photo: Mike O’Reilly (Springfield Cardinals FANatic Photos)
On a 3-1 Wednesday across the St. Louis Cardinals system, pitching led the way. Springfield’s Mike O’Reilly yielded just an unearned run over six innings and Austin Warner spun seven scoreless frames for Palm Beach.
Recaps of games played on Wednesday, May 2.
Memphis Redbirds 8, Oklahoma City Dodgers 7
A trio of two-run innings helped the Redbirds shade the Dodgers by an 8-7 score in Wednesday evening’s contest at Memphis’ AutoZone Park.
Busy box scores occurred on both sides. Redbirds starter Daniel Poncedeleon walked five and allowed three runs in 3 2/3 innings. Sean Gilmartin, the winning pitcher, allowed one unearned run in 2 1/3 innings, and Derian Gonzalez was charged with two runs in the seventh inning. John Brebbia secured a two-inning save, but not without giving up a run in the top of the ninth. The game ended on a strikeout with the potential tying run at second base.
Right-fielder Tyler O’Neill had three singles, and five Redbirds had two hits: second baseman Max Schrock, third baseman Yairo Munoz, first baseman Patrick Wisdom, shortstop Wilfredo Tovar, and catcher Carson Kelly. Kelly batted in two runs, and Munoz and Wisdom each scored twice. Memphis had seven hits in 16 at-bats with runners in scoring position, yet the Redbirds stranded 10 runners on base.
Thursday’s game: Dakota Hudson (3-0, 3.90) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 7:05 PM Central time.
Springfield Cardinals 7 at Northwest Arkansas Naturals 2
Propelled by a six-run second inning, the Cardinals rolled to a 7-2 road win over the Naturals Wednesday afternoon.
Designated hitter Victor Roache hit his seventh home run of the season. Center fielder Lane Thomas and first baseman John Nogowski each batted in two, and seven of the nine starters in the Springfield line up scored. Cardinals hitters fanned out 10 times but did get hits when it mattered most – a 5-for-14 mark with runners in scoring position.
Mike O’Reilly, our Player of the Day, fired six frames of one-run ball and improved to 2-0 since his promotion to Springfield. The only run – and the lone hit the right-hander allowed in his outing – came in the first inning. The unearned run came after the leadoff batter reached on a fielding error and came around to score on that one hit.
Landon Beck allowed a solo homer in his two innings in relief before Hector Mendoza logged a scoreless ninth.
Thursday’s game: Jake Woodford (2-2, 6.17) at Northwest Arkansas Naturals, 7:05 PM Central time.
Palm Beach Cardinals 6 at Florida Fire Frogs 3
With both sides scoreless until the final two innings, the Cardinals then doubled up the Fire Frogs for a 6-3 road win.
Austin Warner pitched very well, firing seven shutout frames. Warner fanned 10 and allowed just six singles, a triple and a walk in his no-decision outing. Jesus Cruz finished the game, yielding two runs in the eighth and another in the ninth. Thus, Cruz was tagged with a blown save (since the Cardinals scored in the top of the eighth) and the win, as he remained the pitcher when Palm Beach recaptured the lead.
Palm Beach put up one run in the eighth and five more tallies in the ninth, going 4-for-12 with runners in scoring position for the game. Three Cardinals went 2-for-4: third baseman Evan Mendoza, center fielder Johan Mieses, and designated hitter Andy Young. Left fielder Stefan Trosclair scored two of the team’s six runs. Of their nine total hits, all were singles. The Cardinals made the most of six walks and two ninth-inning errors by the Fire Frogs.
Thursday’s game: Ian Oxnevad (1-2, 3.86) at Florida Fire Frogs, 5:30 PM Central time.
West Michigan Whitecaps 5 at Peoria Chiefs 3
The Whitecaps took advantage a rocky outing from Peoria’s starter to win Wednesday’s match-up by a 5-3 final score.
Johan Oviedo took his second loss of the season after logging 5 1/3 innings of four-run ball. All four were earned, as Oviedo allowed six hits and walked as many batters. Oviedo, now with a 1-2 record, has walked 18 batters in his five starts. In relief, C.J. Saylor pitched two scoreless frames; nonetheless, Peoria’s offense fell a bit short.
Center fielder Nick Plummer and backstop Julio Rodriguez hit their second and fourth home runs of the season, respectively, accounting for all the Chiefs scoring. Plummer’s was a two-run blast and Rodriguez’ solo shot was part of his 2-for-4 day. Third baseman Elehuris Montero and right fielder Scott Hurst also had two hits apiece, although the team went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and stranded six.
Thursday’s game: Evan Guillory (2-1, 2.22) vs. West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:30 PM Central time.
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