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Friday’s Vuch Report is belated — my fault, completely — but here it is:
– Pride of LSU Nick Stavinoha went 3-for-5 with a home run to pace an offense aided by Reid Gorecki and Cody Haerther. Both of the latter outfielders had two hits, a double apiece and combined for four RBIs.

– Righthander and first-round pick Adam Ottavino, whose stock has risen (if it could) this spring, pitched three innings and allowed one run on one hit without a walk and struck out two.

– Jonathan Mikrut earned the win, working two innings and not allowing a baserunner while striking out one. … Luke Gregerson, the former outfielder, pitched two innings and struck out three. … Mark Worrell, who had a rough outing for Double-A the other day when he was just looking to get an inning in anywhere, struck out the side.

– On Thursday, Rico Washington had a key play at third base and scored the winning run for the major-league team against the New York Mets. He went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Friday’s minor-league.

– For the second consecutive outing the Cardinals latest pitching addition, Kris Honel (a first-round pick by the White Sox several year ago) had difficulty. He allowed five earned runs in 1 2/3 innings. … Tyler Herron and Kenny Maiques were the only pitchers not to get torched in the game. Herron went three innings and allowed one run while walking two. Maiques, the franchise-record setting closer for Quad Cities last year, pitched one inning scoreles and wlalked one.

– Dan Nelson was 2-for-4 with double and a walk. … A.J. Van Slyke also was 2-f0r-4 with a double and two RBIs.

– Blake King, the righthander out of Oklahoma, pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowed one hit and one unearned runs. He struck out four and walked two. … Justin Fiske threw a perfect inning. David Bilardello took the loss after allowing nine hits and seven runs (six earned).

– Steve Hill (not to be confused with Steven A. Hill, the pitcher) cracked a two-run double; Brandon Johnson had a couple doubles.

– Thomas Eager was the winner, going three scoreless innings and walking one against one strikeout. … Nick Additon pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, struck out two and walked one.

– Offensively, Carlos Pupo went 2-for-3 with a couple walks and a double. … Jose Garcia also was 2-for-3 with a double.

– Prep pitcher Brett Zawacki, a draft pick last summer, started the game and pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and three runs. … Michael Blazek went 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, and Steven A. Hill had 0.2 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs, 3 ER. … Marco Gonzalez got the win after a scoreless inning.

– Will Groff was 2-for-3, 2 runs, double, and an RBI, and Charlie Pelt 2-for-4, run scored, 3 RBIs.

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