Photo: Masyn Winn (Ryan Dowd/Palm Beach Cardinals)
St Louis’ minors went 2-2 on Thursday. Palm Beach rode to victory behind a career night by Masyn Winn while Peoria edged out a win as well. Both Memphis’ and Springfield’s bats were quiet, resulting in a loss for each team.
Results from games played Thursday, June 10th
Memphis 0 vs Gwinnett 11
Ineffective pitching and silent bats were a losing combination as the Redbirds fell to the Stripers at AutoZone Park, 11-0. Currently, Memphis (12-21) has a five-game losing streak, including the first three of this six-game set, and has scored just one run in their last 22 innings.
The offense had just two hits, singles by center fielder Matt Szczur and pinch hitter Dennis Ortega, and two walks.
Three of four Memphis hurlers taking the mound Thursday evening were scored upon, beginning with Tommy Parsons. Parsons was charged with four runs on nine hits, including two long balls accounting for three runs, in five plus innings.
Grant Black topped Parson’s performance, yielding five tallies on four hits and a walk in 1 2/3 frames. One of his four hits was a three-run bomb.
Both runs given up by Tyler Webb in his return to Memphis from St Louis were generated by one home run. That bomb was one of three hits permitted against four batters retired.
Jesus Cruz was the lone bright spot on the bump, tossing a one-two-three ninth.
Friday’s game: vs Gwinnett (17-15)(ATL), 7:10 pm CT, Connor Thomas (1-0, 4.63)
Springfield 1 vs Arkansas 4
Springfield managed just one hit, dropping a 4-1 decision to Arkansas at Hammonds Field. The S-Cards (10-22) have won two of the first three games in the six-game series and remain in fifth and last place in the North Division standings, nine games behind Tulsa (LAD).
The home team’s entire offense consisted of David Vinsky who reached base three times. The left fielder’s sixth-inning single broke up the Travelers’ no-hit bid while he scored the only run, unearned, via the second of his two base-on-balls. Vinsky was unsuccessful in his only stolen base attempt.
Kyle Leahy absorbed his fifth loss against no wins, permitting two runs on five hits and three free passes issued over 5 2/3 innings. Michael Brettell recorded the sixth’s last out, leaving two inherited runners aboard, but surrendered a solo long ball, one of two hits and two walks given up in the next frame. Four of the six outs recorded by Jacob Bosiokovic were strikeouts, but the only hit allowed by the 27-year-old was a solo shot.
Friday’s game: vs fourth-place Arkansas (15-17)(SEA), 7:05 pm CT, Tyler Pike (0-1, 24.55)
Peoria 4 vs Quad Cities 3
The Chiefs’ late surge provided the edge needed to slip by the River Bandits, 4-3, for a two-games-to-one series’ lead. Sixth-place Peoria (14-19) trails first-place Quad Cities by 6 ½ games in the six-team West Division standings.
Down 2-1 after six, the home team transformed three hits, a fielder’s choice and an RBI ground out into a 4-2 lead then held on for the win. The only Chief with more than one of the team’s seven hits was shortstop Francisco Hernandez who singled twice in four at bats, crossing home plate once.
Right fielder Jhon Torres accounted for two tallies, going 1-for-4 with a double, run scored and RBI. Malcom Nunez, Pedro Pages and Tyler Reichenborn each drove in one while Cristhian Longa and Matt Chamberlain both scored a run.
Starter Jack Ralston struck out eight over 5 2/3 frames, yielding two runs on three hits and three walks. Nathanael Heredia picked up the win, his first in three decisions, working around three hits and a free pass issued over 1 1/3 innings and stranding two inherited runners.
Jacob Schlesener was dinged for a tally on two hits in his inning on the bump. Wilfredo Pereira made things interesting in the ninth but maneuvered around two hits for his first save.
Friday’s game: vs Quad Cites (20-12)(KC), 6:35 pm CT, Connor Lunn (1-1, 5.88)
Palm Beach 14 at St Lucie 8
A nine-run first inning propelled the Beach Birds over the Mets, 14-8, halting a five-game losing skid. Palm Beach (9-24) remains in fourth place in the four-team East Division, 10 games behind St Lucie.
Home runs were a crucial component in the victory with eight of the team’s 14 runs generated by three bombs. The offensive spearhead was lead-off batter Masyn Winn whose first blast of 2021 was a grand slam capping the first-inning scoring, a frame in which the Mets’ starter did not record an out. Player of the Day Winn reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two base-on-balls, the aforementioned home run, three runs scored and four RBI’s.
Matt Koperniak also garnered a three-hit performance in four at bats, launching a solo shot which comprised one of his two runs scored and three driven in. The center fielder also worked a base-on-balls.
Three Palm Beach players had one hit apiece, including first baseman Todd Lott, whose three-run bomb was part of his team’s five-run fifth and his only hit in three at bats. Lott was issued two free passes, touched home twice and knocked in four.
The pitching side did not click nearly as well as did the bats. Starter Gustavo J Rodriguez lasted just two plus innings, yielding five tallies on eight hits and no walks.
Right-hander Edgar Manzo (W, 1-1) tossed another impressive effort, retiring nine of 10 batters faced. The sole St Lucie player to reach against the 20-year-old was on a base-on-balls but the Mexico native did allow both inherited runners to score on two sac flies.
Dionys Rodriguez navigated around a hit and two free passes issued for a clean sixth, but Luis Tena ran into trouble the next frame. The righty allowed two hits and a walk, resulting in three tallies, two earned. Francisco Justo worked 2 1/3 frames of scoreless ball, striking out four and walking three while leaving Tena’s last runner on base.
Friday’s game: at first-place St Lucie (19-14) (NYM), 6:10 pm ET, John Beller (0-3, 5.47)
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