...Torrealba, as well as pitchers Luis Rivera, Ismael Villegas, Derrin Ebert and Micah Bowie, catchers Fernando Lunar and Pascual Matos, shortstop Mark DeRosa and outfielder George Lombard. Rivera and Lunar were optioned to Class AA Greenville, while...

...physically exhausted. It will be hard to top a preview that delivered great defense, controversy and an unlikely hero. Pascual Matos, who will return to Class AAA Richmond following tonight's game, made the most of his brief visit with his first...

...be difficult to top a preview that presented sensational defense, controversy and an unlikely hero. Place the name Pascual Matos in lights. The career minor league catcher, who will return to Class AAA Richmond following tonight's game, made...

...effect inside the clubhouse. First baseman Randall Simon, hitting .314, was sent to Class AAA Richmond and catcher Pascual Matos was recalled for the third time this season to backup catcher Greg Myers. According to baseball's rules, Simon...

...diagnosed with cancer. Then, he was catching Greg Maddux during batting practice Friday morning and a foul tip off Pascual Matos' bat struck him in the groin area and he collapsed at the plate. He eventually was helped off the field and a half-hour...

...6-22, 1997. Eddie Perez becomes the starting catcher, and another catcher will be brought up from the minors. Pascual Matos, hitting .214 with no homers and 12 RBIs at Triple-A Richmond, spent May 7-17 with Atlanta and went hitless...

...40-man roster to 34. Infielder Tim Unroe, outfielders Junior Brignac and Pedro Swann, catchers Mike Hubbard and Pascual Matos, and pitcher David Cortes were outrighted to Class AAA Richmond. Cortes, who missed the 2000 season following surgery...

...to my advantage." Hubbard also doubles as the club's third catcher, meaning a postseason roster spot used for Pascual Matos last year can go to an extra hitter this October. In the first month of the season, Cox used him as a defensive replacement...

...will rejoin the team today after spending 10 days at Class AAA Richmond. He was sent down to make room for catcher Pascual Matos, recalled when Eddie Perez started his four-game suspension. Simon has swung a hot bat for Richmond, going 3-for-3...

...Ryan Klesko back to first base. But when Simon was shipped back to Class AAA Richmond to make room for backup catcher Pascual Matos, Williams went to leadoff and he's made the most of his opportunity. "We were starting to sputter there a little...