9-2 mark against external competition.
Today’s photo is of the Player of the Day, Quad Cities pitcher Trevor Rosenthal. The right-hander spun four shutout innings against Palm Beach. The Cardinal Nation subscribers should look for my interview with Rosenthal coming up next week.
On Sunday, Memphis and Springfield will welcome their Mets counterparts to the Jupiter complex while Palm Beach and Quad Cities players hop the bus to Port St. Lucie. For the full state of minor league spring training schedules, The Cardinal Nation subscribers can click here. Update: On Sunday morning, the Redbirds official Twitter account noted the Memphis and Springfield games have been moved to Port St. Lucie, with Palm Beach and Quad Cities staying home.
As he has been doing the last few seasons, Cardinals farm director John Vuch is sharing game highlights with this site and several others with interest in Cardinals prospects. As always, the raw data is his, with the comments mine.
Springfield (5-2-3) 4, Memphis (3-4-3) 0 (five innings)
Memphis pitching
Cory Rauschenberger was given the start and yielded a pair of runs in two innings. He gave up four hits and two walks and struck out two.
Adam Reifer was charged with a run on one hit in 2/3 of an inning.
Veteran lefty Rich Rundles gave up one hit and collected one out.
Memphis hitting
Adron Chambers’ double was the only hit for the Redbirds. The outfielder hit .273 with a .385 OBP in 18 spring games with St. Louis.
Springfield pitching
Richard Castillo allowed two baserunners in two innings. He fanned one.
Daniel Calhoun fanned two in a pair of perfect frames.
Springfield hitting
Shortstop and solid glove man Ryan Jackson had a good day at the plate with two singles in three at-bats and he scored once.
Chris Swauger singled and walked in two plate appearances. The outfielder scored one and collected an RBI.
Alex Castellanos homered, walked and scored twice. (Update: The Springfield News-Leader’s Kary Booher noted the home run came off a curveball thrown by Cuban tryout pitcher Rigoberto Arrebato. More information on Arrebato can be found at The Cardinal Nation – subscriber article.)
Jarred Bogany doubled and drove in two.
Quad Cities (5-6) 4, Palm Beach (7-4) 1 (seven innings)
Palm Beach pitching
Maikel Cleto allowed five baserunners and fanned five in 3 2/3 innings. The 40-man roster righty was charged with two earned runs.
Andrew Moss gave up the other two runs during his 2 1/3 inning outing. He yielded three hits, walked one and fanned one.
Keith Butler fanned one in his perfect inning.
Palm Beach hitting
Infielder Luis Mateo muscled up with a solo home run in two at-bats. He has only 10 long balls in 741 career regular season plate appearances over three seasons.
Quad Cities pitching
Trevor Rosenthal started and scattered two hits and three walks over four innings, keeping Palm Beach off the scoreboard. Looking to make the leap from Johnson City, he struck out two.
Hector Corpas relieved, allowing one run in two innings on two hits. The 2010 Appalachian League All-Star fanned three.
Recovering right-hander Scott Bittle walked one in his lone inning of work. The Cardinal Nation subscribers should check out our interview, posted on Friday.
Quad Cities hitting
Virgil Hill doubled twice in three at-bats. The outfielder scored and collected an RBI.
Still a teenager, Dominican third baseman Roberto De La Cruz singled and scored in three at-bats.
Catcher Robert Stock singled twice in two at-bats.
Juan Castillo singled, scored and drove in one in two at-bats.
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Nice to see Hector Corpas get more than one inning. He was an Appy League All-Star in 2010 by the way.
It is a long shot but Rosie might get a QC starting spot… Anyone have any idea how many pitches Trevor threw in his 4 innings?
Sorry, I don’t have pitch counts. It would be a big step for Rosenthal, but his invitation to early camp indicates how well he is thought of. The numbers indicate he is backing it up in camp. Still, even with a six-man rotation, there are more deserving pitchers than roster spots will probably allow. Good problem for the organization.
I don’t consider Rosie getting a rotation spot in QC a long shot by any means.
JC, he had 55 pitches. I am curious what your reasoning is that he is a long shot. Name your 6 SPs for QC that are healthy and have numbers better than Rosie’s:
10 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 14 K, 3 BB and running 93 to 97 avg 95
Welcome, basecard. Thanks for the info. I hope you stick around.
Batista has made the team. So that leaves one bullpen spot still up in the air.
Unless TLR decides to carry an extra pitcher for a while.
SS Ryan Jackson could have a big year in 2011. The Cards seem to have won the bet in drafting him. A lot of other teams thought Jackson could not hit enough.