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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Penalver Four-Hit Day Pain in the Halo for Angels

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Carlos Penalver had four hits (an RBI double and three singles) and scored a run, Reggie Golden singled twice, walked, drove-in a run, and scored two more, Mark Malave belted a two-run double and scored a run, and Duane Underwood and Trey Lang combined to throw six shutout innings, leading the Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the Angels in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Fitch Park Field #4 in Mesa, AZ.   

With his four hits today, Penalver is now hitting 381/422/524 with three doubles and a triple and only four strikeouts in 45 Cactus League Extended Spring Training Plate Appearances (17 games). He also leads the EXST Cubs in stolen bases with with four (no CS), and has committed only two errors (his second error coming today). The 18-year old Venezuelan was signed by the Cubs as a 16-year old for a reported $550K bonus on July 2, 2010 (the first day of the 2010 International Signing Period), and he is probably the best defensive shortstop in the organization. 


Cubs catcher Wilfredo Petit left the game after being struck on the back of his left hand on a Catcher's Interference error in the top of the 8th. This was Petit's second Catcher's Interference error this Spring, and while it is a fairly rare occurrence, some catchers have more of a problem with it than do others. Catcher's Interference is when the catcher's glove interferes with the batter's swing, and it usually happens when a catcher sets up too close to the batter and/or when the catcher tries to reach forward too far to catch a breaking ball or off-speed pitch.

Petit was transported to the hospital for evaluation, but it looked like he probably has a broken hand. 

Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only):

CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Carlos Penalver, SS: 4-4 (1B, 1B+E9, 1B, 2B, R, RBI, PO)
1b. Bryant Flete, 2B:  0-1 (E-3)
2a. Danny Lockhart, 2B-DH: 1-3 (L-6 DP, 3-1, BB, 1B)
2b. Justin Marra, PH: 0-1 (6-4 FC)
3. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 2-4 (1B, 5-3, 1B, K, R)
4. Jesse Hodges, 1B: 1-3 (BB, F-8, K, 1B)
5a. Reggie Golden, DH: 2-2 (1B, 1B, BB, 2 R, RBI)
5b. Francisco Sanchez, SS: 0-1 (K)
6a. Xavier Batista, LF: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, P-4)
6b. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 0-1 (6-4-3 DP)
7. Garrett Schlecht, RF: 1-4 (F-7, P-4, 1B, F-7, R)
8. Mark Malave, 3B: 1-4 (F-9, 4-3, 2B, K, R, 2 RBI)
9a. Wilfredo Petit, C: 0-3 (4-3, 4-3, F-8)
9b. Lance Rymel, C: 1-1 (2B)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Duane Underwood: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 PO, 60 pitches (33 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
2. Trey Lang: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 34 pitches (21 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
3. Tyler Bremer: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches (9 strikes), 0/2 GO/FO    
4. Loiger Padron: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 10 pitches (8 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO
5. Mike Hamann: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 10 pitches (7 strikes), 0/3 GO/FO

CUBS ERRORS: 4
1. SS Carlos Penalver - E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 3B Mark Malave - E-5 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely - eventually scored unearned run)
3. 2B Danny Lockhart - E-4 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
4. C Wilfredo Petit - E-2 (Catcher's Interference allowed batter to reach base safely)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Wilfredo Petit: 2-4 CS, 1 E (see above) 

ATTENDANCE: 11

WEATHER: Partly cloudy & breezy with temperatures in the 70's

Tags
EXST Cubs Extended Spring Training
Duane Underwood
Trey Lang
Carlos Penalver
Reggie Golden
Mark Malave
Wilfredo Petit

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 05:48 pm

rosscup goes 3 scoreless today (2h 0bb 3k) 15.1ip 9h 4bb 22k 1.17era he's getting closer to AAA...where his 25 year old self belongs anyway.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 05:07 pm

looks like Stewart was actually outrighted off the 40-man now

made it through and sent to Iowa.

Submitted by Raisin101 on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 05:09 am

Hey Arizona Phil... What happened to Almora? It seems like he only got into one game last week and we haven't heard about him since. Thanks!

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 05:04 pm

RAISIN: Albert Almora did play in the intrasquad game today and he has been taking BP and participating in drills. 

I think what happened is that he tore his pants and got a really good "raspberry" on his thigh when he slid home in the one EXST game he played in (a week ago last Monday), and he probably had been precluded from playing in games (until today) because he was unable to slide.

A few years ago, there was a Cubs minor league player on a rehab assignment down here (can't remember who it was) who had a similar injury, and he was unable to play in games for two or three weeks, although he could do everything else.  

Submitted by bigsky33 on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 05:59 pm

Good to see these guys starting to hit. Penalave is an all around nice player. Looks like Reggie Golden is getting his stroke back.

Submitted by bigsky33 on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 05:29 pm

Hi Phil, good to see them all hitting. Penalaver is a keeper. He is good all around. Great to see Golden getting his stroke back.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 05:53 pm

BOB: Reggie Golden hit a two-run HR (off Jose Rosario) in the intrasquad game today, and he also was retired on an F-7 to the warning track in front of the scoreboard.

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    Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!

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