Minor League Games Thread - Monday, May 12

Coop · 05-12-2008, 06:14 AM

All road games.

The Memphis Redbirds are at Tuscon Sidewinders @ 8:30PM.
Memphis Redbirds: Home
Please take a good look at yesterday's boxscore. I like it!
Redbirds : Commercial Appeal
AM 560 Sports 56 WHBQ - The Voice of the Fan!

The Springfield Cardinals are at Arkansas Travelers @ 7PM.
Probables: Cory Rauschenberger vs Fernando Rodriguez.
Springfield Cardinals
JOCK 98.7 FM

The Palm Beach Cardinals are at Jupiter Hammerheads @ 6PM.
Palm Beach Cardinals: Home

The Quad City River Bandits are at Peoria Chiefs @ 6:30PM.
Quad Cities River Bandits: Home

The Venezuela Summer League starts today.
It is Cards against Astros. I think 10AM. ?
I don't know their time zone. Results are usually very late.

MiLB Standings
USATODAY.com
MiLB team schedules
Minor League Baseball: Schedule: Schedule
Minor League Baseball: Multimedia: Gameday Audio

Off topic:
The Big Guys are at Milwaukee @ 7PM.
Probables: Adam Wainwright vs Dave Bush.

Cards Website - Home link
The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: Homepage

FSN schedule
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Schedules

Additions and corrections are appreciated.

Coop · 05-12-2008, 09:21 AM

Venezuelan Summer League
Minor League Baseball: Leagues: Venezuelan Summer League
VSL Cardinals
Minor League Baseball: Clubs: VSL Cardinals
New time zone
Current local time in Caracas - Venezuela

ArRedbird · 05-12-2008, 11:34 AM

I can go to one of the Springfield games this week in Little Rock.
And it's tonight.

I'll give a quick eye-witness report after I get home.

After an off-day, I'm hoping to see all of the regulars,
as well as the new comers, I. Garcia and S. Hill.

The scheduled starter tonight is Cory Rauschenberger.
One thing about Rauschenberger, when I saw him (4/20) in
Springfield, his fast ball was hitting 95, 96. He might
be a [deep] sleeper -- not many pitchers get it up there
in the mid-90's. He gives you a lot of innings
and he's rarely had arm problems.
Not bad for a 37th round draft choice.

Check out Rauschenberger -- particularly his
'08 stats since 1 bad outing early in April,
and especially his '07 stats at Springfield --
in the Texas League, aka "The Hitter's League."
Minor League Baseball: Stats: Player

Coop · 05-12-2008, 12:06 PM

I'm looking forward to the eyewitness report, as always.

Probables for Memphis at Tucson are:
Mitchell Boggs vs Yusmeiro Petit.

I think the Venezuela game was scheduled at 10:30 AM our time.
They just got a 2007 game report there.
Do we get this game report before 2009?

Coop · 05-12-2008, 07:27 PM

Palm Beach box
Minor League Baseball: Scoreboard: Scoreboard

We lost 4-3.

Coop · 05-12-2008, 08:17 PM

Quad Cities box
Quad Cities River Bandits: Home

Peoria bombed us in the first.

Almost made it back. Lost 7-5.

Errors in the first inning beat us.
Quad Cities River Bandits: News: Article

Coop · 05-12-2008, 08:18 PM

Springfield box
Springfield Cardinals

Springfield lost 7-3.
Can anybody win today?

Coop · 05-12-2008, 09:27 PM

Memphis box
Minor League Baseball: Scoreboard: Scoreboard

Mather homered in the first.

Memphis lost 7-4.

No joy in Mudville.

Coop · 05-12-2008, 09:29 PM

In Venezuela, the Astros beat us 9-2.
Minor League Baseball: Clubs: VSL Cardinals

ArRedbird · 05-13-2008, 12:33 AM

Springfield loses to Arkansas 8-3.

Top 3 in the order (Robinson, Jay, and Craig) combine for 0-12.
Newcomer Steve Hill goes 2-4, with a Run scored and an RBI.
2b Jose Martinez goes 3-4 with a double
Mark Shorey went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI.
Isaias Garcia collected his first hit at AA, hitting 9th as the DH.

Rauschenberger threw 81 pitches and gave up 9 hits in a little more than 4 innings (faced 3 batters in the 5th before being relieved). The stadium radar gun did not work the first 6 innings, so I don't know how fast he was throwing.

My amateur, eye-witness scouting report: Cory R shows a 3/4 delivery and a bit of a sling-shot arm action. He would benefit if he developed a more consistent release point, better utilized the lower half of his body, and threw more breaking pitches for strikes.

Adam Daniels, still rusty from the DL, apparently, inherited 2 runners and both scored in his one inning of work.

2 very good set-up relievers bear watching at AA:
Marco Gonzalez worked 2 hitless innings.
Fernando Salas (my new favorite palindrome) struck out the side in the 8th, while featuring a 95 mph fastball.

05-12-2008, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Minor League Games Thread - Monday, May 12 All road games. The Memphis Redbirds are at Tuscon Sidewinders @ 8:30PM. Memphis Redbirds: Home Please take a good look at yesterday's boxscore. I like it! Redbirds : Commercial Appeal AM 560 Sports 56 WHBQ - The Voice of the Fan! The Springfield Cardinals are at Arkansas Travelers @ 7PM. Probables: Cory Rauschenberger vs Fernando Rodriguez. Springfield Cardinals JOCK 98.7 FM The Palm Beach Cardinals are at Jupiter Hammerheads @ 6PM. Palm Beach Cardinals: Home The Quad City River Bandits are at Peoria Chiefs @ 6:30PM. Quad Cities River Bandits: Home The Venezuela Summer League starts today. It is Cards against Astros. I think 10AM. ? I don't know their time zone. Results are usually very late. MiLB Standings USATODAY.com MiLB team schedules Minor League Baseball: Schedule: Schedule Minor League Baseball: Multimedia: Gameday Audio Off topic: The Big Guys are at Milwaukee @ 7PM. Probables: Adam Wainwright vs Dave Bush. Cards Website - Home link The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: Homepage FSN schedule FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Schedules Additions and corrections are appreciated. Last edited by Coop; 05-12-2008 at 06:26 AM.

05-12-2008, 09:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Venezuelan Summer League Minor League Baseball: Leagues: Venezuelan Summer League VSL Cardinals Minor League Baseball: Clubs: VSL Cardinals New time zone Current local time in Caracas - Venezuela Last edited by Coop; 05-12-2008 at 09:27 AM.

05-12-2008, 07:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Palm Beach box Minor League Baseball: Scoreboard: Scoreboard We lost 4-3. Last edited by Coop; 05-12-2008 at 09:28 PM.

05-12-2008, 08:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Quad Cities box Quad Cities River Bandits: Home Peoria bombed us in the first. Almost made it back. Lost 7-5. Errors in the first inning beat us. Quad Cities River Bandits: News: Article Last edited by Coop; 05-13-2008 at 08:51 AM.

05-12-2008, 08:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Springfield box Springfield Cardinals Springfield lost 7-3. Can anybody win today? Last edited by Coop; 05-12-2008 at 11:41 PM.

05-12-2008, 11:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
ArRedbird Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 472	I can go to one of the Springfield games this week in Little Rock. And it's tonight. I'll give a quick eye-witness report after I get home. After an off-day, I'm hoping to see all of the regulars, as well as the new comers, I. Garcia and S. Hill. The scheduled starter tonight is Cory Rauschenberger. One thing about Rauschenberger, when I saw him (4/20) in Springfield, his fast ball was hitting 95, 96. He might be a [deep] sleeper -- not many pitchers get it up there in the mid-90's. He gives you a lot of innings and he's rarely had arm problems. Not bad for a 37th round draft choice. Check out Rauschenberger -- particularly his '08 stats since 1 bad outing early in April, and especially his '07 stats at Springfield -- in the Texas League, aka "The Hitter's League." Minor League Baseball: Stats: Player

05-12-2008, 12:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	I'm looking forward to the eyewitness report, as always. Probables for Memphis at Tucson are: Mitchell Boggs vs Yusmeiro Petit. I think the Venezuela game was scheduled at 10:30 AM our time. They just got a 2007 game report there. Do we get this game report before 2009?

05-12-2008, 09:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	Memphis box Minor League Baseball: Scoreboard: Scoreboard Mather homered in the first. Memphis lost 7-4. No joy in Mudville. Last edited by Coop; 05-12-2008 at 11:45 PM.

05-12-2008, 09:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Coop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Memphis Posts: 3,223	In Venezuela, the Astros beat us 9-2. Minor League Baseball: Clubs: VSL Cardinals

05-13-2008, 12:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
ArRedbird Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 472	Springfield loses to Arkansas 8-3. Top 3 in the order (Robinson, Jay, and Craig) combine for 0-12. Newcomer Steve Hill goes 2-4, with a Run scored and an RBI. 2b Jose Martinez goes 3-4 with a double Mark Shorey went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI. Isaias Garcia collected his first hit at AA, hitting 9th as the DH. Rauschenberger threw 81 pitches and gave up 9 hits in a little more than 4 innings (faced 3 batters in the 5th before being relieved). The stadium radar gun did not work the first 6 innings, so I don't know how fast he was throwing. My amateur, eye-witness scouting report: Cory R shows a 3/4 delivery and a bit of a sling-shot arm action. He would benefit if he developed a more consistent release point, better utilized the lower half of his body, and threw more breaking pitches for strikes. Adam Daniels, still rusty from the DL, apparently, inherited 2 runners and both scored in his one inning of work. 2 very good set-up relievers bear watching at AA: Marco Gonzalez worked 2 hitless innings. Fernando Salas (my new favorite palindrome) struck out the side in the 8th, while featuring a 95 mph fastball.