Cardinals Minor League Notebook: 6/26/17

(photo: Ryan McCarvel / Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

Results from games played Sunday, June 25th.

Memphis 3 at Omaha 5

The Redbirds (46-29) fell to the Storm Chasers, 5-3, for a split of the four-game road series.

Breyvic Valera (USA TODAY Sports Images)

The blow that finished Jack Flaherty’s (L, 1-1) day was a three-run home run with one gone in the fourth.  Combined with a two-run third, Flaherty surrendered five runs in all on eight hits and three walks.  He struck out five.

Kevin Herget held Omaha (37-36) (KC) scoreless over the next 2 2/3, fanning three.  Trey Nielsen and Miguel Socolovich each tossed a one-two-three frame, with Nielsen striking out two.

Memphis garnered eight hits, generating single scores in the fourth, fifth and ninth.  Designated hitter Breyvic Valera led the way, going 3-for-4 with a solo bomb that was part of his two RBI.  Alex Mejia singled and doubled in four at bats.

Monday’s game:  vs. Oklahoma City (41-32) (LAD), 7:05 pm CT, TBA (was Mike Mayers prior to his Sunday call up to StL)

Arkansas 7 at Springfield 0

A three-run long ball translated to an early exit for Chris Ellis as the S-Cards were blanked by the Travelers, 7-0.  Heading into the Texas League all-star break, Springfield (3-3) claimed the series from Arkansas (2-4) (SEA), three games to one.

Ellis (L, 0-3) was unable to record the final out in the third, giving up four runs on four hits and three bases-on-balls.  Ian McKinney was charged with a run on two hits in one frame.

Blake McKnight left McKinney’s last runner aboard but allowed two runs on two hits and three free passes in two.  Pedro Echemendia went 3 1/3 scoreless, stranding one inherited runner.

The home team was limited to just five hits, all singles.  Catcher Jesse Jenner had the only multi-hit effort, going 2-for-3 out of the nine hole.

Monday’s game:  Off for the Texas League All-Star break

 

Jupiter 5 at Palm Beach 2

The Beach Birds’ bullpen could not hold a slim lead, resulting in a 5-2 loss to Jupiter (2-2) (MIA).  Palm Beach (2-2) split the four-game set at Roger Dean Stadium.

With Palm Beach up 2-1 through seven, Ramon Santos (BS, 2) allowed the tying score the next frame.  In Santos’ two innings of work, he allowed two hits and two walks with an inherited runner stranded.

Chandler Hawkins (L, 2-1) left Santos’ final runner aboard in the eighth but could not accomplish the same feat for himself in the ninth.  Hawkins yielded three runs on six hits in 1 2/3.

Derian Gonzalez did well in his first start of the season, holding the Hammerheads to a run via a solo long ball that was one of five hits he gave up over 5 1/3.  He issued one free pass.

Six PB Cards had one hit each, with the only one to go for extra bases coming off Blake Drake’s bat.  Drake doubled home Jeremy Martinez after the latter drew a base-on-balls to begin the fifth.  Danny Diekroeger’s sac fly brought across Randy Arozarena (hit-by-pitch) for the other score.

Monday’s game:  Off

Peoria 8 at Burlington 2

Peoria (4-0) extended its winning streak to six games, blowing past the Bees, 8-2.  All six wins have come against Burlington (0-4), including four in the just completed road series.

Ryan McCarvel (St. Louis Cardinals)

The Chiefs scored in each of the first three frames, building to a 6-1 lead after three.  Three Chiefs had two hits each:  Ryan McCarvel, Stefan Trosclair and Jose Martinez.  McCarvel, our co-Player of the Day, did the most damage, doubling twice in three at bats with two walks, two runs scored and two knocked in.  Trosclair singled and tripled in four at bats with a base-on-balls, crossed home once and drove in one while Martinez knocked in two.

Ian Oxnevad (W, 2-7) was solid through five plus, permitting two runs on five hits and a walk.  Frederis Parra tossed three innings of shutout ball, giving up three hits, fanning two and stranding one inherited.  Max Almonte faced the minimum in the ninth.

Monday’s game:  vs. second-place Beloit (3-1) (OAK), 7:00 pm CT, Jordan Hicks (7-2, 3.88)

 

State College 9 at Mahoning Valley 0

A huge fourth catapulted the Spikes over the Scrappers, 9-0, evening the road series at one game each with one to play.

Daniel Castano (Johnson City Cardinals)

State College (4-3) sent 11 players to the plate that inning, pushing across nine runs.  The scoring was capped by Joshua Lopez’ three-run blast with two gone and Mick Fennell (double) and Evan Mendoza (error) aboard.

Lopez and Fennell were two of four Spikes with two hits apiece, joined by Hunter Newman and Danny Martin.  Lopez and Fennell had five at bats and Newman and Martin four.  Three State College players had one hit each.

Meanwhile on the mound, co-Player of the Day Daniel Castano (W, 2-0) tossed eight impressive frames, striking out nine and giving up just four hits and a walk.  Paul Balestrieri faced the minimum in his professional debut to complete the shutout.

Monday’s game:  at Mahoning Valley (4-3) (CLE), 7:05 pm ET, Jonathon Mulford (0-1, 24.00)

 

Johnson City 6 at Kingsport 7

The Appy Birds (2-2) were clipped by the Mets, 7-6, in the away series opener.

Reliever Robert Calvano took the loss in his first decision, after giving up a tie-breaking tally on four hits in 2 1/3.  He struck out two and did not walk a batter.

Prospect Alvaro Seijas’ much anticipated 2017 debut was a rough one.  The 18-year-old went just three innings, yielding four runs on five hits and three walks.  Seijas threw 65 pitches, 36 for strikes.  Will Changarotty allowed two unearned scores on three hits and three bases-on-balls, one intentional, in 2 2/3.

Three JC-Cards each had two of the team’s 10 hits:  Delvin Perez, Carlos Rodriguez and Irving Lopez.  Perez went 2-for-4 with a walk, run scored and RBI while batting third.  He did not fare as well with his base running, being caught stealing once and picked off second another time.

Rodriguez went 2-for-5 with his second home run of 2017, touching home twice.  Defensively, he committed a throwing error, his second miscue overall.  Lopez singled and doubled in three at bats, batting eighth.

Monday’s game:  at Kingsport (3-0), 6:30 pm ET, Johan Oveido (season debut)

 

GCL Cardinals 

Manager Steve Turco’s Gulf Coast League Cardinals begin defense of their 2016 championship at home against the GCL Astros.

Monday’s game:  at GCL Astros (0-0), 12:00 pm ET, TBA

 

DSL Cardinals – off

The Dominican Summer League is idle on Sundays.

Monday’s game:  DSL Cardinals (7-11) at DSL Yankees (10-9), 10:30 am ET, Jose Moreno (0-0, 3.97)

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