Cardinals Minors Spring Training Report: 3/24

Monday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training game results. Pitcher and Player of the Day are Adam Ottavino and Joe Mather, respectively.

On Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals moved over to the Florida Marlins’ fields at the Roger Dean Stadium complex in Jupiter, Florida for a five-game set. The “away” Cardinals went 3-2 on the afternoon.

Among the players who took the bus with the big club to Fort Myers instead of playing in minor league games were Colby Rasmus, Rico Washington, Nick Derba, Matt Pagnozzi, Mark Hamilton, Nick Stavinoha along with pitchers Josh Dew and Bob Zimmerman.

Tuesday’s opponents are themselves as the Cardinals have another “camp” day during which no games against outside opponents are planned. At one point, both Braden Looper and Matt Clement were scheduled to throw on the minor league fields.

Scout.com Cardinals Pitcher of the Day – Monday

Springfield’s Adam Ottavino went 4.2 scoreless innings in his start, striking out seven. Our number five ranked prospect in the Cardinals system allowed four hits and two walks.

Scout.com Cardinals Hitter of the Day – Monday

Now playing for Memphis after drawing notice in big league camp this spring, Joe Mather stroked two doubles and collected three RBIs in the process. He is our number eight Cardinals prospect.

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Memphis 8, Albuquerque 1

Joel Piniero is the big news in his first action in almost three weeks. He went two innings, allowing just one baserunner on a hit and striking out two. Very encouraging. Ron Flores also gave up one hit in one inning and fanned two. John Wasdin finally got on the mound for six outs and also kept the opponent off the board. Wasdin yielded two hits, one walk and struck out one Joe Rogers went three innings. While he was charged with a run, he allowed just two hits, no walks and fanned four. Jason Motte finished off a nice game with a perfect inning.

Outfielder Amaury Marti hit a pair of solo home runs to lead the offense along with Mather.

Springfield 5, Carolina 1

Tyler Herron followed Ottavino and was also impressive for three innings. He allowed one run on two hits, one walk and he fanned two. Matt Scherer also contributed one perfect inning out of the pen.

Centerfielder Jon Jay continues his quiet comeback, going 3-for-5. Catcher Bryan Anderson also had three hits, including a double, and added two RBIs in just three at-bats. Shortstop Tyler Greene and outfielder Dan Nelson contributed two hits apiece.

Jupiter 6, Palm Beach 1

It was a typical line for Blake King as he went four innings. He allowed two runs on two hits, walking four and punching out four more. Kyle Sadlowski and Marco Gonzalez allowed a run each. Kyle went one inning, allowing four hits and two walks, while striking out two. Marco was charged with three hits and struck out one. Cardoza Tucker was charged with an unearned run in one frame.

Brandon Buckman continued his multi-hit games, going 2-for-4. Tommy Pham doubled, Daniel Descalso and Tony Cruz both singled and walked. Descalso also scored.

Quad Cities (#1) 9, Greensboro 5

Nick Additon allowed just one run in three innings on one hit, three walks and he fanned four. Logan Collier was charged with three runs in 1.2 innings, on two hits and three walks. Davis Bilardello and Eduardo Sanchez picked it up with 1.1 and two scoreless innings, respectively. Justin Fiske yielded two hits and one unearned run in his inning.

Travis Mitchell hit a double and a home run. Carlos Pupo (pictured above) went 3-for-4 with a home run that reportedly flew over batter’s eye in center. Beau Riportella had a pair of doubles, scored and collected an RBI. Brian Cartie singled, doubled and had RBI in five at-bats. Charlie Kingrey homered and had a pair of walks.

Marlins’ 5^th club 5, Quad Cities (#2) 2

Brett Zawacki was touched for three runs in four innings on five hits and three walks. He did strike out two. While Matt Spade was pitching, two runs scored, but only one was earned. He allowed two hits and a walk and struck out two. David Riddle offered up two hitless innings on two walks and two strikeouts.  Jose Mateo added one scoreless inning.

Ivan Bellazetin and Matt Arburr each went 2-for-4 with the latter’s line also including a home run and two RBIs.

Basic player stats provided through the courtesy of Cardinals Director of Minor League Operations John Vuch.

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