photo: Matthew Liberatore (Memphis Redbirds)
The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-0 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Matthew Liberatore, threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Other standouts include Roberto Baldoquin and Clint Coulter.
Results from games played Thursday, September 22nd.
The Memphis Redbirds (71-73) topped the Gwinnett Stripers (ATL, 66-76) at AutoZone Park on Thursday.
TCN’s no. 6 prospect, Matthew Liberatore, tossed six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. The left-hander earned his seventh win of the season.
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Fourth-ranked @Cardinals prospect Matthew Liberatore spun six scoreless for the @memphisredbirds: pic.twitter.com/z9cutXfLnb
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 23, 2022
In the second, Cory Spangenberg tripled to bring a run across. Austin Allen scored Roberto Baldoquin in the third to make the score 2-0. Clint Coulter walked with the bases loaded in the fifth.
T.J. McFarland recorded a scoreless seventh inning. James Naile threw an inning and surrendered a run. In the ninth, Freddy Pacheco struck out three batters with no runs.
After the Stripers scored a run in the eighth, the Redbirds responded with three in the bottom half. Delvin Pérez singled to plate two. Scott Hurst brought Pérez across to make the score 6-1.
Baldoquin recorded three hits and two runs. Coulter had a hit, three walks, one RBI and two runs scored. The lineup struck out 11 times but walked six times and had nine hits.
Hurst threw a runner out at home.
Friday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, TBA vs. LHP Jared Shuster (0-2, 3.96) 7:05 CT
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