The system went 2-and-3 tonight. Jon Jay reassured fans of the parent club with a strong offensive showing for Memphis, who outslugged Omaha. Carlos Martinez pitched for Springfield, whose offense didn’t strikeout or walk once in the game. Two of the Cardinals’ HS position players have a rough night for Johnson City. Details after the jump…
Memphis 13, Omaha 9
- Jon Jay made a case for his health status by going 2-for-4 with a HR, triple, and walk in his rehab assignment.
- Mark Hamilton homered and walked twice.
- Nick Derba was 3-for-5 with 2 doubles.
- Jamie Romak had 2 hits, one of which was a double. Pete Kozma also doubled.
- Steven Hill reached base 3 times with a single and 2 walks.
- Eugenio Velez had 2 singles.
- Zack Cox had a single and walk. Ryan Jackson did the same.
- John Gast was one out away from a quality start but coughed up a 3-run HR with 2 outs in the 6th inning. His final line: 6 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 3 BB, and 5 K.
- Jess Todd pitched a perfect inning.
- John Gaub gave up a 2-run HR in an inning of work that included 1 strikeout.
- Chuckie Fick gave up 1 run on 2 hits and 1 walk.
- Kolten Wong was responsible for 2 of Springfield’s 3 hits; he bumped his batting average back above .300 tonight.
- Audry Perez had the other hit.
- Carlos Martinez threw 56 pitches (39 strikes) over 3 innings that included 2 runs on 5 hits; he didn’t walk or strikeout anyone.
- Jesse Simpson then struck out 2 in 3 innings; he allowed 1 run (unearned) on 2 hits.
- Justin Wright pitched 2 scoreless innings. He struck out 1 against 2 hits and a walk.
Quad Cities: No Game
- Starlin Rodriguez, batting lead-off, went 2-for-3 with 2 walks.
- Tyler Rahmatulla was 1-for-3 with a double and 2 walks.
- Jeremy Patton had a single and 2 walks.
- Christopher Edmonson and Mike O’Neill had a single and walk each.
- Luis De La Cruz and Nick Longmire each had singles.
- Ronny Gil walked once.
- Todd McInnis had a tough outing: 5 IP, 6 R (4 ER), 7 H, 5 BB, and 4 K.
- Drew Benes pitched the final 3 innings: 1 R (0ER), 3 H, 1 BB, and 2 K.
- David Washington led the offensive charge. He was 2-for-3 with 2 doubles and a walk.
- Matthew Young had a double and a walk.
- Jonathan Keener and Breyvic Valera each had a single and double.
- Jesus Montero was 2-for-4.
- Roberto Reyes was 1-for-2 with a walk.
- Leandro Mateo and Steven Ramos each singled. Ramos stole his first base of the year.
- Joe Cuda, the Cardinals’ 27th round pick in 2012, struck out 4 in 4 scoreless innings and allowed 4 hits.
- Kevin Jacob gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks in only 1 inning of relief.
- Lee Stoppelman struck out 3 and walked 2 in 2 innings.
- Jose Almarante had 1 strikeout in his inning.
- Yunier Castillo struck out the side.
- C.J. McElroy was 2-for-5 with a double leading off. Ildemaro Vargas did the same. They each stole a base too.
- Tony Bryant was 2-for-4.
- Samuel Tuivailala homered.
- Lance Jeffries was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Carson Kelly and Steve Bean each had 3 strikeouts and a fielding error.
- Victor De Leon allowed 1 run on 2 hits, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts in 5 innings.
- Steven Sabatino struck out 2 but allowed 2 runs on 3 hits in 1 inning.
- Thomas Lee gave up 1 unearned run on 2 hits in 1 inning.
- Jared Springer only recorded 1 out. He surrendered 2 runs on 2 hits, one of which was a HR.
- Zachary Petrick struck out the side.
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MILB.com has Carlos Martinez throwing no walks.
My mistake. Fixed.
Impressive night by DeLeon. JC got there audio issues worked out and I was able to listen to the game. He had 3 walks bout 2 were on 8 straight pitches in the 4th were he lost his control. He got out of that inning only giving up 1 run. He’s someone to keep an eye on.
I think “impressive” is a little strong. The walks were part of his night and can’t be dismissed. I would call it “promising” maybe. The most promising part which you didn’t mention which was his 8:1 groundout to flyout ratio.
You say promising I say impressive. DeLeon gave up 1 run over 5 innings while they relief corps gave up 8 in the remaining 4. It’s not like the opposing team just couldn’t hit because as we saw the second half of the game they could. And I would consider it impressive when it’s his first JC starter and last year in GCL he was 0-6 with a 5.7 ERA.
Justin Wright starting to settle down after his horrid start. In his past 10 outings he has an ERA of 0.77.
Good catch. He really was impressive his first 2 yrs with 80K’s and 20 BB in 60 IP and only giving up 4.5 hits per 9 innings. Low HR totals also. I’d love for him to get himself back on the LOOGY radar.
Watch a few of hit outings he was clocked around 90-92 MPH topped 93 on his 4-Seamer has some good movement. He has a pretty good breaking ball as well he showed he could locate it inside to a LH Batter so it’s an out pitch for him. He’s has an explosive delivery to the plate mainly pitches out of the windup. Another guy to keep an eye on out of the Springfield pen.
Joe Cuda had 114 K’s and 14 BB in 86.1 innings this year at a small Florida college. And at least last night, he also had a good GB ratio. Is it possible that will translate to the pro’s at anywhere close to that ratio? Doubt it – but it’s fun to think about.
I was excited to see Sam T. go deep. What is the deal with him as a prospect? I know he has been mentioned as a little disappointing. Does he have too long of a swing or some other hitting flaw? Where does he profile long term defensively? Does he even profile long term at all?
Shoulder soreness/fatigue. Moved up from High A to AA while he rested his shoulder, worked on mechanics.
What injurty is CMart coming back from, and why are his innings being limted to 3 (or pitchcounts limited)?
I believe the official diagnosis was shoulder tendinitis, which kept him out for about a month. With shoulder injuries being so scary and him being a smaller guy, I imagine they will continue to proceed with caution for a little while.
Martinez is on a pitch count he threw 56 pitches 39 for strikes according to reports he was sating 95-98 topped 99-100. Anyway last season he got a workload for the first time in his career now that need to take it easy with him before his control and command go to waste like it did late last season.
Did I miss something with Benes? Is he piggy-backing now? Didn’t he throw a CG earlier this year? Are they trying to limit his innings? Can I think of another question to ask?
Starlin Rodriguez is having a very good year so far