Springfield Cardinals Media Notes Game #75 Home Game #37 Away Game #38 Saturday, June 22, 2019 7:15Pm
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SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME #75 HOME GAME #37 AWAY GAME #38 SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 7:15PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (0-4, 30-44) VS. CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS (2-2, 35-38) St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros Today’s Starters: Springfield – RHP Alex FaGalde (1-0, 0.00) Corpus Christi – RHP Carson LaRue (1-3, 5.15) Upcoming Probables: Sunday, 4:15pm – SPR RHP Johan Oviedo (1-4, 6.94) @ CC RHP Yohan Ramirez (0-1, 11.37) The Book on Alex FaGalde (1-0, 0.00)… High Strikeouts – 4 Most Hits Allowed – 2 Longest Outing – 8.0 Most Walks Allowed – 1 Shortest Outing – 8.0 HR Allowed (Season) – 0 Dominant Double-A debut to prohibit Midland from clinching 1st Half South title on 6/17 – career-high 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K – all on 80 pitches 2019 Florida State League All-Star with Palm Beach – 6-3, 1.99 ERA, 13 GS, 72.1 IP, 48 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 16 BB, 62 K When promoted on 6/16, ranked among FSL leaders in ERA (4th, 1.99), wins (t-1st, 6), GS (t-1st, 13), IP (3rd, 72.1), BAA (3rd, .188), WHIP (1st, 0.88) Logged five 7.0 inning starts with Palm Beach, with two being scoreless on 5/19 vs. Brevard and 6/5 vs. Lakeland Named St. Louis’s Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May, 2019 while with Palm Beach - 2-2, 1.57 ERA, 6 GS, 34.1 IP, 21 H, 6 R, 7 BB, 29 K Split 2018 between Low-A Peoria (6-3, 1.63 ERA, 13G/12S) and High-A Palm Beach (4-2, 3.20 ERA, 7 GS) Tossed at least 6.0 IP in 13 of 19 total starts last year, all 13 of which were quality starts Ranked among Cardinals Minor League leaders in 2018 in wins (t-2nd, 10), Ks (t-6th, 116), ERA (2nd, 2.16), BAA (3rd, .212) and WHIP (8th, 0.99) Struck out career-high 10 batters twice with Peoria last year, both against Clinton in 7.2 innings on 6/3/18 and in 7.0 scoreless, one-hit innings on 7/28/18 Did not allow a run in four straight starts (3 Low-A, 1 High-A) from 7/8-8/2/18 -- 24.0 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 25 K Rated as having “Best Control” in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America in 2018 Split first pro campaign in 2017 between GCL Cardinals (2-1, 2.25 ERA, 6G/1S) and Short-A State College (1-2, 2.61 ERA, 8 G) Selected by St. Louis in 30th round of the June, 2017 draft out of the University of California – Riverside Played baseball, football and participated in track and field at Oak Ridge HS in El Dorado Hills, CA Last Game: 8.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K (6/17 @ Midland) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK – .................................. 0-4 LONGEST WINNING STREAK –……………….......5-0 LAST 5 GAMES – ......................................... 1-4 LONGEST LOSING STREAK – ….……………........0-8 LAST 10 GAMES – ....................................... 5-5 BEST RECORD – ......................................................18-22 HOME RECORD – ....................................... 22-15 WORST RECORD – .................................................23-39 AWAY RECORD – ....................................... 8-29 2019 vs. Corpus Christi – ............................................. 3-2 Cardinals’ Chirps… Last game… The Hooks received another shut-down starting pitching performance on Friday from RHP Enoli Paredes, dealing 6.0 scoreless frames with nine Ks to pace Corpus Christi to the 3-0 win. Paredes and LHP Austin Warner alternated a pair of scoreless stanzas to start, before Hooks CF Ronnie Dawson (2R) and 3B Abraham Toro (solo) went back-to-back with homers in the 3rd to make it 3-0. That was all Warner allowed in his 6.0 quality innings, followed by scoreless relief from RHP Roel Ramirez and RHP Junior Fernandez. However, rehabbing Astros hurlers RHP Joe Smith and RHP Collin McHugh dealt 1.2 perfect relief innings, before 1.1 scoreless frames from RHP Colin McKee to close the three-run win for Corpus. Tough to K (normally)… Although the Hooks have struck out an impressive 26 batters through the first two games, the Cardinals have been the 3rd- hardest team to strike out this season with 614 Ks on the campaign. Springfield does not have a single batter ranking in the league’s top 25 strikeout totals, with OF Dylan Carlson leading the club with a reasonable total of 55 Ks in 264 at-bats. Carlson keeps coming home… OF Dylan Carlson scored again on Wednesday and leads all of Double-A with 51 runs on the season. The 20 year old is on pace to blow past his career-high 68 runs that he scored in 112 games between Low-Peoria and High-A Palm Beach a season ago. OK, O’Keefe… C Brian O’Keefe’s base hit and walk on Friday continued a great stretch for the backstop, who has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games and is batting .314 (11x35) with three homers, a double, five RBIs, six walks and three runs during that stretch. After hitting .222 in 17 April games, O’Keefe is batting .263 (26x99) with 16 walks in 30 games since May 1. Not Miesing around… OF Johan Mieses continued a productive Texas trip with an RBI double on Thursday and is 5x19 with a home run, a double and three RBIs through the first five games in the lonestar state. Looking back a bit further, Mieses has hit safely in 11 of his last 16 games with a .288 clip (17x59), four homers, 12 RBIs, three doubles, five walks and nine runs. Love the glove… The Cardinals have continued to be the top fielding team in the Texas League with a .984 fielding %, only committing 41 errors in 2,572 total chances through 73 games. Springfield has only committed six miscues in 19 games in June with only three errors in their last 12 games. All-Stars announced… With All-Star rosters announced, OF Dylan Carlson and LHP Austin Warner have both been voted to the North Division squad. Carlson has been one of the most complete players in the circuit this season, ranking among league leaders in a whopping 13 categories, including runs (1st, 51), total bases (2nd, 132), extra-base hits (t-1st, 31), home runs (10th, 10), RBIs (t-7th, 41), average (.10th, .284), hits (5th, 75), triples (3rd, 6), doubles (t-7th, 15), walks (7th, 33), slugging % (6th, .500), on-base % (10th, .367) and on-base-plus-slugging % (6th, .867). Warner currently leads the league with 87 strikeouts, while ranking 7th in ERA (3.83), t-2nd in innings (82.1), 8th in WHIP (1.31) and 8th in BAA (.261). Bird Seed… RAYDER ASCANIO – Hits in 5 of last 7G – .231 (6x26), 3 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R… Hit first Double-A HR (3R) in Game 2 on 5/30 vs. TUL… With PB this year - .259, 4 2B, 9 RBI, 31 G… Spent 2018 with Low-A Peoria - .246, 4 HR, 18 RBI, 6 2B, 27 R, 66G… Acquired by STL from Seattle in exchange for RHP Mike Leake, cash considerations and international cap space on 8/30/17… In 2017, played 42G for Clinton (Low-A), 3G for Tacoma (AAA) and 66G Modesto (High-A) in Seattle’s system, before finishing year with 3G in Palm Beach… Spent 2016 with Low-A Clinton and recorded 32 multi-hit games, including nine 3H games… Originally signed as a non-drafted free agent with Seattle on 12/16/12 out of Mariara, Carabobo, Venezuela DYLAN CARLSON – Hits in 11 of last 14G – .273 (15x55), 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 2B, 10 R… Leads Double-A with 51 runs… STL MiLB Player of Month for May - .304 (31x102), 4 HR, 4 2B, 5 3B, 17 RBI, 21 R, 27 G, 14 BB, .393 OBP… 10G hit streak, 5/11-5/21 – .341 (14x41), 4 HR, 3 3B, 2 2B, 12 RBI, 7R… Ranked by MLB.com as Cardinals #6 prospect… Started 2018 with 13G in Low-A Peoria before High-A Palm Beach debut on 4/25/18… With PB - .247, 9 HR, 53 RBI, 19 2B, 99G… Ranked 7th in FSL last year with 52 BB in just 99G… Has racked up 26 outfield assists (one this year) in young pro career… 1st round (33rd overall) pick in 2016 out of powerhouse Elk Grove HS (CA), where his father, Jeff, was the head baseball coach for 18 seasons (2001-18) CHRIS CHINEA – With MEM from 6/17-6/21 – 1x5, 3 G… Hits in 11 of last 14G with SPR from 5/30-6/16 – .377 (20x53), 4 HR, 3 2B, 12 RBI, 8R… 8G hit streak from 4/25-5/4 - .313 (10x32), 2 HR, 2 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI, 4R, 2BB… Spent 2018 season with SPR, 3rd on team with career-best 14 HR… Named TL Player of Week for 6/25-7/1/18 – 7x15, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 4 G… Led SPR with 5 HRs in June, 2018 - .269 (21x78), 5 HR, 11 RBI, 14 R, 22 G… Hit first- career Double-A home run (solo) in first at-bat of the year on 4/7/18 in MID… .260, 6 HR, 48 RBIs, 24 2B in High-A Palm Beach in 2017… Louisville Slugger and Baseball America High School All-American at Gulliver Prep in Miami… 17th round pick in 2015 out of Louisiana State JOSE GODOY – Hits in 3 of 6G back with SPR – 3x22, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5R, 4 BB… With MEM from 6/2-6/8 - .368 (7x19), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 3 R, 5 G… 2018 FSL Midseason All-Star with Palm Beach - .289 (61x211), 2 HR, 10 2B, 1 3B, 18 RBI, 68G… Had 9G hit streak with PB from 4/24-5/11/18 (11x30, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 4R)… Joined SPR in 2018 from 5/18-27 and 7/15/18 - .226 (7x31), 1 2B, 9G… Double-A debut with SPR on 7/7/16, going 1x1 with PH single before returning to Low-A Peoria… Has caught 44% (158x359) of attempted base stealers throughout his career… Native of Maracaibo, Venezuela signed with STL as non-drafted free agent in 2011 ZACH KIRTLEY – Hits in 7 of last 11G – .256 (11x43), 1 HR, 5 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 7 R… Walk-off RBI single in 11th on 6/13 vs.