Results from games played
Saturday, September 26.
World Baseball
Cup
Daniel Descalso
(Memphis) and Team USA had the day off on Saturday and will defend
their 2007 World Cup Championship against Cuba on Sunday.
The game starts at 8 a.m. CT and will be televised on MLB
Network.
The 2007 USA Gold Medal team
featured Colby Rasmus, Bryan Anderson, and former Cardinal Chris Perez. The
U.S. knocked off
Cuba 6-3 as the games were hosted by
Chinese Taipei.
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Curt Smith (Palm Beach) started in left field and batted
fourth. 1-for-4 with one double.
Australia
Beat Netherlands 4-1
Australia finishes fifth place, pushing
Netherlands to
sixth.
Former Cardinals prospect
Yonathan Sivira went
1-for-3 with one RBI, one run, and one sac fly for Venezuela.
Venezeula
Beat Chinese Taipei 6-3 to take seventh place.
Former Memphis Redbird
Miguel Negron went
1-for-4 with one double for Puerto
Rico.
Eduardo Perez's Puerto
Rico team lost Canada 6-2
Larry Walker (hitting coach) and
Canada earned the bronze
medal.
Venezuelan
League
Carlos Oraa (VSL) is making a push for a spot
in the Aguilas del Zulia bullpen. He hurled, along with other camp
invites, a bullpen session that consisted of 30 pitches. Next
week Oraa and the other candidates will face hitters for the first time: Comandante
del Beisbol
Florida Instructional
League
Having canceled their
instructional league camp, the Cardinals will be missing out on their chance to
face off against the 2009 number one overall pick in Nationals' Stephen Strasburg. He will make a couple of Florida appearances this
fall before heading off to the Arizona Fall League: Nationals
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