05/11/2008 1:27 AM ET
Cardinals Minor League roundup
Results of the latest games played by St. Louis' affiliates
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Brian Barden is 16-for-35 with five extra-base hits and four RBIs in his last 10 games. (Joy R. Absalon/MLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Brian Barden went 4-for-5 with two triples, while Josh Phelps and Jarrett Hoffpauir each homered to power the visiting Redbirds to a 7-2 victory over the Tucson Sidewinders. Box
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Steve Hill homered and Shane Robinson and Mark Shorey rapped out two hits apiece, but the visiting Cardinals were beaten by the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, 10-2. Former first-round pick Adam Ottavino fell to 0-4 after allowing five runs -- two earned -- on six hits in 2 1/3 innings for Springfield. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
Former third-round pick Daniel Descalso homered, doubled and had two RBIs and David Kopp struck out five over five scoreless innings as the Cardinals cruised past the visiting Dunedin Blue Jays, 9-2. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Mark Diapoules allowed four hits over five scoreless innings and Charles Kingrey had a double and two RBIs as the River Bandits snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the visiting Kane County Cougars. Box
Josh Phelps is batting .429 (9-for-21) with 11 RBIs and eight runs scored in his past six games. (Danny Wild/MLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Josh Phelps had three hits, including a three-run homer, and five RBIs, as the Redbirds knocked off the visiting Oklahoma RedHawks, 13-8. Joe Mather added a solo shot, his fourth in as many games, as Memphis banged out 12 hits. Box
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Home runs by Steve Hill, Allen Craig and Tyler Green helped the Cardinals rally from an early 7-0 deficit before falling in 11 innings, 10-9, against the visiting Tulsa Drillers. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
Luke Gorsett's two-RBI triple keyed a three-run sixth as the Cardinals defeated the visiting Vero Beach Devil Rays, 3-2. Palm Beach reliever Elvis Hernandez struck out five in two innings to earn his first win of the season. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Peter Kozma had two hits and drove in three runs in a 14-hit River Bandits' offensive outburst en route to an 8-1 road victory over the Burlington Bees. Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit, including four by Domnit Bolivar, as Quad Cities won its fourth straight. Box
05/18/2008 4:58 PM ET
Boggs strikes out 10 in four-hit shutout
Cards prospect allows two hits over seven innings for Memphis
By Danny Wild / Special to MLB.com
Mitchell Boggs knew he had a tough task ahead of him with the first-place RedHawks fighting for a split of their four-game series Sunday.
"They're one of the better teams in our league, so I knew I'd have to be good," Boggs said.
The simple game plan worked pretty well -- Boggs struck out a season-high 10 batters and allowed two hits and a pair of walks over seven innings as the Memphis Redbirds shut out the visiting Oklahoma RedHawks, 1-0.
Hugo Castellanos (2-0) fanned one in the eighth inning for the win before Jason Motte struck out the side in the ninth for his first save. The Memphis trio combined for 14 strikeouts and allowed just four hits. It was the best performance for Boggs since he struck out a career-high 11 batters in a one-hit shutout on June 14, 2006 for Class A Advanced Palm Beach.
"I felt pretty good," he said. "I couldn't be happier."
Boggs threw 64 of his 114 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA to 3.33 in the no-decision. He induced six grounders and four flyouts in his ninth Triple-A start.
"I tried to stay focused," he said. "I made some pitches in tough spots and had a couple great defensive plays behind me. Then we came up with a big homer."
Kameron Loe (2-3) came on and hurled two more scoreless innings before serving up a two-out tiebreaking homer to Joe Mather in the eighth. Mather has gone yard in five of his last six games.
05/18/2008 11:27 PM ET
Cardinals Minor League roundup
Results of the latest games played by St. Louis' affiliates
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Mitchell Boggs is 4-1 with a 3.33 ERA over nine starts with the Redbirds. (Shawn E. Davis/MiLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Joe Mather homered in the eighth inning to power the Redbirds past the visiting Oklahoma RedHawks, 1-0. Former fifth-round pick Mitchell Boggs allowed two hits and two walks with 10 strikeouts over seven innings for Memphis. Box | Game story
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Allen Craig went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs, but the Cardinals were beaten by the visiting Tulsa Drillers, 9-5, and suffered their 10th straight defeat. Former second-round pick Jesse Todd yielded four runs -- three earned -- on eight hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings for Springfield. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
James Rapoport and Daniel Descalso managed the only hits in the Cardinals' 4-0 road loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Brandon Dickson surrendered four runs on six hits in four innings for Palm Beach. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Eduardo Sanchez allowed two hits and a walk in five shutout innings as the visiting River Bandits bested the Burlington Bees, 3-1. Thomas Pham homered and drove in all three runs for Quad Cities. Box
Midwest League
Thomas Pham, Quad Cities
.333 (9-27), 9 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 3 BB, 9 SO, 2 SB, .926 SLG
Pham got off to a slow start for Palm Beach of the Florida State League, but has had no such trouble with Quad Cities. In just seven games for the River Bandits, the 20-year-old outfielder has blasted five home runs, good enough for a piece of the team lead. He also drove in 10 runs during the week, including all three in Sunday's 3-1 win over Burlington. Pham got Quad Cities on the board with a two-run double in the fifth inning then added an insurance run with a solo shot in the eighth. His week-long power surge helped lift the River Bandits to a 5-2 road trip.
Nick Stavinoha is batting .378 with six home runs and 28 RBIs for Memphis. (Brent Asay/MLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Starter Jaime Garcia hit a two-run triple and allowed five runs on eight hits with five strikeouts in five innings as the visiting Redbirds fell to the Nashville Sounds, 7-5. Nick Stavinoha hit a solo homer for Memphis. Box
Memphis
22
23
.489
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Iowa
21
22
.488
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Omaha
19
23
.452
1.5
Nashville
19
24
.442
2.0
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Casey Rowlett hit a two-run triple and Jon Jay also had two RBIs as the host Cardinals topped the Tulsa Drillers, 6-4, to end a 10-game skid. Clayton Mortensen allowed three runs on nine hits with four strikeouts in six innings to pick up the win. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
Daryl Jones had two homers, three RBIs and three runs scored and Andrew Brown hit a three-run blast as the visiting Cardinals clobbered the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 13-2. Shaun Garceau allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts in six innings to improve to 3-0. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Brian Broderick struck out three in five scoreless innings and Joshua Wilson fanned four in four frames to pick up his first save as the host River Bandits blanked the Peoria Chiefs, 6-0. Francisco Rivera hit a two-run homer and Jose Garcia also knocked in a pair for Quad Cities. Box
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05/20/2008 10:17 PM ET
Reyes, Mather move Memphis by Sounds
Redbirds back to .500
By Kyle Parkinson / Memphis Redbirds
NASHVILLE, TN - The Memphis Redbirds used a strong outing from Anthony Reyes to beat Nashville 4-1 Tuesday night at Greer Stadium. Reyes pitched a season-high five innings and allowed one run on three hits. The right-hander fanned seven and walked three to earn his first win with the 'Birds this season. Joe Mather drove in a pair of runs with two RBI-singles and Mark Johnson scored twice in the victory.
Jason Motte earned his second save of the year striking out two in the final frame. Sounds starter Lindsay Gulin was pinned with the loss after giving up two runs, one earned, on five hits with six strikeouts across five innings.
Notes: Memphis played their fourth consecutive errorless game Tuesday night to establish a new team-best...David Freese equaled a team-high with four strikeouts tying Brian Barden, who fanned four times at New Orleans April 10...the 'Birds stranded a season-high 13 batters on the night leaving the bases loaded twice.
Brian Barden is 19-for-45 with 10 runs scored and six RBIs in his last 10 games. (Joy R. Absalon/MLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Joe Mather homered for the seventh time in his last 10 games and Brian Barden also went deep to power the visiting Redbirds past the Nashville Sounds, 10-2. Blake Hawksworth yielded two runs on four hits with four strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings for the win. Box
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Brandon Yarbrough went 3-for-4 with two doubles and relievers Kyle Sadlowski, Nicholas Webber and Marco Gonzalez combined to toss five no-hit innings as the visiting Cardinals defeated the San Antonio Missions, 6-4. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
Andrew Brown went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and James Rapoport chipped in two hits as the visiting Cardinals edged the Fort Myers Miracle, 4-3. Elvis Hernandez picked up his second win, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Matthew Arburr homered, but it wasn't enough as the River Bandits fell to the visiting Peoria Chiefs, 7-1. Reliever Eduardo Sanchez scattered three hits and fanned two over four scoreless innings for Quad Cities. Box
Josh Phelps followed up an 0-for-5 effort on Thursday with a perfect 4-for-4 night Friday. (Danny Wild/MLB.com)
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League)
Major League veteran Josh Phelps went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, falling a triple shy of the cycle, as the Redbirds held off the visiting Nashville Sounds, 5-4. Former Major Leaguer John Wasdin notched his fourth win, allowing two hits over two innings of scoreless relief. Box
Double-A Springfield Cardinals (Texas League)
Allen Craig had two hits and scored twice, but the visiting Cardinals were beaten by the San Antonio Missions, 5-2. Mark McCormick allowed an unearned run on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts over four innings, but didn't figure in the decision for Springfield. Box
Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State League)
Daniel Descalso had two doubles and two RBIs, but the visiting Cardinals fell to the Fort Myers Miracle, 5-3. Brandon Dickson yielded three runs on six hits and struck out three over five innings for Palm Beach. Box
Class A Quad Cities River Bandits (Midwest League)
Charles Kingrey went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored and Francisco Rivera and Adron Chambers each had an RBI, but the visiting River Bandits dropped the opener of their doubleheader to the Kane County Cougars, 4-3. Joshua Wilson allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out three over 4 2/3 innings, but didn't figure in the decision for Quad Cities. Box
Jose Garcia had two doubles, scored twice and drove in two runs and Paul Vazquez added a pair of RBIs as Quad Cities topped Kane County, 6-2, in the nightcap. Brian Broderick notched the win, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out three over five innings. Box
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