NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Third baseman Brett Wallace, St. Louis’ top pick in the 2008 major league draft and a two-time Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year from Arizona State, was reassigned by the Cardinals to the minor leagues on Sunday.

Wallace, a former Justin-Siena High School star, was a non-roster invitee to the major league camp in Jupiter, Fla., but had only six at-bats in five games. Wallace, who had one hit with one strikeout, joined 14 other players who were reassigned during spring training.

“In Wallace’s case, it was about getting experience, getting to see what big league camp was all about,” general manager John Mozeliak said on the Cardinals’ Web site. “Now we’ll let him go get into a routine and get work in minor league camp. It’s going to allow us to spend a few individual days with him to get some special work in as well after the off-day (Monday).”

“There’s a good chance several of these guys will be seen again. But it just gets too crowded here for the drills. It’s counterproductive,” said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Wallace, a Sonoma resident, is the only player in Arizona State history to lead the team in hitting three straights seasons, and he did it all while playing multiple positions on the field.

In 2008 Wallace became the only player in Pac-10 history to win back-to-back Triple Crowns, leading the Sun Devils to a second straight conference championship. Batting .410 with 22 homers and 83 RBIs, he was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year and a First Team All-American for the second consecutive year.

He played in 54 games in the minors last year, batting .337 with 16 doubles, eight home runs and 36 RBIs between Class A and Double-A ball.

He was also selected to participate in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Saguaros. He hit .309 for Peoria, homering six times and driving in 24 runs in 24 games. He was chosen to play in the AFL All-Star game.

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Napa Valley Register sports writer Andy Wilcox will be the guest of the “KVON Sportsvine” Saturday.

The show starts at 9 a.m. on KVON-1440 AM and is hosted by Terry Simpkins, Charles Kennedy and Mark McLeod.

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Matt Leonard and Mark DeVincenzi, both Justin-Siena graduates, are turning in good work for the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo baseball team.

Leonard pitched six strong innings for his first win of the 2009 season as Cal Poly beat Cal State Sacramento, 6-2. Leonard allowed two runs and two hits with three walks and six strikeouts. He threw 94 pitches, 59 for strikes.

DeVincenzi worked two scoreless innings of relief, giving up two hits and walking one.

In Cal Poly’s 13-9 win over Houston, DeVincenzi pitched four innings in relief of Leonard to get the win.

Leonard started the game and threw five innings.

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Micah Putnam is batting .269 after 20 games for the Cal State Northrige softball team, which defeated Portland State, 7-5, Sunday to win The Worth Invitational.

Putnam, a Justin-Siena graduate who plays second base, has a double, two home runs and 15 RBIs.

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Mary Peck scored a 9.550 in the vault for Cal State Sacramento in a four-team women’s gymnastics meet hosted by UC Davis on Sunday afternoon.

Sacramento won the meet, finishing in front of Davis, New Hampshire and Bowling Green.

Peck is from Napa and is a former member of the North Bay Athletic Association.

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Jason Westerberg has a 1.42 earned run average in four appearances for the Santa Clara University baseball team.

In 61⁄3 innings of relief, the Napa High graduate has given up five hits and one run while walking two and striking out four.

Westerberg lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Napa High.

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The Links at Bodega Harbour recently completed a $1.2 million golf course renovation project that includes widening the fairways, converting the greens from poa annua to bent grass, repositioning bunkers and improving the drainage system. Award-winning golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., returned to The Links at Bodega Harbour to make the design enhancements that included re-grading all 18 greens and re-shaping 94 bunkers.

All of the improvements were made to enhance the overall golf experience with consideration to increased playability and providing excellent playing conditions throughout the year.

The course is located in the coastal community of Bodega Bay.

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.