photo: Bracewell Taveras (JDB Baseball)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 1-4 on Tuesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, FCL 3B Bracewell Taveras, was 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Other standouts include Matt Lloyd, Jimmy Crooks, Brayden Jobert and Won-Bin Cho.
Results for games played Tuesday, July 22.
The Triple-A Redbirds fell to the Stripers by one run at AutoZone Park on Tuesday.
Starter Zach Plesac had his best outing to date, as the veteran pitched five innings, gave up one run on two hits, struck out two and walked three.
Alex Cornwell relieved Plesac and surrendered two runs in the sixth. Oddanier Mosqueda yielded one run in two innings and took the loss. Matt Svanson tossed a scoreless ninth.
Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Memphis tied the game in the home first on a solo home run by JJ Wetherholt.
JJ WETHERHOLT DEMOLISHES THIS BASEBALL!
LEADOFF @HueysRestaurant HOMER!
📺:https://t.co/30PyJEl5eh pic.twitter.com/TOdRB3EMdQ
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) July 23, 2025
The Redbirds took a 3-1 lead in the second. César Prieto singled. Michael Siani doubled. Matt Lloyd singled and Prieto scored. Siani came home on a sac fly by Bryan Torres.
The Stripers tied the game with two runs in the sixth and took a 4-3 lead in the eighth.
Memphis scored three runs on 10 hits. Lloyd was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Jimmy Crooks was 3-for-4. Luken Baker was 2-for-4.
On defense, Nathan Church had an outfield assist at second base.
Memphis is 49-46 overall, 8-14 in the second half. They are in ninth place in the IL West, 9.5 games back of IL leader Scranton.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, Aaron Wilkerson RHP (4-2, 4.17) vs. Brett Sears RHP (0-1, 14.73) 7:05 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals lost to the Drillers by the score of 2-1 on Tuesday.
Starter Brycen Mautz pitched four innings, gave up one run on four hits, fanned eight and walked one.
Final line for Brycen Mautz tonight: 4.0 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 8 K pic.twitter.com/4Xv2MShFsY
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 23, 2025
Luis Gastelum relieved Mautz and threw two scoreless innings. Nick Raquet yielded one unearned run in the seventh to take his first loss of the year after eight wins. Ricardo Velez tossed a scoreless eighth.
Tulsa went up 1-0 in the second inning. Springfield tied the game in the fourth. Noah Mendlinger walked and stole second base. Ramon Mendoza plated Mendlinger on a single.
The Drillers regained the lead at 2-1 with one run in the seventh and held on for the win.
The Cardinals scored one run on six hits. Mendoza was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On the bases, Dakota Harris stole two bases. Mendoza swiped his third bag. Mendlinger stole his ninth base. Trey Paige was picked off first base.
On defense, Leonardo Bernal had a passed ball.
Springfield is 58-33 overall, 15-7 in the second half and is in first place the Texas League North.
Wednesday’s game: at Tulsa, Cade Winquest RHP (Springfield debut) vs. Roque Gutierrez RHP (1-0. 8.16) 7:00 CT.
The High-A Chiefs were edged by the Whitecaps by a 6-5 score at Dozer Park on Tuesday.
In his Peoria debut, starter Brandt Thompson pitched four innings, gave up two runs on two hits, fanned seven and walked two.
Dionys Rodriguez relieved Thompson and surrendered three runs in the fifth. Darlin Saladin yielded one run in 2 2/3 innings and took the loss. Angel Gonzalez tossed the final 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
West Michigan went up 2-0 in the top of the second inning. In the home second, Peoria tied the game. Josh Kross singled and Brayden Jobert followed with a two-run home run.
Jobert hits a 2-run HR!
PEO 2 | WM 2 pic.twitter.com/wG5FBXvolx
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) July 23, 2025
The Chiefs added three runs in the fourth to take the lead at 5-2. Kross and Jobert walked. Tre Richardson singled. Won-Bin Cho singled to drive in Kross and Jobert. Richardson scored on a sac fly by Travis Honeyman.
Cho singles, 2 score in the 4th!
PEO 4 | WM 2 pic.twitter.com/Dfsvyqhp2r
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) July 23, 2025
The Whitecaps put up three runs in the fifth to tie and they took the lead at 6-5 in the eighth.
Peoria scored five runs on six hits. Richardson was 2-for-4. Jobert had two RBI and two runs scored. Cho had two RBI. Kross scored two runs.
On the bases, Cho stole his 12th base of the season. Jobert was caught stealing. On defense, Anyelo Encarnacion made a throwing error.
Peoria is 37-53 overall, 11-13 in the second half, and is in fifth place in the Midwest League West, 4.5 games back of Beloit.
Wednesday’s game: vs. West Michigan, Gerardo Salas RHP (3-8, 8.19) vs. Rayner Castillo RHP (2-5, 5.72) 6:35 CT.
Palm Beach vs. Jupiter (postponed)
Tuesday’s game at Roger Dean Stadium was postponed due to rain in the area. I will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, August 2.
Palm Beach is 42-45 overall, 10-12 in the second half, and is in third place in the FSL East, four games back of St. Lucie.
Wednesday’s games: vs. Jupiter, RH Leonel Sequera (2-7, 4.33) vs. TBD 3:00 CT (game one); vs. Jupiter, TBD vs. TBD (game two).
FCL Cardinals at FCL Marlins (canceled)
Instead of playing Tuesday’s makeup of the previously postponed game from July 2, it was canceled. The regular contest was played, however.
FCL Cardinals 7 at FCL Marlins 3
The rookie level Cardinals defeated the Marlins by a 7-3 score on Tuesday. Starter Ian Bedell, on a rehab assignment from Memphis, pitched two scoreless innings with one hit allowed and two strikeouts.
Aaron Holiday, on a rehab assignment from Palm Beach, relieved Bedell and surrendered one run in 1 2/3 innings. Bruno Lopez secured one out. Andrew Bolivar yielded two runs in four innings. Jovi Galvez tossed a scoreless ninth.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Heriberto Caraballo was hit by a pitch. Paulo Asprilla singled. Daniel Rojas reached on an error and Caraballo came home.
The Cardinals added a third-inning solo home run by Bracewell Taveras to take the lead 2-0. The Marlins cut the lead to 2-1 in the fourth.
The Cardinals increased the lead to 3-1 in the sixth. Yancel Guerrero singled, stole second, third and home.
The Cardinals added three runs in the seventh to widen the lead to 6-1. Taveras singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Facundo Velasquez reached on an error and Taveras scored. Caraballo doubled. Johnfrank Salazar plated Velasquez and Caraballo on a single.
The Cardinals’ lead increased to 7-1 in the top of the eighth. Andru Arthur reached on a fielding error and advanced to third on a throwing error. Arthur came home on a wild pitch.
The Marlins added two runs in the home eighth to shrink the final score to 7-3.
The Cardinals scored seven runs on nine hits. Taveras was 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Rojas was 2-for-4. Salazar had two RBI. Caraballo scored two runs.
On the bases, Rojas stole his 14th base of the season. Guerrero swiped three bags. Asprilla stole his first base. Salazar stole two bases. Arthur was caught stealing. Salazar was picked off first base.
On defense, Bolivar made an error on a pickoff.
The Cardinals are 24-30 on the season and are in fourth place in the Florida Complex League. They have been eliminated from playoff contention.
Wednesday’s game: at FCL Nationals, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 am CT. This will conclude the Cardinals’ 2025 schedule.
DSL Cardinals 2, DSL Colorado 6
The Dominican Cardinals lost to Colorado by a 6-2 score on Tuesday. Starter Gabriel Chinchilla pitched 4 1/3 innings, gave up five runs, four earned, on 10 hits, and struck out one.
Ryan Rodriguez relieved Chinchilla and threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Branneli Franco surrendered one run in the seventh. Pedro Olivero and Beiker Rodriguez each tossed a scoreless inning.
Colorado scored twice in the second inning and added a run in the third to lead 3-0. The Cardinals put a run on the board in the fourth as Yaxson Lucena doubled and scored on a single by Brayan Amoroso.
In the fifth, Colorado increased their lead to 5-1. The Cardinals answered with one run in the sixth. Edward Guribe singled. Lucena walked. Cristofer Lebron walked. Michael Cordero walked and Guribe scored.
Colorado added a final run in the seventh to make it 6-2.
The Cardinals scored two runs on five hits. Amoroso was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On the bases, Kenly Hunter was caught stealing. On defense, Yeferson Portolatin made a fielding error. Chinchilla picked a runner off first base.
The DSL Cardinals are 19-17 on the season and are in second place in the DSL Southeast Division, two games behind the Marlins.
Wednesday’s game: Off
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