photo: Bryan Torres (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 1-0 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, outfielder Bryan Torres, was 4-for-5 including a home run, a walk, two runs scored, and two RBI in the win at Louisville. Other standouts include César Prieto, Jose Barrero, and Thomas Saggese.
Results for the game played Sunday, March 30:
The Memphis Redbirds prevailed in a Sunday slugfest with the Bats in Louisville for their first win of the Triple-A season.
Gordon Graceffo made his first start of 2025. The right-hander threw 2 ⅓ innings, allowing four runs on four hits, while striking out five and walking one.
Oddanier Mosqueda entered in relief of Graceffo in the third inning and picked up the win in his system debut. The left-hander threw 2 ⅓ innings of one run ball, striking out three and did not walk a batter. Right-handers Matt Svanson, Riley O’Brien, and Ryan Loutos all made their season debuts in relief. Svanson recorded four outs and allowed one run. O’Brien pitched a scoreless seventh, and Loutos was charged with three runs in the eighth inning.
The Redbirds got the scoring started immediately. Bryan Torres and Thomas Saggese led off the game with singles, and Matt Koperniak hit the third-straight single to drive in Torres. César Prieto’s two-out, three-run homer capped off the four-run Memphis first, his first of the season.
PRIETO POWER!
His first @HueysRestaurant home run of the season! pic.twitter.com/zHdgD9M4F0
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) March 30, 2025
Jose Barrero smacked a line-drive solo shot, his first home run of the year, in the top of the third inning to make it a 5-1 Memphis lead.
LASER BEAM FROM BARRERO!
Another @HueysRestaurant home run pic.twitter.com/QBXrHIwTS8
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) March 30, 2025
The Bats hit back in the bottom of the third with three runs, but Memphis wasn’t done hitting the ball out of the park.
Following a Matt Lloyd triple and a Ryan Vilade ground out, Bryan Torres smashed a two-run home run. Thomas Saggese went back-to-back with a solo shot for a 8-4 Memphis lead in the fourth inning.
We love a good @HueysRestaurant home run!
Bryan Torres gets in on the action pic.twitter.com/1HGLNELrRw
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) March 30, 2025
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE!
BACK-TO-BACK @HueysRestaurant HOME RUNS! pic.twitter.com/QCfJkEnb2K
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) March 30, 2025
In the fifth, Yohel Pozo made it 9-4 Memphis on a run-scoring double, his first RBI of the season. Pozo later stole home plate on a double-steal with Vilade also taking second base to make it 10-4.
Koperniak doubled to lead off the sixth, and later scored on a fielding error, which also allowed Jimmy Crooks to reach base. Prieto doubled to move Crooks to third, and Pozo drove him in on a single to make it 12-5. Prieto came home during the following at-bat on a wild pitch for the Redbirds’ 13th run of the game.
Down by eight, the Bats didn’t give up, plating one in the home sixth and three in the eighth, to cut the gap in half. But right-handed reliever Michael Gomez sealed the victory for Memphis with a scoreless ninth, including striking out the first batter of the inning.
Memphis scored 13 runs on 16 hits, tallying 33 total bases. Torres was 4-for-5, including a home run, a double, a walk, and two RBI, raising his batting average to .625. Barrero, Prieto, and Saggese also homered.
On defense, the Redbirds featured a very different lineup. Barrero received his first look in center field, while Torres made the start in left field for the first time this year. Saggese and Vilade started at shortstop and third base, respectively, for the first time this season. Memphis did not commit any errors in their first series.
The Redbirds are 1-2 for the season. They will head to Memphis for their home opener on Tuesday after the traditional Monday off across Minor League Baseball.
Tuesday’s game: vs. Buffalo (TOR), TBD (likely Sem Robberse or Ian Bedell) vs. Jake Bloss, RHP (0-0, 0.00).
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