What a late night for the big club! Offense still is offensive. Unfortunately, there isn’t much help to call on from the farm system. You can’t replace $32 M in payroll in the middle of your order with a fresh to order from Memphis.
Jon Jay, one of his tools not basesliding.
- James Rapoport went 1-for3 with 1 R.
- Tyler Greene went 2-for-4.
- Amaury Cazana hit a 2B and drove in 2.
- Donovan Solano went 1-for-4 with a double.
- Matt Pagnozzi went 1-for-3 with a 2B and R.
- The Enigma Evan MacLane went 6.0 IP, giving up 8 H and 4 ER for the loss. He walked 1, struckout 1 and gave up a HR.
- Rich Hill came on in relief, committed an error, gave up 1 H, 1 ER and struckout 3 in 1 IP.
- Pete Parise gave up a hit in his lone inning.
Springfield 6, Corpus Christi 2
- Aaron Miles continued to make Brendan Ryan wake up in a cold sweat, going 2-for-4 with a R.
- Matthew Carpenter went 1-for-4 with a R and RBI.
- Steven Hill went 4-for-4, falling a 2B short of the cycle. He drove in 2.
- Daryl Jones went 1-for-4 with R.
- Pete Kozma hit a 2B and BB.
- Antonio DeJesus went 1-for-4 with a 2-R HR.
- David Kopp was impressive, going 7 strong innings yielding on 5 H, 2 R (1 ER)) and 1 BB on his way to the win. He did give up a HR but struckout 8.
- Casey Mulligan picked up the 2 inning save, striking out 5 while yielding 2 H.
- Colt Sedbrook went favorite number today was 3. 3 H, 3 R, 3B.
- Jose Garcia went 2-for-5 with 2 R.
- Richard Racobaldo went 2-for-4 with 2 R.
- Tony Cruz went 1-for-4 with 2B, 3 RBI and 1 R.
- Alex Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a 2B and 2 RBI.
- Devin Sheppard (2B) and Domnit Bolivard both went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Bogany, Racobaldo, Bolivar and Garcia all had stolen bases.
- Arquimedes Nieto took the win with 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB and 1 K.
- Joel Luc Pichardo went 2 IP, 2 H and gave up 1 ER.
- Ramon Delgado struckout 2 in his 1 IP.
- D’Marcus Ingram continued his great season, picking up his 8th 2B as part of a 3-for-5 day. He scored 3 times and stole a base.
- Ryde Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and 1BB.
- Robert Stock, Nico Vasquez and Jason Stidham or as I like to the call them, Elliot Ness, Batman and The Transporter all had hits. Stock walked twice and stole a base.
- Edgar Lara went Big Fly for his 5th of the season, a solo shot.
- Luis Mateo went 2-for-4 with 2B and RBI.
- Scott Schneider and Deryk Hooker combined for a 4-hitter. Schneider went 5 IP, striking out 1, giving up 1 H and 1 ER. Hooker went the last 4 IP, giving up 3 H and 1 BB while striking out 4.
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Gorgon out until August.
Hopefully Parise can get back on track.
Mulligan with 5 K’s in 2 innings.
Ramon Delgado at PB has a 0.48 ERA and an 18:1 K:BB ratio. Not sure how the Cards are going to find room to promote him, Carpenter, and Frevert — who all need to move up this year.
Ingram OPSing over .900 at QC. This is the 3rd year he has spent time there. Time to move him up as well.
I’m currently working on the rest, will be up by 1CST.
There is word on Twitter that Fernando Salas is with the big league club – if true, I’m very excited. I would assume Boggs will be moved to the rotation and Ottavino stays with Memphis
Springfield made these moves today:
Kulik to Memphis
Broderick to Springfield
Mura to Springfield
Gorgen DL until August
I would be really disspointed if this is true. Ottavino deserves his shot. Why throw Boggs in the 5th spot when the reason hes in the location is he usually maxed out at 5 innings. That puts more pressure on the bullpen during his games. Plus Salas doesn’t have the arm to be a long reliever like Boggs is. Color me disspointed.
What I’ve heard is Salas with the big club, with the corresponding move being Mather to Memphis.
Then Ottavino to start on Saturday for STL, with the corresponding move being Lohse to the DL.
I guess that’s not 100%, but it makes sense.
Salas ahead of Josh Kinney? Interesting. Maybe Ottavino makes one start then goes back down since the Cards have a few off days coming up and may not need a 5th starter.
@jack618: I like this move. We needed another arm in the bullpen after another extra innings affair. Joey Bombs needs to play everyday for a few weeks (and has options). Salas has been nails in Memphis, time to pop his cherry. I’m very much rooting for Ottavino. He could ease our collective Lohse headache by pitching up to his potential out of the gate in the show. Alot to ask but I’m asking anyway. The baseball gods owe us.
Apparently according to the broadcast today, LaRussa said that Ottavino would make the start saturday if they stay within the organization. That means there are currently trade talks because any signing of someone they obviously can’t be ready to p itch by Saturday.
Schneider only had 1 fly ball hit against him in 5 innings.
THIRTEEN ground ball outs for Schneider!!!
With Walters already starting tonight, they obviously don’t want to throw out a rotation with two Memphis starters, not when there’s two guys in the bullpen who could do spot duty (Boggs, who did have a handful of mostly successful starts last year, and McClellan, who Duncan’s been wanting to turn into a starter and would have if not for Garcia).
Ottavino has been working as a starter, unlike Boggs or McClellan. His endurance has been built up. He will start.
Ottavino will be starting Saturday the coresponsing move will be either Jon Jay or Joe Mather to Memphis. There will be no trades or signings. All wishful thinking but it will not happen. The organization has too many pitchers that are just waiting for a chance to play for the big club. They will move to 13 pitchers on the roster. The rotation until Penny comes back off the DL will be:
Starters:
Wainwright
Carpenter
Garcia
Walters
Ottavino
Bull pen:
Hawksworth
Boggs
Motte
Salas
McClellan
Frankilin
Miller
Reyes
I actually think that Salas was called up just as insurance because the bullpen was a little thin. I think he goes down when Ottavino is called up. Ottavino is p h ysically with the team but he currently hasnt been called up. LaRussa said Ottavino gets the ball on Saturday if they stay within the organization. Not sure what the last part means. I don’t think Salas gets any innings with St. Louis unless its in tomorrows game.
Not sure if any one has noticed this, a great defensive play by DeJesus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5-fDeGBXDg&feature=player_embedded
@Andrew: What TLR means is if the Cards are limited to who they have now, then Ottavino starts. If they sign or trade for a new pitcher, this man will get the start.
Obviously I know this but it also seems to mean they were working on a trade as they spoke and it woul dhave been with someone who was ready to pitch on Saturday.
>>>”His endurance has been built up.”
That has little to do with spot starting. McClellan was being tried out as a starter all through spring training, which wasn’t all that long ago, while Boggs has been a starter his entire career until this season, which is only two months old.
Regardless, it appears that Salas was called up only to support the well-used bullpen, and that Ottavino will get the start this Saturday.
THIRTEEN ground ball outs for Schneider!!!