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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
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Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Raley & Golden Shine at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Brooks Raley threw six innings of three-hit one-run ball and Reggie Golden belted a two-run double, as the Boise/Mesa Cubs (Extended Spring Training) edged the Iowa Cubs 2-1 in an intrasquad game this morning at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa, AZ. 

The game was halted after 6-1/2 innings.

The Iowa Cubs are still in Mesa (and will be until Wednesday), because they open the season on Thursday night at Albuquerque, and will not be flying to Des Moines until the end of their road trip (Albuquerque & Round Rock).    

Raley pitched for the Boise/Mesa squad so that he could face the AAA Iowa Cubs lineup, and the Boise/Mesa pitchers threw for the Iowa Cubs and faced the Boise/Mesa hitters. Dillon Maples was very impressive, throwing 2.1 IP of no-hit ball with three strikeouts.

Iowa Cubs catcher J. C. Boscan, who spent Spring Training as an extra catcher in big league camp with the Chicago Cubs, got four AB in today's intrasquad game, batting third for Boise/Mesa in each of the first four innings. He got two hits (both singles), and was Raley's catcher for all six innings. (Justin Marra was the catcher for the Boise//Mesa pitchers, so he played for Iowa).

Ian Stewart (on the Cubs 15-day DL with a quad injury) took a lengthy BP session after the intrasquad game and hit the ball very well. .

In Cubs minor league roster news, Kane County INF Wes Darvill has been promoted to AAA Iowa, to provide an extra back-up middle-infielder while Alberto Gonzalez is with the Cubs. Also, 2B Roni Torreyes has been demoted from Daytona to Extended Spring Training. He's not injured (he's been playing regularly throughout Minor League Camp, and he played the entire game today), so there must be some other issue involved.

Also, RHP Rob Whitenack has been Designated for Assignment to make room for INF Alberto Gonzalez on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster. Whitenack was added to the 40-man roster after last season, but he has struggled with his control and was unable to elevate the velocity on his fastball throughout Spring Training. If he clears waivers, I would expect him to be assigned to Extended Spring Training.

RHP Carlos Martinez pitched in relief today. Martinez had been absent from Minor League Camp for about ten days and I was unable to determine his roster status or whereabouts, but I can now report that he has been assigned to Extended Spring Training.

However, it would appear that IF-OF Bobby Buckner (Bill Buckner's son), OF James Hill (Billy Williams' grandson), and C-OF Rony Rodriguez (somebody's son, nephew, brother, and/or cousin) have been released, although that cannot be confirmed at this time.

Here is the box scores from the game:

BOISE/MESA LINEUP:
X. J. C. Boscan, C: 2-4 (1B, L-9, F-9, 1B, R)
NOTE: Boscan batted four times, hitting third in each of the first four innings
1. Shawon Dunston Jr, CF: 1-3 (1B, L-8, F-8, R)
2. Roni Torreyes, 2B: 0-3 (L-8, E-5, F-8)
3. Reggie Golden, RF: 1-2 (2B, BB, K, 2 RBI)
4. Jacob Rogers, 1B: 0-3 (3-1, F-8, 4-3)
5. Dong-Yub Kim, LF-DH: 0-3 (F-8, 4-6 FC, K)
6. Carlos Penalver, SS: 1-2 (1B, 4-3, BB, SB, CS)
7. Mark Malave, 3B: 0-2 (4-3, BB, K)
8. Trevor Gretzky, DH-LF: 0-2 (1-3, F-7)
9. Erick Castillo, DH #2: 0-2 (K, 6-3)

IOWA LINEUP:
1. Logan Watkins, 2B: 0-2 (K, K, HBP)
2. Brian Bogusevic, CF: 1-3 (L-8, 1B, 4-3, R)
3. Josh Vitters, 3B: 0-2 (L-6, F-9)
4. Brad Nelson, 1B: 1-2 (K, 2B, RBI)
5. Darnell McDonald, RF: 0-2 (6-3, K)
6. Ty Wright, LF: 0-2 (4-3, 6-3)
7. Justin Marra, C: 0-2 (F-8, K)
8. Edwin Maysonet, SS: 1-2 (1B+E1, 5-3)
9a. Luis Flores, DH #1: 0-1 (K)
9b. Tim Torres, PH: 0-1 (F-8)
10. Wes Darvill, DH #2: 0-2 (6-3, 4-3)

BOISE/MESA PITCHERS:
1. Brooks Raley: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 80 pitches (48 strikes), 7/5 GO/FO

IOWA PITCHERS:
1. Paul Blackburn: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 41 pitches (24 strikes), 3/5 GO/FO
2. Carlos Martinez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 19 pitches (10 strikes), 2/2 GO/FO
3. Dillon Maples: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 34 pitches (19 strikes), 2/2 GO/FO

BOISE/MESA ERRORS: 1
P Brooks Raley - E-1 (throwing error on bunt single allowed batter to advance to 2nd)

IOWA ERRORS: 1
3B Josh Vitters - E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)

IOWA CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Justin Marra: 1-2 CS

ATTENDANCE: 11 (including Wayne Gretzky)

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's

Tags
Cubs Minor League Spring Training Recap
Brooks Raley
Reggie Golden
Dillon Maples
J. C. Boscan
Wes Darvill
Rob Whitenack
Roni Torreyes

Comments

Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 04:03 pm

Ian Stewart (on the Cubs 15-day DL with a quad injury) took a lengthy BP session after the intrasquad game and hit the ball very well.
Good news! And the Great One! That's a good day.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 04:20 pm

ESPN has evidently decided to leave the "strike zone" graphic up full time. this is a new era of annoying televised baseball. -edit- okay...into the middle of the bottom 3rd it seems they're done with that "experimental television" -edit- and it's back...i guess they're gonna do it for some ABs and not for others...for no real reason...whatever also, it's really weird seeing r.sandberg in a phillies uniform

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 04:23 pm

11pm...watching games that count from the west coast...i still miss mark grace in ARZ's booth...and oddly d.sutton...and it's weird yet familiar hearing bob...

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:50 am

PHIL: Thanks for the eye-witness report. Nice to hear about Raley's nice work against the Jr. Circuit. Cubs need to hire him a personal "Yips Coach" as his pattern is soiling himself facing MLB players. Maybe he'll figure it out this year? He'll be 25 in June.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:06 am

Raley had a quality start at home against Cincinnati last August, a win the following week at Cincinnati in which he gave up 5 hits and 3 earned runs in 5.1 innings, and another five-inning stint on 8/25 in which he yielded 5 hits and 2 runs. That's three out of his five starts. Define yips.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:39 am

You looked at ALL his starts? A WHIP of 1.80? BABIP of .321? OBP of .383, He's not missing any bats. He coupdn't get out of the 4th inning in one of the games with a 15.75 ERA. His first start. That would define the YIPS. Against the mighty Pads. 2nd game? 6 inn. 3 earned. Not bad. 3rd and 4th start were decent and he got his one win. The 5th start 10 hits and 7 runs. So, three out of 5 were decent. Still, Yips and blech. Hey, maybe he'll prove to be useful? The Cubs sure could use that!

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