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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 30, 2024

photo: R.J. Yeager (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield 1B R.J. Yeager, had two hits, a walk, a steal and four RBI. Other standouts include Chen-Wei Lin, Mike Antico, Gavin Collins, Nick Dunn, Alex Cornwell and Hancel Rincon.

Results from games played on Thursday, August 29.

Memphis 18 at Iowa 2 (5 innings)

The Memphis Redbirds (25-29) demolished the Iowa Cubs (24-30, CHC) 18-2 in a rain-shortened contest on Thursday at Principal Park.

Starter Michael McGreevy earned his seventh win this season, pitching five innings, and allowing two runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Michael McGreevy

The Redbirds struck first in the top of the second with Alfonso Rivas III’s two-RBI double and Mike Antico’s two-run moonshot to right field.

Mike Antico

The Cubs earned two back in the bottom of the second when a wild pitch let one run in and an RBI single plated another.

Gavin Collins’ three-run bomb to left field, Ramon Mendoza’s RBI double, Antico’s RBI single, Nolan Gorman’s RBI double, and César Prieto’s two-RBI double extended Memphis’ lead to 12-2 in the third.

Gavin Collins

Memphis extended their lead to 18-2 in the fourth with Gorman’s RBI single, Thomas Saggese’s three-run dinger to left-center field, Nick Dunn’s RBI single, and Chandler Redmond’s RBI single.

Thomas Saggese

Collins went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Dunn was a perfect 5-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and three runs scored.  Antico was 2-for-4 with a homer, a walk, three RBI, and three runs scored.  The Redbirds totaled 18 runs on 22 hits, including 10 extra-base hits, with three walks and seven strikeouts

Friday’s game: at Iowa, RHP Gordon Graceffo (9-7, 4.55) vs. Adrian Houser RHP (0-2, 3.86) 7:08 CT.

Springfield 6 at Wichita 3

The Springfield Cardinals (35-19) beat the Wichita Wind Surge (21-33, MIN) 6-3 on Thursday at Riverfront Stadium.

Starter Alex Cornwell earned his seventh win this season, pitching 6 1/3 innings, and allowing two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five.

Alex Cornwell

The Wind Surge took an early lead in the first with a two-run homer to left-center field.

Noah Mendlinger grounded into a double play to plate Matt Lloyd in the fourth. R.J. Yeager’s two-RBI single in the fifth gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.

R.J. Yeager

Springfield extended their lead in the top of the ninth with pinch hitter Nathan Church’s RBI single and Yeager’s two-RBI single.

Wichita could only answer in the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot to make the score 6-3.

Andrew Marrero threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings while striking out two.  Jack Ralston pitched an inning, yielding a run on a hit while striking out one.  Springfield allowed three runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Yeager went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and four RBI.  Church was 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run scored.  Mendlinger was 3-for-4 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on nine hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Wichita, TBD vs. Marco Raya RHP (1-4, 4.87) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 2 at Beloit 6

The Peoria Chiefs (29-28) were defeated by the Beloit Sky Carp (27-30, MIA) 6-2 on Thursday at ABC Supply Stadium.

Starter Hancel Rincon took his seventh loss this season, pitching six innings, and allowing three runs on 10 hits while walking one and striking out five.

Hancel Rincón

The Sky Carp struck first in the second with a two-run home run to right-center field.

The Chiefs responded in the fourth with Chase Davis’ solo bomb to right field.

Chase Davis

Beloit took a two-run lead with an RBI double in the sixth.

Peoria added one more run in the top of the eighth when a wild pitch let Darlin Moquete come home.

In the bottom half of the inning, the home team doubled their run total with an RBI double and a two-run longball to right field.

Hunter Hayes pitched two innings, yielding three runs on four hits while striking out three.  Peoria allowed six runs on 14 hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Davis went 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Alex Iadisernia was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Moquete was 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  Brayden Jobert tallied a hit in two plate appearances and walked once.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on four hits with four walks and 12 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Beloit, LHP Pete Hansen (5-7, 3.80) vs. Emmett Olson LHP (6-6, 3.61) 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 8, Daytona 3

The Palm Beach Cardinals (39-17) crushed the Daytona Tortugas (30-25, CIN) 8-3 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

Starter Chen-Wei Lin threw five scoreless innings, earning his 10th win this season, and allowing five hits and a walk while striking out nine.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Jose Suarez’s RBI single. Palm Beach extended their lead to 6-0 in the third with J.J. Wetherholt’s bases-loaded walk, Suarez’s RBI single, Ryan Campos’ sacrifice fly, and Joshua Baez’s two-RBI single.

Joshua Baez

The Tortugas put a run on the board in the top of the sixth on a sacrifice fly.

The home team responded in the bottom half of the inning when Jon Jon Gazdar reached on a fielding error that let Baez come home.

Henry Gomez took the mound in the seventh and conceded an RBI groundout and a wild pitch that brought home another runner to make the score 7-3.

The Beach Birds added an insurance run in the eighth on the opposing pitcher’s balk that let Campos come home.

Baez went 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBI, and a run scored.  Suarez was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  Bryce Madron went 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on six hits with seven walks and five strikeouts.

Nelfy Infante threw an inning, giving up one run on a hit while walking one and striking out two.  Gomez pitched two innings, yielding two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out one.  Nolan Sparks threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed three runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out 14.

Friday’s game: vs. Daytona, TBD vs. TBD 5:30 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 26, 2024

photo: Won-Bin Cho (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system had an 0-4 Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Peoria OF Won-Bin Cho, singled, doubled, tripled, walked, stole a base and scored three times. Other standouts include R.J. Yeager, Leonel Sequera, Joshua Baez and Christian Martin.

Results of games played on Sunday, August 25.

Memphis 3, Charlotte 8

The Memphis Redbirds (24-27) were handled by the Charlotte Knights (24-25, CWS) 8-3 on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  In five innings, starter Gordon Graceffo allowed five runs on nine hits including three home runs while striking out six.

Memphis struck first in the first with Thomas Saggese’s RBI single.

Thomas Saggese

The Knights took the lead in the top of the fourth with a two-run homer and a solo home run to make the score 3-1.

Chandler Redmond’s solo moonshot in the bottom of the fourth brought the game to within one.

Chandler Redmond

Charlotte responded with another two-run dinger in the fifth to make the score 5-2. The visitors put the game out of reach in the eighth with an RBI double and two RBI singles.

The Redbirds put one more run on the board with Jordan Walker’s RBI single in the ninth.

Redmond went 1-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Walker was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  Ramon Mendoza was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on 11 hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts while hitting 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Riley O’Brien threw a scoreless inning, allowing a hit.  Chris Roycroft pitched a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Andre Granillo threw an inning, giving up three runs on four hits while walking one.  Ryan Shreve threw a scoreless inning, yielding a walk while striking out two.  Memphis allowed eight runs on 14 hits while walking two and striking out 10.

The Redbirds split their home series with the Charlotte Knights.  They will travel to Iowa to face the Iowa Cubs (22-29, CHC) in a six-game road series.

Tuesday’s game: at Iowa, TBD vs. TBD 6:38 CT.

Springfield 3, Tulsa 5

The Springfield Cardinals (33-19) were defeated by the Tulsa Drillers (23-27, LAD) 5-3 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  In three innings, starter Wilfredo Pereira allowed two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out four.

R.J. Yeager’s two-run bomb to left field kicked the scoring off in the first.

R.J. Yeager

The Drillers responded in the second with a solo longball and an RBI single to tie the game at two. Tulsa took the lead in the top of the fifth with a two-RBI triple.

The Cardinals brought the game to within one in the bottom half of the inning when Noah Mendlinger scored after the opposing pitcher balked.

The visitors added one final run in the eighth on another solo shot to make the score 5-3.

Benito Garcia took his first loss this season, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out one in two innings.  Edwin Nuñez threw two scoreless innings, yielding two walks while striking out two.  Andrew Marrero pitched an inning, giving up a run on a hit while striking out two.  Nathanael Heredia threw a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Springfield allowed five runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out 10.

Aaron McKeithan went 3-for-3 including two doubles and a walk.  Yeager hit a home run, walked, drove in two and scored one.  Mendlinger doubled, walked, and scored a run.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on 10 hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.

The Springfield Cardinals took five of six at home against the Tulsa Drillers with their seven-game winning streak ended Sunday.  The Cardinals will travel to Wichita to face the Wind Surge (20-31, MIN) in a six-game series.

Tuesday’s game: at Wichita, TBD vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Peoria 5, Fort Wayne 8

In a back-and-forth contest in which all four Peoria pitchers yielded runs, the Chiefs (28-26) fell to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (19-35, SD) 8-5 on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Darlin Saladin pitched five innings, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out five.

The Chiefs took the lead in the first with Leonardo Bernal’s RBI single, a wild pitch that let Chase Davis come home, and Tre Richardson’s RBI single.

The TinCaps tied it in the third with an RBI single and a two-run homer.

Peoria regained the lead in the fourth on Brody Moore’s RBI single.

Hunter Hayes took the mound in the top of the sixth and allowed a two-RBI double to give Fort Wayne a 5-4 lead.

Brayden Jobert’s RBI forceout in the bottom of the sixth tied the game again.

The visitors broke the deadlock in the eighth with two RBI singles and added an insurance run in the ninth on a solo home run.

Hayes pitched two innings, yielding two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.  Osvaldo Berrios took his third loss this season, throwing an inning, giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out two.  Roy Garcia pitched an inning, conceding one run on one hit.  Peoria allowed eight runs, seven earned, on 12 hits while walking one and striking out 11.

Won-Bin Cho

Won-Bin Cho hit 3-for-3 with a single, double, a triple, a walk, a stolen base and three runs scored.  Richardson was 3-for-4 with an RBI.  Moore went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on 11 hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs took their series against the Fort Wayne TinCaps, winning four of six despite dropping their last two games.  The Chiefs will travel to Beloit to face the Beloit Sky Carp (25-29, MIA on Tuesday in a six-game series.

Tuesday’s game: at Beloit, TBD vs. TBD 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 5 at St. Lucie 8

The Palm Beach Cardinals (37-15) blew an early lead and lost 8-5 to the St. Lucie Mets (18-34, NYM) on Sunday at Clover Park.  Starter Leonel Sequera pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run, none earned, on four hits while walking three and striking out five.

Leonel Sequera

The Cardinals struck first in the second with Bryce Madron’s bases-loaded walk, a passed ball that let Heriberto Caraballo score, and Joshua Baez’s two-RBI single.

Joshua Baez

They extended their lead to 5-0 in the top of the fifth on Christian Martin’s RBI single, but their scoring stopped there.

The Mets put a run on the board in the bottom of the fifth with a sacrifice fly.

In the ninth, it all fell apart for the Cards. Randel Clemente loaded the bases and was replaced by Luis Gastelum, who conceded an RBI fielder’s choice, a two-RBI double, and a grand slam to make the score 8-5.

Nelfy Infante pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out two.  Michael Watson threw a scoreless inning, giving up a walk while striking out one.  Clemente threw 1/3 of an inning, conceding three runs, two earned, on a hit while walking two.  Gastelum took his second loss this season, yielding four runs, none earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed eight runs, two earned, on nine hits while walking eight and striking out nine.

Christian Martin

Lizandro Espinoza was 1-for-3 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and a run scored.  Martin went 2-for-2 with three walks, an RBI, and a run scored.  Baez went 1-for-4 with two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on eight hits with nine walks and nine strikeouts.

The Palm Beach Cardinals took five of six from the St. Lucie Mets in their road series.  The Cardinals will come home to face the Daytona Tortugas (28-23) on Tuesday in a seven-game series, including a doubleheader on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Daytona, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 25, 2024

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On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, RH Gerardo Salas, tossed five scoreless innings on three hits, no walks and five strikeouts for Palm Beach. Other standouts include Max Rajcic, Matt Svanson and Chase Davis.

Games played on Saturday, August 24.

Memphis 1, Charlotte 10

The Memphis Redbirds (24-26) were crushed by the Charlotte Knights (23-25, CWS) 10-1 on Saturday at AutoZone Park.

Starter Nick Raquet took his seventh loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing six runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out two. The Knights took a commanding 6-0 lead in the first with an RBI groundout, an RBI single, and two two-RBI doubles.

The Cardinals scored their only run of the game in the fifth with Matt Koperniak’s RBI forceout.

Charlotte scored four more runs in the seventh with two RBI doubles and a two-RBI single to make the score 10-1.

Wilking Rodriguez threw a scoreless inning, allowing a hit while striking out one.  Victor Santos threw a scoreless inning while striking out the three batters he faced.  Jacob Bosiokovic struggled, yielding four runs on three hits while walking two and striking out one in one inning.  Connor Thomas pitched two scoreless innings, giving up a hit.  Memphis allowed 10 runs on 12 hits while walking five and striking out seven.

Nick Dunn went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Jordan Walker was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Alfonso Rivas III hit 1-for-4 with a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled one run on five hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Charlotte, RHP Gordon Graceffo (9-6, 4.34) vs. Jake Eder LHP (0-4, 11.63) 1:05 CT.

Springfield 4, Tulsa 1

The Springfield Cardinals (33-17) defeated the Tulsa Drillers (22-27, LAD) 4-1 on Saturday at Hammons Field.

Starter Max Rajcic threw six innings, earning his 10th win this season, allowing one run on eight hits while walking one and striking out four.

Max Rajcic

The Cardinals struck first in the second with Noah Mendlinger’s RBI double and Carlos Linarez’s sacrifice fly.

The Drillers responded in the fourth with an RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks increased their lead to 3-1 in the fifth with an RBI double.

Jimmy Crooks

Springfield added one final run in the sixth with Jeremy Rivas’ RBI double.

Jeremy Rivas

Bryan Torres went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  Mendlinger was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rivas went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on nine hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

Zane Mills threw a scoreless inning, allowing a hit while striking out one.  Leonardo Taveras pitched 1/3 of an inning, yielding two walks while striking out one.  Matt Svanson earned his 23rd save this season, giving up a hit while striking out three.  Springfield allowed one run on 10 hits while walking three and striking out nine.

Matt Svanson

Sunday’s game: vs. Tulsa, TBD vs. Jackson Ferris LHP (0-1, 0.66) 1:05 CT.

Peoria 2, Fort Wayne 3

The Peoria Chiefs (28-25) fell to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (18-35, SD) 3-2 on Saturday at Dozer Park.

Starter Ixan Henderson threw five innings, taking his first loss this season, allowing two runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out three.

The Chiefs struck first in the third with Chase Davis’ RBI single.

Chase Davis

The TinCaps took the lead in the fifth with an RBI double and an RBI single.

Reliever Dionys Rodriguez entered in the sixth, and in the seventh, he gave up the winning run on an RBI single.

Davis kept the game alive in the ninth with an RBI single to put runners on the corners with two outs, but Leonardo Bernal struck out looking on three straight pitches to end the game.

Davis was 2-for-5 with two RBI.  Bernal went 3-for-5 with a triple and a double.  Chase Adkison was 2-for-4 with a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on 10 hits with a walk and 17 strikeouts and every hitter recorded at least one strikeout.

Rodriguez pitched two innings, yielding a run on two hits while striking out two.  Tyler Bradt threw two scoreless innings while striking out two.  Peoria allowed three runs on 11 hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Sunday’s game: vs. Fort Wayne, RHP Darlin Saladin (5-2, 3.50) vs. Eric Yost RHP (0-1, 3.60) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 6 at St. Lucie 3

The Palm Beach Cardinals’ (37-14) strong start carried them to a 6-3 win over the St. Lucie Mets (17-34, NYM) on Saturday at Clover Park.

Starter Gerardo Salas threw five scoreless innings, earning his seventh win this season, allowing three hits and no walks while striking out five.

Gerardo Salas

Ian Petrutz’s two-RBI single, John Kross’ RBI single, and Ross Friedricks’ RBI single gave the Cardinals an early 4-0 lead.

They added an additional run in the second when a wild pitch let Bryce Madron score. Palm Beach added another in the third with Christian Martin’s RBI single to make the score 6-0.

St. Lucie fought back in the seventh against reliever Nolan Sparks when a passed ball allowed a run to score and a two-RBI single made the score 6-3.

Sparks pitched 1 2/3 innings, yielding three runs, two earned, on three hits while walking and striking out one.  Angel Cuenca threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits while striking out one.  Luis Gastelum earned his fifth save this season, pitching a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed three runs, two earned, on eight hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Martin went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a hit by pitch.  Ryan Campos was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  Petrutz was 1-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on eight hits with six walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at St. Lucie, RH Leonel Sequera (0-0, 3.26) vs. TBD 11:10 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 23, 2024

photo: Alex Cornwell (Springfield Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield LH Alex Cornwell, threw eight shutout innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out five. Other standouts include Matt Lloyd, Jordan Walker, Leonardo Bernal, Jose Suarez and Chris Rotondo.

Results from games played on Thursday, August 22.

Memphis 3, Charlotte 8

The Memphis Redbirds (23-25) were crushed by the Charlotte Knights (22-24, CWS) on Thursday at AutoZone Park.

Starter Zack Thompson took his third loss this season, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits while walking two and striking out four. The Knights took an early lead with a three-run homer in the top of the third.

Mike Antico responded with a solo longball in the bottom of the third to make the score 3-1.

Mike Antico

Charlotte added two more in the fourth with two RBI singles.

The Redbirds fought back in the fifth with Jordan Walker’s RBI single to make the score 5-2.

The visitors took that run back in the seventh with an RBI single.

Walker drove in his second RBI on the day with an RBI single in the eighth.

Jordan Walker

An RBI double and an RBI single in the ninth put the game out of reach, making the score 8-3.

Ryan Shreve threw three innings, yielding a run on five hits while walking one and striking out two.  Andre Granillo threw 2 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on three hits while striking out four.  Memphis allowed eight runs on 14 hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Walker went 3-for-4 with two RBI.  Matt Koperniak was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  Antico hit a home run and walked.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on eight hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Charlotte, RH Michael McGreevy (5-8, 4.32) vs. Sean Burke RHP (1-4, 4.86) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 7, Tulsa 0

The Springfield Cardinals (31-17) shut out the Tulsa Drillers (22-25, LAD) 7-0 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Alex Cornwell earned his sixth win this season, throwing eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out five.

Alex Cornwell

Matt Lloyd’s two-run dinger to left field in the fourth gave the Cardinals the early lead.

Matt Lloyd

Chris Rotondo smacked a two-run homer of his own in the fifth to double their lead to 4-0.

Chris Rotondo

Springfield added three insurance runs in the sixth on Lloyd’s two-RBI double and Aaron McKeithan’s bases-loaded walk.

Lloyd went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, four RBI, and two runs scored.  Rotondo recorded the only other hit, a homer, with two walks and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on four hits with eight walks and five strikeouts.

Edwin Nuñez threw a scoreless ninth inning while walking two and striking out two.  Springfield allowed no runs on three hits while walking five and striking out seven.

Friday’s game: vs. Tulsa, LHP Quinn Mathews (2-1, 2.62) vs. Orlando Ortiz-Mayr RHP (7-6, 4.76) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 6, Fort Wayne 4

On Thursday, the Peoria Chiefs (27-24) walked it off in back-to-back nights against the Fort Wayne TinCaps (17-34, SD) at Dozer Park.  Starter Hancel Rincon threw six innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking three and striking out five.

Hancel Rincón

Kade Kretzschmar’s sacrifice bunt and a fielding error allowed Won-Bin Cho to score and Alex Iadisernia’s RBI groundout gave the Chiefs a 2-0 lead in the second. Leonardo Bernal’s RBI double in the third extended their lead to 3-0.

Two sacrifice flies in the fourth for the TinCaps brought the game to within one.

Osvaldo Berrios took the mound in the top of the eighth and conceded two RBI singles that gave Fort Wayne a 4-3 lead.

Peoria tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with Cho’s sacrifice fly.

Bernal ended the game in the 10th with a two-run moonshot to give the Chiefs the 6-4 win.

Leonardo Bernal

Bernal went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBI, and a run scored.  Iadisernia hit 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Cho was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled six runs on seven hits with one walk and 12 strikeouts.

Benjamin Arias threw a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Berrios pitched two innings, yielding two runs, none earned, on three hits while striking out two.  Hunter Hayes earned his first win with Peoria, throwing a scoreless inning, and giving up a hit and a walk while striking out two.  Peoria allowed four runs, two earned, on eight hits while walking four and striking out 10.

Friday’s game: vs. Fort Wayne, LHP Pete Hansen (5-7, 3.75) vs. Jagger Haynes LHP (2-5, 4.15) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 7 at St. Lucie 3

The Palm Beach Cardinals (35-14) defeated the St. Lucie Mets (17-32, NYM) 7-3 on Thursday at Clover Park.

Starter Jose Davila threw four innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits while walking three and striking out six. The Mets took the quick lead in the first with an RBI single and an RBI double.

The Cardinals responded in the fifth with Lizandro Espinoza’s two-run bomb and Joshua Baez and Josh Kross’ RBI walks to take a 4-2 lead.

Lizandro Espinoza

Palm Beach extended the lead to 6-2 with J.J. Wetherholt’s RBI groundout and Jose Suarez’s RBI single. Christian Martin added one final run in the seventh with an RBI double.

Michael Watson pitched the eighth and gave up a sacrifice fly that cut the Cardinals’ lead to 7-3.

Randel Clemente earned his fourth win this season, conceding two walks while striking out four in two scoreless innings.  Augusto Calderon yielded a hit in his scoreless inning.  Watson pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Angel Cuenca pitched the scoreless ninth while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits while walking six and striking out 12.

Espinoza was 1-for-5 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Baez reached safely four times with four walks and an RBI.  Suarez hit 2-for-5 with an RBI.  Kross went 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on seven hits with 11 walks and eight strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at St. Lucie, RH Chen-Wei Lin (8-5, 3.06) vs. TBD 5:10 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 19, 2024

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On Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, DH Jimmy Crooks, singled, doubled, walked twice, drove in three and scored twice for Springfield. Other standouts include Mike Antico, Ixan Henderson, Darlin Moquete, Leonel Sequera and Ian Petrutz.

Results of games played on Sunday, August 18.

Memphis 9 at Jacksonville 10

Despite four home runs, a late bullpen collapse with a 9-2 lead caused the Memphis Redbirds (21-24) to fall to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (23-20, MIA) by a 10-9 score on Sunday at 121 Financial Ballpark.  Starter Michael McGreevy threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while walking two and striking out two.

Iván Herrera started the scoring in the top of the fourth with an RBI groundout.

The Jumbo Shrimp responded in the bottom half of the inning with a two-RBI double.

Mike Antico’s three-run moonshot gave the Redbirds the lead again.

Mike Antico

The Redbirds continued to pile on with César Prieto’s two-run dinger.

César Prieto

Thomas Saggese gave Memphis their third homer of the day with his two-run shot to left-center field.

Thomas Saggese

José Fermín added another one to the tally with a solo longball. With six outs to go, the Redbirds led, 9-2.

José Fermín

Jacksonville fought back in the eighth with back-to-back-to-back homers, the first a three-run homer, and an RBI double. The home team walked it off in the ninth with an RBI single and a fielder’s choice that brought home the winning run.

Connor Thomas struck out the only batter he faced.  Riley O’Brien threw a scoreless inning.  Jacob Bosiokovic threw a scoreless inning while walking and striking out one.

That was the good news. What happened in the final two innings was not.

Andre Granillo did not record an out while yielding four runs on three hits while walking one.  Ryan Loutos pitched 2/3 of an inning, allowing two runs on three hits while walking two.  Chris Roycroft took his fourth loss this season, giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking one in 2/3 of an inning pitched.  Memphis allowed 10 runs, nine earned, on 14 hits while walking seven and striking out four.

Antico went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Fermín was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Alfonso Rivas III went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs scored.  The Redbirds totaled nine runs on 12 hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

The Memphis Redbirds dropped four of six at the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.  They will face the Charlotte Knights (21-22, CWS) on Tuesday to begin a six-game homestand.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Charlotte, TBD vs. TBD 6:45 CT.

Springfield 12 at Frisco 8

The Springfield Cardinals (28-17) defeated the Frisco RoughRiders (24-21, TEX) 12-8 on Sunday at Riders Field.  Starter Zane Mills threw three innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out one.

The Cardinals struck in the top of the first with Nathan Church’s RBI double.

Nathan Church

The RoughRiders responded in the bottom of the first with an RBI single to tie the game at one apiece. They took the lead in the second with a two-RBI double.

Springfield fought back in the fifth with R.J. Yeager’s RBI double, Chandler Redmond’s two-RBI double, Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single, Carlos Linarez’s RBI single, and Bryan Torres’ RBI groundout.

Leonardo Taveras took the mound in the sixth and allowed a two-RBI single, and in the seventh, he gave up the tying two-run home run.

The visitors broke the game open in the ninth with Torres’ RBI single, Jimmy Crooks’ three-RBI double, and a wild pitch that brought Crooks home.

Bryan Torres

The home team could only muster one run on an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.

Nathanael Heredia threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Edwin Nuñez also pitched a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Taveras threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits while walking one and striking out one.  Jack Ralston earned his first win this season, throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and yielding a hit while striking out three.  Andrew Marrero threw an inning, giving up a run on two hits while striking out two.  Springfield allowed eight runs, seven earned, on 13 hits while walking one and striking out 11.

Jimmy Crooks

Crooks went 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Redmond was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Torres went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 12 runs on 17 hits with six walks, six extra-base hits, and eight strikeouts.

The first place Springfield Cardinals won five of six over the Frisco RoughRiders in their six-game road series.  The Cardinals will come home to face the Tulsa Drillers (22-22, LAD) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Tulsa, RHP Brandon Komar (6-1, 2.24) vs. TBD 6:35 CT.

Peoria 3 at Wisconsin 2

The Peoria Chiefs (24-24) held on for 3-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (28-19, MIL) on Sunday at Neuroscience Group Field.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw six innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking two and striking out three.

Ixan Henderson

The game was scoreless until the sixth when Timber Rattlers struck with a solo shot to left-center field.

The Chiefs tied the game in the eighth on Chase Davis’ RBI groundout.

Peoria took the lead for the first time in the top of the ninth with Darlin Moquete’s two-run bomb to left field.

Darlin Moquete

In the home ninth, Wisconsin took one run back against reliever Osvaldo Berrios on an RBI single, but the Chiefs held on.

In his first relief appearance with the Chiefs, Darlin Saladin threw a scoreless inning, yielding one hit and walking one.  Berrios earned his second win this season, throwing two innings, and giving up one run on three hits while walking one and striking out one.  Peoria allowed two runs on seven hits while walking and striking out four.

Moquete went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Kade Kretzschmar was 2-for-2 with a walk.  Alex Iadisernia went 1-for-3 with a hit by pitch and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled three runs on seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs split their series at the first-place Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.  The Chiefs will come home to face off against the Fort Wayne TinCaps (17-31, SD) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Fort Wayne, TBD vs. TBD 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 3, Jupiter 2

The Palm Beach Cardinals completed a comeback to win 3-2 over the Jupiter Hammerheads on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Leonel Sequera threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out five.

Leonel Sequera

The Hammerheads struck first in the fourth with an RBI groundout. They extended their lead in the top of the seventh when catcher Ryan Campos committed a throwing error while trying to throw out a runner stealing second that allowed the runner on third to score.

Anyelo Encarnacion put the Cardinals on the board in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI groundout. The Cardinals tied the game at two apiece in the eighth with Campos’ sacrifice fly.

Palm Beach walked it off in the ninth with Jose Cordoba’s RBI double that plated Ian Petrutz.

Ian Petrutz

Petrutz went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.  Bryce Madron was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Cordoba doubled and drove in one.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Henry Gomez earned his sixth win this season, pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding two hits and a walk while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Palm Beach Cardinals (32-14) split their series with the Jupiter Hammerheads (23-23, MIA) and remain in first place by seven games in the Florida State League East 46 games into the second half.  The Cardinals will travel to St. Lucie to take on the St. Lucie Mets (16-29, NYM) in a seven-game week with a doubleheader on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s game: at St. Lucie, TBD vs. TBD 5:10 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The DSL Cardinals (26-25) were off Sunday.  The Cardinals are in fifth place in the DSL Central, 12 games behind the Giants Black.

They will continue play on Monday against the DSL Arizona Red (34-20, ARI) at home. The Cards’ season finale will be on Tuesday.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 18, 2024

photo: Quinn Mathews (Springfield Cardinals)

On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-3 while scoring just 10 runs in total. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Quinn Mathews, fanned 11 in seven scoreless innings for Springfield. Other standouts include Chandler Redmond, Matt Svanson, Chase Adkison and Gerardo Salas.

Memphis Redbirds – off Saturday

The Memphis Redbirds (21-23) did not play on Saturday as the game was moved to Friday, August 16th as part of a doubleheader.  They will complete their road series at the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (22-20, MIA) on Sunday.

Sunday’s game: at Jacksonville, RHP Michael McGreevy (5-7, 4.26) vs. TBD 4:05 CT.

Springfield 4 at Frisco 1

The Springfield Cardinals (27-17) defeated the Frisco RoughRiders (24-20, TEX) 4-1 on Saturday at Riders Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews earned his second win in three decisions with Springfield, throwing seven scoreless innings, and allowing five hits while striking out 11 and walking none.

Quinn Mathews

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Chandler Redmond’s three-run bomb to left field. Redmond added a solo moonshot to center field to extend their lead to 4-0 in the top of the eighth.

Chandler Redmond

Frisco put one on the board in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI single to make the score 4-1.

Benito Garcia threw an inning, yielding one run on two hits while striking out one.  Matt Svanson threw a scoreless ninth while striking out two to earn the save.  His 44 appearances and 22 saves are the most in Double-A this season.

Matt Svanson

Springfield allowed one run on seven hits while striking out 14.

Redmond hit 2-for-4 with two homers, four RBI, and two runs scored.  Jimmy Crooks went 3-for-5 with a run scored.  Nathan Church was 2-for-4 with a HBP.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on nine hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Frisco, RHP Brandon Komar (6-1, 2.24)  vs. Emiliano Teodo (5-3, 1.72) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 1 at Wisconsin 8 (Game 1)

Behind a leaky bullpen, the Peoria Chiefs (22-24) lost the first half of the doubleheader 8-1 to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (28-17, MIL) on Saturday at Neuroscience Group Field.  This was the completion of Friday’s suspended game.

Before the stoppage, starter Hancel Rincon threw four innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking one and striking out five. Wisconsin struck first in the third with a sacrifice fly.

Johnfrank Salazar tied the game at one apiece with his RBI single in the top of the seventh.

In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Hunter Hayes allowed a two-RBI double and an RBI single.

Roy Garcia took the mound in the eighth and gave up two RBI singles and a throwing error by third baseman Michael Curialle let two more runs score.

Hayes took his second loss this season, throwing three innings, and yielding three runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.  Garcia pitched an inning, giving up four runs, two earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out three.  Peoria allowed eight runs, six earned, on 10 hits while walking three and striking out 12.

Salazar went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Leonardo Bernal and Alex Iadisernia tallied the only other hits for the Chiefs.  Brody Moore was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled one run on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Peoria 5 at Wisconsin 2 (7 innings, Game 2)

The Peoria Chiefs (23-24) split the Saturday doubleheader with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (28-18, MIL) with their 5-2 Game 2 win at Neuroscience Group Field.  Starter Pete Hansen threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Timber Rattlers struck first in the second with an RBI single and another run scored on the same play after center fielder Chase Davis committed a fielding error and first-baseman Brayden Jobert committed a throwing error.

Chase Adkison put the Chiefs on the board in the fourth with a sacrifice fly. The Chiefs tied the game in the fifth when Tre Richardson grounded into a double play that scored Brody Moore.

Peoria took the lead in the sixth with Adkison’s RBI double. Leonardo Bernal’s bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch that let Davis score extended the visitors’ lead to 5-2.

Chase Adkison

Adkison doubled with two RBI.  Jobert singled, doubled and scored a run.  Alex Iadisernia went 2-for-4 with a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on eight hits with five walks and six strikeouts.

Tanner Jacobson earned his third win this season, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings, and yielding two hits while striking out one.  Peoria allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Sunday’s game: at Wisconsin, LHP Ixan Henderson (1-0, 4.50) vs. Ryan Birchard RHP (0-1, 12.00) 1:10 CT.

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 5

The Palm Beach Cardinals (31-14) were shut out 5-0 by the Jupiter Hammerheads (23-22, MIA) on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Gerardo Salas took his fifth loss this season, pitching six innings, and allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits while striking out two.

Gerardo Salas

The Hammerheads struck first in the third with a two-RBI single.

Angel Cuenca replaced Salas in the seventh and conceded an RBI single, and in the eighth, he allowed a two-RBI single.

Cuenca pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits while walking and striking out one.  Augusto Calderon threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed five runs, four earned, on 11 hits while walking one and striking out four.

Ryan Campos, Ross Friedrick, and Cade McGee recorded the only hits for the home team.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Jupiter, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 0 at DSL Angels 11

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (26-25) were destroyed 11-0 by the DSL Angels (38-17, LAA) on Saturday at the Los Angeles Angels DR Complex.  Starter Jefferson Moran took his first loss this season, throwing two innings, and allowing four runs on three hits while walking two and striking out four.

The Angels took an early 3-0 lead in the first with a three-RBI double. They extended their lead in the second when Moran threw a wild pitch that let a run score while catcher Paulo Asprilla caught a runner trying to advance to third.

Reiner Lopez replaced Moran and gave up a two-RBI in the third to make the score 6-0. The home team added another insurance run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly.

Jose Suriel took over the mound in the fourth, and in the fifth, he gave up an RBI single. Xavier Cruz replaced Suriel and allowed a two-run homer in the sixth and an RBI double in the seventh to make the score 11-0.

Lopez pitched an inning, allowing three runs on two hits while walking three.  Suriel threw two innings, yielding a run on two hits while striking out two.  Cruz pitched two innings, giving up three runs on five hits.  Giovanni Vargas was the only pitcher to escape unscathed as he threw a scoreless inning while walking two and striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed 11 runs on 12 hits while walking seven and striking out eight.

Yaxson Lucena

Yaxson Lucena went 3-for-4.  Daniel Rojas was 2-for-4.  Andru Arthur singled and was hit by a pitch.  Yoerny Junco recorded the only other hit for the Cardinals.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on seven hits with a walk and 15 strikeouts.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sundays.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 16, 2024

photo: Gordon Graceffo (Memphis Redbirds)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-2 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Memphis starter Gordon Graceffo who threw six scoreless innings while striking out five to earn his ninth win this season.  Other standouts include Thomas Saggese, Iván Herrera, R.J. Yeager, Nathan Church, Bryan Torres, Michael Curialle, and Jose Davila.

Results for games played Thursday, August 15.

Memphis 6 at Jacksonville 0

The Memphis Redbirds (20-22) shut out the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (21-19, MIA) 6-0 on Thursday at 121 Financial Ballpark.  Starter Gordon Graceffo earned his ninth win this season, throwing six scoreless innings, and allowing three hits and two walks while striking out five.

Gordon Graceffo

The Redbirds struck first on Iván Herrera’s solo bomb to right field in the fourth.

Iván Herrera

Nick Dunn’s solo moonshot and Thomas Saggese’s two-run longball extended Memphis’ lead to 4-0.

Thomas Saggese

Memphis extended their lead to 6-0 in the ninth with Herrera’s RBI single and Luken Baker’s sacrifice fly.

Saggese hit 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Herrera was 2-for-4 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Dunn went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on 10 hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.

Connor Thomas pitched 2/3 of an inning, yielding two hits and a walk while striking out one.  Riley O’Brien pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out one.  Chris Roycroft threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Memphis allowed no runs on five hits while walking three and striking out nine.

Memphis’ game on Saturday, August 17th was moved to Friday, August 16th. The NFL’s Jaguars have a home game Saturday night and the Jumbo Shrimp wisely decided to not compete for fan attention locally.

Friday’s games: at Jacksonville, LH Steven Matz (MLB rehab) vs. TBD 4:05 CT (Game one), at Jacksonville, LHP Zack Thompson (2-2, 3.93) vs. TBD (Game two).

Springfield 10 at Frisco 8 (10 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (26-16) defeated the Frisco Roughriders (23-19, TEX) 10-8 in extra innings on Thursday at Riders Field.  Starter Max Rajcic threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits while walking three and striking out four.

The Roughriders struck first in the first with two RBI singles.

The Cardinals earned one run back in the top of the fourth on R.J. Yeager’s RBI groundout.

The home team took that run back in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double.

Yeager’s RBI single in the sixth brought the game to within one.

R.J. Yeager

Springfield took the lead in the top of the seventh when a wild pitch let Jeremy Rivas come home and tie the game, Yeager’s two-RBI single gave the Cardinals the lead, Dakota Harris’ bases-loaded walk, and Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single made the score 7-3.

The lead collapsed in the bottom of the seventh when reliever Nathanael Heredia allowed an RBI single before being replaced by Andrew Marrero who yielded a three-run homer that tied the game at seven apiece.

Nathan Church’s sacrifice fly gave the Cardinals an 8-7 lead.

Frisco tied the game in the ninth with a solo shot to lead off the inning.

Bryan Torres drove in the eventual winning run in the 10th with an RBI single and Jimmy Crooks extended the lead with his RBI single.

Bryan Torres

Yeager hit 2-for-6 with four RBI and a run scored.  Church went 2-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and three runs scored.  Torres was 2-for-5 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 10 runs on 14 hits with six walks and 12 strikeouts while hitting 8-for-20 with runners in scoring position.

Leonardo Taveras conceded one hit in 1/3 of an inning pitched.  Heredia allowed three runs on two hits while plunking a batter.  Marrero threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding one run on one hit while striking out two.  Jack Ralston earned his fifth win this season, giving up one run on two hits while striking out two in 2 1/3 innings pitched.  Springfield allowed eight runs, seven earned, on 14 hits while walking three and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: at Frisco, LHP Alex Cornwell (5-2, 5.79) vs. Mitch Bratt LHP (1-1, 3.27) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 3 at Wisconsin 6

The Peoria Chiefs (22-23) fell to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (27-17, MIL) 6-3 on Thursday at Neuroscience Group Field.  Starter Inohan Paniagua took his eighth loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing four runs, two earned, on four hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Timber Rattlers took an early lead in the first with an RBI double.

The Chiefs tied the game in the second with Michael Curialle’s RBI double.

Michael Curialle

Peoria took the lead in the top of the fourth with Curialle’s two-RBI double.

That lead was short-lived as Wisconsin regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth with a bases-loaded walk, an RBI single, and another bases-loaded walk.

Reliever Tyler Bradt came in to pitch the eighth and allowed a sacrifice fly and an RBI single to make the score 6-3.

Dionys Rodriguez threw three scoreless innings, allowing one hit while striking out four.  Bradt threw an inning, yielding two runs on two hits while walking and striking out one.  Peoria allowed six runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking three and striking out 11.

Curialle went 2-for-2 with two doubles, a walk, and three RBI.  Chase Davis hit 2-for-3 with a walk.  Kade Kretzschmar was 1-for-3 with a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled three runs on five hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Wisconsin, RHP Hancel Rincon (8-6, 3.82) vs. Alexander Cornielle RHP (6-5, 4.67) 6:40 CT.

Palm Beach 2, Jupiter 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (31-12) won the pitchers’ duel against the Jupiter Hammerheads (21-22, MIA) 2-1 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jose Davila threw six innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out seven.

José Dávila

The Hammerhead struck first in the top of the fourth with an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the fourth with Sammy Hernandez’s RBI double and Jose Suarez’s RBI single to take a 2-1 lead.

Sammy Hernandez

Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Suarez was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Josh Kross recorded the only other hit for the Cardinals in today’s win.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

Nelfy Ynfante earned his first save this season, throwing three scoreless innings, yielding a walk, and striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed one run on five hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: vs. Jupiter, RH Chen-Wei Lin (8-5, 3.16) vs. TBD 5:30 CT.

DSL Cardinals 3 at DSL Marlins 12

The DSL Cardinals (25-24) were crushed 12-3 by the DSL Marlins (33-20, MIA) on Thursday at the Miami Marlins DR Complex.  Starter Guanchi Martinez took his fourth loss this season, pitching 2 1/3 innings, and allowing five runs on five hits while walking and striking out one.

The Marlins struck first in the first with an RBI double and two sacrifice flies to take a 3-0 lead.

They extended their lead to 5-0 in the third with a two-RBI single.

The Cardinals put runs on the board in the top of the fourth when Christian Saez reached on a fielding error that allowed Rainiel Rodriguez and Facundo Velasquez to score.

The home team earned one back in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot to increase their lead to 6-2.

They continued to increase their lead in the fifth with an RBI triple and another run scored when reliever Brailyn Paulino threw a wild pitch.

Emisael Carrera replaced Paulino in the sixth and allowed a solo home run, a two-RBI double, and an RBI double to give the Marlins a 12-2 lead.

The visitors added one final run in the ninth when Rodriguez walked with the bases loaded.

Rainiel Rodriguez

Rodriguez hit 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Velasquez went 1-for-3 with two walks and a run scored.  Andru Arthur and Daniel Rojas each tallied one hit.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on four hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

Paulino pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two.  Carrera pitched an inning, yielding four runs on four hits while walking and striking out one.  Justin Hernandez pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks while striking out four.  Bernard Mack threw a scoreless 2/3 of an inning.  The Cardinals allowed 12 runs on 13 hits while walking six and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: vs. DSL Mariners (15-36), RH Branneli Franco (0-3, 6.43) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 12, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach DH Jose Cordoba, hit a home run, drew three walks and drove in three. Other standouts include Steven Matz, Jordan Walker, Quinn Mathews and Ramon Mendoza.

Results from games played on Sunday, August 11.

Memphis 5, Gwinnett 4

The Memphis Redbirds (19-20) defeated the Gwinnett Stripers (18-21) 5-4 on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Steven Matz continued his rehab assignment, pitching four innings, and allowing one unearned run on two hits while striking out three.

Steven Matz

The Stripers took an early lead in the first with an RBI double.

The Redbirds responded in the bottom half of the inning with César Prieto’s sacrifice fly and a wild pitch by the opposing pitcher that allowed Matt Koperniak to come home.

Jordan Walker crushed one for a solo homer in the third to make the score 3-1.

Jordan Walker

A passed ball in the fourth brought home José Fermín to increase their lead to 4-1. Thomas Saggese’s RBI single in the fifth capped off Memphis’ scoring for the day at five runs.

Gwinnett fired back in the seventh with an RBI double to cut the deficit to 5-2.The visitors brought the game to within one in the eighth with a two-RBI single after Walker committed a throwing error in right field, but they could not tie.

Connor Thomas earned his fifth win this season, allowing one run on three hits in three innings pitched while striking out one.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched 2/3 of an inning, yielding two runs on two hits while walking two.  Ryan Loutos earned his 13th save while striking out three in 1 1/3 innings pitched.  Memphis allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Prieto was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Walker was 2-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Saggese went 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on seven hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

The Memphis Redbirds won four of six in their homestand against the Gwinnett Stripers.  They will travel to Jacksonville to face the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (19-18, MIA) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Jacksonville, TBD vs. TBD 5:05 CT.

Springfield 4, San Antonio 5

The Springfield Cardinals (23-16) blew a late lead against the San Antonio Missions (18-20, SD) to lose 5-4 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews threw five innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking two and striking out six.

Quinn Mathews

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single and Ramon Mendoza’s two-run moonshot to make the score 3-0.

Ramon Mendoza

The Missions responded with an RBI groundout in the fourth.

R.J. Yeager added a solo shot in the seventh to make the score 4-1.

San Antonio took the lead for the first time in the eighth with three RBI singles and a fielding error by left fielder Mendlinger which allowed the final run to come home.

Leonardo Taveras threw two scoreless innings, yielding a walk while striking out three.  Andrew Marrero pitched 1/3 of an inning, allowing three runs on no hits while walking three.  Wilfredo Pereira pitched 1 2/3 innings, taking his first loss after giving up one run, none earned, on three hits while striking out one.  Springfield allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits while walking six and striking out 10.

Mendoza was 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Yeager hit 1-for-5 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored. Mendlinger went 1-for-3 with an HBP, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 12 hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

The Springfield Cardinals split six against the San Antonio Missions at home.  They will travel to Frisco to face the Frisco RoughRiders (23-16, TEX) on Tuesday at 6:05 CT.

Tuesday’s game: at Frisco, TBD vs. TBD 6:05 CT.

Peoria 3, Cedar Rapids 4

The Peoria Chiefs (21-21) fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (21-21, MIN) 4-3 on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw four innings, allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five.

The Kernels took the lead in the first with a sacrifice fly after a leadoff triple. They extended their lead to 2-0 in the top of the third with an RBI single.

The Chiefs took the lead in the bottom of the third with Tre Richardson’s RBI triple, Chase Davis’ RBI single, and Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI single.

The lead was short-lived as Cedar Rapids tied the game in the fourth on an RBI single. The visitors took the lead and kept it in the eighth after reliever Tanner Jacobson allowed a sacrifice fly.

Benjamin Arias threw two scoreless innings, yielding a walk.  Jacobson took his seventh loss this season, pitching two innings, and giving up a run on one hit while walking and striking out one.  Hunter Hayes closed out the ninth with a scoreless inning.  Peoria allowed four runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out six.

Davis went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Richardson was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Salazar was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled three runs on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs split their six-game home series with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  They will travel to Wisconsin to face the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (25-16, MIL) in a six-game road trip.

Tuesday’s game: at Wisconsin, TBD vs. TBD 5:40 CT.

Palm Beach 10 at Dunedin 4 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (29-11) capitalized on Dunedin Blue Jays (19-21, TOR) mistakes to win 10-4 on Sunday at TD Ballpark.  Starter Gerardo Salas was not sharp, pitching 3 2/3 innings and allowing four runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out two.

The Blue Jays struck in the first with a sacrifice fly. Dunedin extended their lead to 4-0 in the second with a solo home run, a sacrifice fly, and an RBI single.

The Cardinals started their comeback in the fourth with Cade McGee’s RBI single. They continued to fight back in the sixth with Jose Cordoba’s two-run bomb to left-center field.

Jose Cordoba

Palm Beach tied the game in the seventh on John Kross’ RBI forceout, with the 4-4 tie remaining through nine innings.

In the 10th, the visitors scored six runs without recording a hit when the opposing pitcher balked in a run, plunked Anyelo Encarnacion with the bases loaded, threw a wild pitch that brought McGee home along with a throwing error from the catcher that let Christian Martin score, walked Bryce Madron with the bases loaded, and walked Cordoba with the bases loaded.

Cordoba was 1-for-3 with a home run, three walks, three RBI, and a run scored.  McGee was 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, and a run scored.  Encarnacion went 1-for-5 with an HBP, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled 10 runs on four hits with 15 walks, three hit by pitches, and 11 strikeouts.

Angel Cuenca threw 3 1/3 scoreless relief innings, yielding four hits while walking and striking out one.  Henry Gomez earned his fifth win this season, pitching three scoreless innings, giving up three hits while walking one and striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed four runs on 14 hits while walking four and striking out five.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won five of six games in their series at the Dunedin Blue Jays.  They will return home on Tuesday to face the Jupiter Hammerheads (20-20, MIA) in a six-game homestand.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Jupiter, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (24-22) were off Sunday.  They remain in fifth place in the eight-team Central Division, 10 ½ games behind the Giants Black. They will return to play on Monday at home against the Tigers 1 (27-21, DET).

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 11, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis DH Jordan Walker had a home run, triple, walk, three RBI, and two runs scored. Other standouts include Zack Thompson, Matt Koperniak, Jimmy Crooks, Jacob Buchberger, Tre Richardson, Leonel Sequera and J.J. Wetherholt.

Results from games played on Saturday, August 10.

Memphis 8, Gwinnett 2

The Memphis Redbirds (18-20) destroyed the Gwinnett Stripers (18-20, ATL) 8-2 on Saturday at AutoZone Park. Starter Zack Thompson threw four innings, allowing one run on a hit while walking three and striking out five.

Zack Thompson

The Stripers struck first with a solo homer to center field in the top of the third.

The Redbirds tied the game in the bottom of the third with Luken Baker’s sacrifice fly.

Memphis broke the game open in the sixth with Baker’s solo bomb to left-center field, Nick Dunn’s two-RBI single, and Jordan Walker’s three-run moonshot to left field to make the score 7-1.

Jordan Walker

The home team added a final insurance run in the seventh on Matt Koperniak’s solo shot to center field.

Matt Koperniak

Gwinnett scored one in the ninth on an RBI groundout to cut their final deficit to 8-2.

Ryan Shreve earned his first win this season, throwing two innings, and allowing one hit while striking out two.  Chris Roycroft pitched two scoreless innings, yielding two hits and a walk while striking out three.  Ryan Loutos threw an inning, giving up a run on two hits while striking out one.  Memphis allowed two runs on six hits while walking four and striking out 11.

Walker was 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Koperniak was 3-for-5 with a homer, a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  Baker went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled eight runs on 12 hits with eight walks and six strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, LH Steven Matz (MLB rehab) vs. TBD 1:05 CT.

Springfield 7, San Antonio 3

The Springfield Cardinals (23-15) beat the San Antonio Missions (17-20, SD) 7-3 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Alex Cornwell threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Missions struck first in the top of the first with an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.

The Cardinals tied the game in the bottom of the first on Jimmy Crooks’ RBI double and Matt Lloyd’s RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks

They took the lead in the second with Bryan Torres’ RBI single that plated Jacob Buchberger.

Bryan Torres

Buchberger’s bases-loaded walk in the third extended the Cardinals’ lead to 4-0.

Springfield added another run in the fourth on Lloyd’s RBI single.

Matt Lloyd

San Antonio earned one run back in the sixth with an RBI double.

Buchberger’s two-RBI double in the seventh gave Springfield two more insurance runs, making the score 7-3.

Jacob Buchberger

Crooks was 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Buchberger went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Torres was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 12 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Zane Mills earned his first win this season, throwing 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run, none earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out three.  Jack Ralston threw two innings, yielding one hit while striking out five.  Matt Svanson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit.  Springfield allowed three runs, two earned, on 10 hits while walking two and striking out 10.

Jack Ralston

Sunday’s game: vs. San Antonio, LHP Quinn Mathews (1-1, 3.31) vs. Victor Lizarraga RHP (4-6, 4.19) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 1, Cedar Rapids 7

The Peoria Chiefs (21-20) were crushed by the Cedar Rapids Kernels (20-21, MIN) 7-1 on Saturday at Dozer Park.  Starter Pete Hansen took his seventh loss this season, throwing 5 1/3 innings, and allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits while walking four and striking out five.

The Kernels took an early lead in the second with an RBI single before the Chiefs tied the game in the third on Tre Richardson’s RBI double.

Tre Richardson

The visitors regained the lead in the fifth with a solo home run to left-center field. They extended their lead in the sixth with a two-RBI single and a fielding error by shortstop Miguel Villarroel allowed another runner to score.

Reliever Tyler Bradt walked a batter with the bases loaded to make the score 6-1 in the eighth. Dionys Rodriguez replaced Bradt and allowed a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give Cedar Rapids a 7-1 lead.

Bradt threw 2 2/3 innings, yielding a run on two hits while walking two and striking out two.  Rodriguez pitched an inning, giving up a run while walking two.  Peoria allowed seven runs, six earned, on seven hits while walking eight and striking out seven.

Richardson was 3-for-4 including a double and an RBI.  Chase Adkison and Johnfrank Salazar were the only other Chiefs to record a hit.  The Chiefs totaled a run on five hits with three walks and 13 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, LHP Ixan Henderson (1-0, 3.00) vs. John Klein RHP (7-2, 4.56) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 5 at Dunedin 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals’ (28-11) win streak ended at nine with their 6-5 loss to the Dunedin Blue Jays (19-20, TOR) on Saturday at TD Ballpark.  Starter Leonel Sequera threw six innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out one.

Leonel Sequera

The Blue Jays struck in the first with an RBI double.

The Cardinals took the lead in the third with J.J. Wetherholt’s two-RBI double.

J.J. Wetherholt

Dunedin tied the game in the fourth with an RBI single.

Wetherholt’s RBI single in the fifth gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.

A Dunedin sacrifice fly in the seventh tied the game at three apiece.

Palm Beach regained the lead in the top of the eighth on Jon Jon Gazdar’s RBI groundout.

Reliever Augusto Calderon walked a batter and plunked two with the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to give the Blue Jays a 6-4 lead.

The Beach Birds mounted a comeback that fell short with Brayden Jobert reaching on an error that plated Ryan Campos to make the score 6-5.

Wetherholt went 2-for-4 with three RBI.  Gazdar was 0-for-2 with two walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Campos went 0-for-1 with four walks and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on five hits with 11 walks and seven strikeouts.

Calderon took his sixth loss this season, pitching 1 2/3 innings, and yielding four runs, none earned, on a hit while walking two and striking out four.  Nelfy Ynfante struck out the one batter he faced.  Palm Beach allowed six runs on six hits while walking two and striking out six.

Sunday’s game: at Dunedin, RH Gerardo Salas (6-4, 2.74) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 8 at DSL Rangers Blue 7

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (24-22) defeated the DSL Rangers Blue (24-23) 8-7 on Saturday at the Texas Rangers DR Complex.  Starter Reiner Lopez threw two innings, allowing three runs on one hit while walking one and plunking two.

The Rangers took an early lead in the first when third baseman Yoerny Junco committed a throwing error that allowed a run to score. The home team extended the lead in the second with a two-RBI triple.

The Cardinals put a run on the board in the fourth on Paulo Asprilla’s RBI single.  They tied the game in the fifth when two consecutive wild pitches allowed Andru Arthur and Facundo Velasquez to score. The visitors took the lead in the fifth with Junco’s two-RBI double.

The home team regained the lead in the seventh on two RBI singles and a fielding error by the first baseman Christian Saez which let two runs score.

Yoerny Junco

Junco’s RBI single, Velasquez’s RBI single, and a throwing error after Arthur stole third and then came home gave the Cardinals an 8-7 lead.

Junco went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Arthur was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.  Velasquez went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 11 hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Jesus Garcia

Jesus Garcia pitched three scoreless innings, yielding two hits while striking out four.  In his debut, Emisael Carrera threw a scoreless 2/3 of an inning while walking two and striking out one.  Alan Reyes threw an inning, allowing four runs, two earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out one.  Bernard Mack earned his second win this season, throwing 1 1/3 innings, and giving up a hit while striking out one.  Brailyn Paulino earned his first save this season, pitching a scoreless inning while conceding a hit and a walk.  The Cardinals allowed seven runs, five earned, on eight hits while walking six and striking out seven.

The DSL Cardinals do not play on Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Tigers 1 (27-21, DET), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 9, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-4 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach RH Jose Davila, threw six shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out seven. Other standouts include Alfonso Rivas, Inohan Paniagua, Tre Richardson and Ian Petrutz.

Results from games played on Thursday, August 8.

Memphis 4, Gwinnett 5

The Memphis Redbirds’ (17-19) comeback attempt fell short in their 5-4 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers (17-19, ATL) on Thursday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Nick Raquet took his sixth loss this season, throwing 3 1/3 innings, and allowing three runs on four hits while walking three and striking out three.

The Stripers struck first in the fourth with a solo shot to left field, an RBI single, and a sacrifice fly. They extended their lead in the seventh with a solo homer to center field. Gwinnett added one final insurance run with an RBI single in the top of the ninth.

Down 5-0, the Redbirds finally put runs on the board in the bottom of the ninth as Alfonso Rivas III and Arquímedes Gamboa went back-to-back with a three-run bomb and a solo moonshot to make the score 5-4.

Alfonso Rivas

Thomas Saggese went 2-for-3 with a hit by pitch and a run scored.  Gamboa was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rivas III was 1-for-4 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled four runs on nine hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts.

Victor Santos threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking one and striking out three.  Ryan Shreve pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up one run on three hits while walking two.  Jacob Bosiokovic yielded one hit in 1/3 of an inning pitched.  Memphis allowed five runs on 12 hits while walking six and striking out six.

Friday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, RHP Gordon Graceffo (8-5, 4.00) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Springfield 1, San Antonio 4

The Springfield Cardinals (22-14) lost 4-1 to the San Antonio Missions (SD, 16-19) on Thursday at Hammons Field. In his third start off the IL, Tink Hence took his third loss of the season, pitching 3 2/3 innings, and allowing two runs on one hit while walking two and striking out five. The right-hander threw 54 pitches (31 strikes) before being pulled.

Tink Hence

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Matt Lloyd’s RBI single.

Matt Lloyd

The Missions responded in the third when second baseman Noah Mendlinger committed a throwing error that allowed a run to score and Jimmy Crooks caught a runner stealing second, but the runner on third raced home.

San Antonio added two insurance runs in the fifth with an RBI single and Edwin Nuñez, working in relief, threw a wild pitch that let another runner come home to score.

In his first action out of the bullpen in months, Nuñez threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on three hits while walking four and striking out two.  Nathanael Heredia pitched a scoreless inning while striking out three.  Wilfredo Pereira pitched two scoreless innings, giving up a hit while striking out two.  Springfield allowed four runs on five hits while walking six and striking out 12.

Dakota Harris went 2-for-4 with a double.  Lloyd was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Nathan Church hit 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled one run on six hits with three walks and nine strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. San Antonio, RHP Max Rajcic (9-8, 4.68) vs. Ryan Bergert RHP (1-7, 6.00) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 4, Cedar Rapids 5

The Peoria Chiefs (20-19) blew a late lead to lose 5-4 to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (19-20, MIN) on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Inohan Paniagua threw five innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking two and striking out four.

Inohan Paniagua

The Kernels opened the scoring in the top of the second with an RBI groundout.

The Chiefs responded in the bottom of the second with Miguel Villarroel’s RBI double and Tre Richardson’s two-RBI triple. Peoria added an insurance run in the sixth on Richardson’s RBI fielder’s choice to make the score 4-1.

Tre Richardson

Benjamin Arias replaced Paniagua in the sixth and in the eighth, he put two men on before being replaced by Hunter Hayes who allowed an RBI single and a three-RBI double.

Arias pitched 2 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on two hits while walking two and striking out one.  Hayes took his first loss this season, throwing 1 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out two.  Peoria pitching allowed five runs on seven hits while walking five and striking out seven.

Richardson went 2-for-5 with a triple and three RBI.  Villarroel was 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Won-Bin Cho went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on nine hits while three and striking out six.

Friday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, RHP Hancel Rincon (7-6, 4.08) vs. C.J. Culpepper RHP (2-1, 2.88) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 4 at Dunedin 2 (10 innings)

On Thursday at TD Ballpark, the Palm Beach Cardinals (27-10) beat the Dunedin Blue Jays (18-19, TOR) 4-2 in 10 innings to take their eighth straight win.

The Cardinals organization’s July Pitcher of the Month continues his standout mound work. Starter Jose Davila threw six shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out seven.

José Dávila

Ian Petrutz’s RBI groundout in the fourth gave the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead. Cade McGee’s sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh doubled their lead to 2-0.

The Blue Jays came back in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double and they scored again when pitcher Nolan Sparks committed a throwing error.

Ian Petrutz

Petrutz’s RBI single in the 10th drove in the winning run and Josh Kross added an insurance run with an RBI double.

McGee was 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Petrutz was 1-for-3 with a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Kross went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on six hits with eight walks and 13 strikeouts while hitting 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position and stranding 12 men on base.

Sparks threw an inning, yielding two runs, one earned, on one hit while walking two and striking out two.  Angel Cuenca earned his fourth win this season, giving up two hits and a walk while striking out three in two innings.  Luis Gastelum earned his third save this season, pitching a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits while walking five and striking out 14.

Friday’s game: at Dunedin, RH Chen-Wei Lin (7-5, 3.24) vs. Fernando Perez RHP (3-1, 3.67) 5:30 CT.

DSL Cardinals 1, DSL Arizona Red 6

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (22-22) were defeated by the DSL Arizona Red (31-17, ARI) 6-1 on Thursday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Guanchi Martinez took his third loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing three runs, one earned, on five hits while walking two and striking out two.

Arizona struck first in the top of the third when first baseman Christian Saez made a fielding error that allowed one run to score and a two-RBI double extended their lead to 3-0.

Yoerny Junco’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third plated Yairo Padilla to cut the deficit to 3-1.

An RBI single against reliever Jose Suriel in the seventh added an insurance run to make the score 4-1. The visitors added two more in the eighth with an RBI double and an RBI single.

Suriel pitched three innings, yielding one run on three hits while walking one and striking out four.  Jarol Baez threw two innings, giving up two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed six runs, four earned, on 11 hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Brayan Amoroso went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Junco went 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Padilla was 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled one run on three hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at DSL Mariners (13-32, SEA), RH Branneli Franco (0-3, 6.82 vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 5, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis CF Mike Antico, went 4-for-6 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI, and a run scored. Other standouts include Luken Baker, Jordan Walker, Chris Rotondo, Ixan Henderson, Darlin Moquete and Chase Adkison.

Results from games played on Sunday, August 4.

Memphis 8 at Durham 6

The Memphis Redbirds (15-18) utilized the longball, hitting four homers, to beat the Durham Bulls (14-19, TB) on Sunday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  Starter Ian Bedell pitched just three innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out two.

The Redbirds struck first in the top of the third when Matt Koperniak and Luken Baker went back-to-back with a two-run shot and a solo shot, which was followed by Mike Antico’s RBI double to make the score 4-0.

Luken Baker

The Bulls responded with an RBI groundout and an RBI single in the bottom of the third to cut Memphis’s lead in half. A wild pitch by reliever Andre Granillo enabled another run in the sixth to make the score 4-3.

Memphis hit back-to-back bombs again in the top of the seventh with Antico’s three-run shot and Jordan Walker’s solo blast to make the score 8-3.

Jordan Walker

Durham responded with a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. The home team’s rally fell short in the ninth with an RBI double and an RBI single to make the final 8-6.

Continuing his rehab, Riley O’Brien earned his first win this season, pitching a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Granillo pitched 1 2/3 innings, yielding one run, none earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Jacob Bosiokovic threw an inning, giving up one run on one hit while striking out one.  Connor Thomas allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless inning.  Chris Roycroft let in two runs on four hits in the ninth.  Memphis allowed six runs, five earned, on 12 hits while walking three and striking out nine.

Mike Antico

Leadoff man Antico went 4-for-6 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI, and a run scored.  Walker was 2-for-6 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Baker went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled eight runs on 14 hits with five walks and six strikeouts.

The Redbirds came away with four wins in their six-game road series with the Durham Bulls.  They will hope to carry this momentum into their six-game homestand against the Gwinnett Stripers (16-17, ATL) that begins on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, TBD vs. TBD 6:45 CT.

Springfield 3 at Tulsa 5

The Springfield Cardinals (20-13) fell to the Tulsa Drillers (17-15, LAD) 5-3 on Sunday at ONEOK Field.  Starter Edwin Nuñez went just two innings, allowing three runs on two hits while walking three and striking out four. He took his eighth loss this season against no wins in 17 starts, as his ERA grew to 7.88.

The Drillers took an early lead in the first with an RBI single. They extended their lead to 3-0 in the second with a two-run shot to right field.

Springfield got on the board in the fourth when Chris Rotondo’s two-RBI single brought home Jimmy Crooks and Chandler Redmond.

Chris Rotondo

Tulsa added insurance with a pair of solo home runs in the fifth and sixth.

The Cardinals’ rally fell short with Noah Mendlinger’s RBI groundout in the seventh the only offense they could produce in the last half of the game.

Mendlinger went 2-for-5 with an RBI.  Rotondo was 1-for-4 with two RBI.  Crooks and Ramon Mendoza recorded the only other hits for Springfield with Crooks scoring once.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on five hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

In long relief, Benito Garcia pitched four innings, yielding two runs on two hits while striking out three.  Nathanael Heredia threw a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Andrew Marrero also pitched a scoreless inning.  Springfield allowed five runs on four hits while walking three and striking out eight.

The Cardinals split their six-game set at Tulsa.  They will come home to face the San Antonio Missions (15-17, SD) in a six-game series beginning on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. San Antonio, TBD vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Peoria 7, Quad Cities 2

The Peoria Chiefs (18-18) defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits (17-19, KC) 7-2 on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Ixan Henderson had a quality Midwest League debut, earning his first win in High-A while pitching six innings, and allowing two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out five.

Ixan Henderson

The Chiefs struck first in the first with Brody Moore’s RBI single and Won-Bin Cho’s sacrifice fly.

The River Bandits tied the game in the fourth with a two-run home run.

Peoria regained the lead in the fifth with Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI single and Tre Richardson’s RBI single. The Chiefs added on in the sixth on Darlin Moquete’s two-run moonshot to left, his third home run in his past two games.

Darlin Moquete

The home team added a final insurance run in the eighth on Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single.

Moquete went 1-for-3 with a home run, two walks, two RBI, and three runs scored.  Moore and Salazar went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored each.  Richardson was 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled seven runs on 11 hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Tanner Jacobson pitched two scoreless innings, yielding a hit while striking out four.  Hunter Hayes threw a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Peoria allowed two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out 10.

The Peoria Chiefs split their home series with the Quad Cities River Bandits.  They will carry a two-game winning streak into the second half of their homestand against the Cedar Rapids Kernels (18-18, MIN) which begins on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, TBD vs. TBD 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 5, Bradenton 4

The Palm Beach Cardinals (24-10) won a close game over the Bradenton Marauders (12-24, PIT) 5-4 on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Augusto Calderon threw four innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking one and striking out five.

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Ryan Campos’ RBI forceout that plated Chrisitan Martin.

The Marauders tied the game in the second with an RBI double.

Campos drove in another one with an RBI groundout in the third to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.

Ian Petrutz’s RBI single in the fifth extended their lead to 3-1.

Bradenton tied the game in the sixth with an RBI double and an RBI single against reliever Angel Cuenca.

Palm Beach regained the lead in the seventh on Chase Adkison’s two-run bomb.

Chase Adkison

The visitors put one run on the board in the ninth with an RBI single but failed to tie the game.

Cuenca threw two innings, yielding two runs on three hits while striking out one.  Nolan Sparks earned his first professional win, pitching a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Henry Gomez earned his ninth save this season, giving up one run on three hits while walking one in two innings pitched.  Palm Beach allowed four runs on nine hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Martin went 1-for-2 with a walk and three runs scored.  Adkison went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Petrutz was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on seven hits with a walk and eight strikeouts while hitting 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

The Cardinals won five of six against the Marauders and have a five-game winning streak as they head into a six-game away series at the Dunedin Blue Jays (18-16, TOR) starting Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Dunedin, TBD vs. TBD 5:30 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (22-19) were off Sunday.  On Monday, they will return to play at the DSL Rangers Red (29-15, TEX).

Monday’s game: at DSL Rangers Red, RHP Keiverson Ramirez (4-1, 0.71) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 4, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 6-0 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, catcher Jimmy Crooks, slammed a pair of home runs and plated five for Springfield. Other standouts include Gordon Graceffo, Max Rajcic, Pete Hansen, Darlin Moquete, Bryaden Jobert, Ian Petrutz, Randel Clemente and Fernando Roquez.

Results from games played on Saturday, August 3.

Memphis 3 at Durham 2

The Memphis Redbirds (14-18) squeaked out a rain-delayed win over the Durham Bulls (14-18, TB) by a score of 3-2 on Saturday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Starter Gordon Graceffo pitched six-plus scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out two, but did not figure in the decision.

Gordon Graceffo

Thomas Saggese put the Redbirds on the board with a solo shot in the fourth, his 13th of the season.

Thomas Saggese

The Bulls responded in the seventh with an RBI double.

In the top of the eighth, Luken Baker’s RBI single gave Memphis the lead and César Prieto’s RBI forceout extended it to 3-1.

Durham took one run back in the bottom of the eighth on a solo home run, but it was not enough to catch the Redbirds.

Riley O’Brien pitched 1/3 of an inning, giving up a run on two hits.  Connor Thomas threw 2/3 of an inning, earning his fourth win this season, allowing a walk.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched an inning, allowing a run on three hits while striking out one.  Ryan Loutos earned his 12th save this season, throwing a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Memphis allowed two runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out five.

Jordan Walker was 3-for-4 with a run scored.  Saggese was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Baker went 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on eight hits with two walks and 13 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Durham, RHP Ian Bedell (2-2, 5.08) vs. Mason Montgomery LHP (0-6, 6.81) 4:05 CT.

Springfield 8 at Tulsa 2

The Springfield Cardinals (20-12) crushed the Tulsa Drillers (16-15, LAD) 8-2 on Saturday at ONEOK Field.  Starter Max Rajcic earned his ninth win this season, pitching six innings, and allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four.

Max Rajcic

The Cardinals struck first with Jimmy Crooks’ two-run dinger in the first. Springfield extended its lead in the third with Crooks’ second two-run shot to right-center to make the score 4-0.

Jimmy Crooks

Tulsa went back-to-back in the sixth to cut their deficit in half.

The visitors added an insurance run in the seventh with Bryan Torres’ sacrifice fly. Torres’s RBI double, Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single, and Crooks’ RBI single in the ninth made the score 8-2.

Crooks went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI.  Torres was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Mendlinger went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 14 hits with eight strikeouts.

Jack Ralston

Jack Ralston earned his second save this season, pitching three innings, and yielding a hit while striking out six.  Springfield allowed two runs on five hits while striking out 10.

Saturday’s game: at Tulsa, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-7, 7.69) vs. Orlando Ortiz-Mayr (5-6, 5.20) 1:00 CT.

Peoria 4, Quad Cities 1

The Peoria Chiefs (17-18) defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits (17-18, KC) 4-1 on Saturday at Dozer Park.  Starter Pete Hansen earned his fifth win this season, pitching 6 2/3 innings, and allowing one run on seven hits while walking two and striking out six.

Pete Hansen

Darlin Moquete’s solo moonshot in the first gave the Chiefs an early 1-0 lead.

The River Bandits responded in the top of the third with an RBI single.

Moquete came back with another solo longball in the bottom of the third.

Darlin Moquete

Kade Kretzschmar’s RBI single in the seventh extended Peoria’s lead. Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single added one last run to give the home team a 4-1 edge.

Moquete went 2-for-3 with two home runs, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Villarroel was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Won-Bin Cho was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on 10 hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Osvaldo Berrios earned his sixth save this season, pitching 2 1/3 innings, and yielding a hit and a walk while striking out four.  Peoria allowed one run on eight hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Sunday’s game: vs. Quad Cities, LHP Ixan Henderson (Peoria debut) vs. Hunter Owen LHP (6-6, 4.23) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 9, Bradenton 2

The Palm Beach Cardinals (23-10) destroyed the Bradenton Marauders (12-23, PIT) 9-2 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Dodging a rain delay, starter Juan Salas pitched four innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out eight.

The Marauders struck first in the third and again the fourth with solo home runs.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the fourth when Ross Friedrick grounded into a double play that scored Ian Petrutz.

Brayden Jobert’s three-run bomb in the fifth gave the Beach Birds a 4-2 lead.

Brayden Jobert

Palm Beach broke the game open in the sixth with Petrutz’s two-RBI ground-rule double, Friedrick’s bases-loaded walk, and Cade McGee’s two-RBI single.

Ian Petrutz

Petrutz reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, two walks, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Jobert went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Anyelo Encarnacion was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on eight hits with 11 walks and eight strikeouts.

Randel Clemente

Randel Clemente earned his second win this season, throwing three scoreless innings while striking out seven.  Michael Watson pitched a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Angel Cuenca threw a scoreless inning, yielding two hits while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed two runs on five hits while striking out 18.

Sunday’s game: vs. Bradenton, RH Hunter Kublick (3-2, 4.02) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 2, DSL White Sox 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)

The DSL Cardinals (21-19) defeated the DSL White Sox (10-23, CWS) 2-1 in the first half of their doubleheader on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex. This was the completion of a suspended game from July 19.

As a result, the box score includes an oddity. The Cardinals’ starting pitcher is no longer with the organization. Oliver Gonzalez threw two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk while striking out three, however, the 17-year-old was traded to the Dodgers last week along with Tommy Edman.

Before the suspension, the Cardinals struck in the second with Paulo Asprilla’s RBI single and Yairo Padilla’s RBI single.

When the game was re-started, the White Sox cut the deficit in half when reliever Reiner Lopez plunked a batter with the bases loaded.

Lopez yielded one run, none earned, on no hits and two walks while striking out one in an inning pitched.  Jarol Baez earned his second win this season, pitching two scoreless innings, and giving up a hit and a walk.  Jose Suriel pitched a scoreless inning while striking out two and Alan Reyes earned his fourth save, striking out one in the inning he pitched.  The Cardinals allowed one run, none earned, on two hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Padilla and Asprilla were each 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Daniel Rojas and Yaxson Lucena both went 2-for-3 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on six hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

DSL Cardinals 8, DSL White Sox 3 (Game 2, 7 innings)

The DSL Cardinals (22-19) swept the doubleheader with an 8-3 win over the DSL White Sox (10-24, CWS) on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Jefferson Moran pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking three and striking out two.

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Yoerny Junco reaching on an error that scored Yairo Padilla, Juan Pablo Cabrera’s bases-loaded walk, and Fernando Roquez’s three-RBI triple.

Fernando Roquez

An RBI single in the second put the White Sox on the board and they added on in the third with a two-RBI double.

The home team put the game out of reach in the fifth with Padilla’s RBI forceout, Junco’s RBI single, and a wild pitch that brought Padilla home to make the score 8-3.

Yoerny Junco

Junco was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  Cabrera was 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Roquez went 1-for-1 with a triple, two walks, three RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on seven hits with 10 walks and six strikeouts while hitting 2-for-17 with runners in scoring position.

Justin Hernandez pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and two walks while striking out four.  Brailyn Paulino earned his first win this season, throwing two scoreless innings, and yielding five walks while striking out two.  Xavier Cruz pitched a scoreless inning, giving up three hits while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed three runs on eight hits while walking 10 and striking out 10.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sunday.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – August 2, 2024

photo: Matt Koperniak (Memphis Redbirds)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-2 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Memphis LF Matt Koperniak who went 5-for-5 with three doubles, five RBI, and a run scored.  Other standouts include Chen-Wei Lin, Ian Petrutz, Victor Scott II, Chase Davis, and Jacob Buchberger.

Results for games played Thursday, August 1

Memphis 9 at Durham 6

The Memphis Redbirds (13-17) beat the Durham Bulls (13-17, TBR) 9-6 on Thursday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  Starter Steven Matz threw two innings in his rehab assignment, allowing one run on one hit while striking out two.

The Bulls struck first in the second with a solo shot.

They extended their lead in the third with a three-run shot against reliever Alex Cornwell.

The Redbirds put two runs on the board in the fifth with José Fermín’s RBI single and Alfonso Rivas III’s sacrifice fly.

José Fermín

Durham extended their lead to 6-2 with a two-RBI double in the seventh.

Memphis began their comeback in the eighth with Matt Koperniak’s two-RBI double.

Matt Koperniak

In the ninth, the visitors took the lead with Victor Scott II’s two-RBI single and Koperniak’s three-RBI double to make the score 9-6.

Koperniak went 5-for-5 with three doubles, five RBI, and a run scored.  Scott II was 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored.  Fermín hit 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  The Redbirds totaled nine runs on 11 hits with five walks and 10 strikeouts.

Cornwell earned his second win this season, allowing five runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out two in six innings pitched.  Ryan Loutos threw a scoreless inning to earn his 11th save this season, yielding a hit.  Memphis allowed six runs on 10 hits while walking two and striking out four.

Friday’s game: at Durham, LHP Zack Thompson (2-2, 4.40) vs. TBD 5:35 CT.

Springfield 8 at Tulsa 10

The Springfield Cardinals (18-12) blew a late lead to let the Tulsa Drillers (16-13, LAD) walk it off 10-8 on Thursday at ONEOK Field.  Starter Zane Mills threw three innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out one.

The Cardinals scored first in the top of the second on Jacob Buchberger’s three-run moonshot and Nathan Church’s RBI double.

Jacob Buchberger

Tulsa responded with a two-RBI triple to cut the deficit in half.

Chandler Redmond drilled a two-run homer to right-center field to extend their lead to 6-2.

Chandler Redmond

The home team added two more on a two-run shot to left field to cut Springfield’s lead down to two.

A wild pitch in the sixth allowed Buchberger to score and Church grounded into a double play that plated Ramon Mendoza.

The Drillers started the comeback in the eighth with an RBI single and an RBI groundout to make it 8-6.  In the ninth, they continued their comeback with an RBI single and finished it off with a three-run home run to right field to walk it off.

Wilfredo Pereira allowed two runs on three hits while walking three and striking out two.  Nathanael Heredia pitched an inning, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out one.  Leonardo Taveras threw an inning, giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking two.  Andrew Marrero took his third loss this season, yielding four runs on three hits while walking two and striking out three in 1 2/3 innings pitched.  Springfield allowed 10 runs, nine earned, on 14 hits while walking 11 and striking out seven.

Redmond went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Buchberger was 1-for-3 with a homer, a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Mendoza hit 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on six hits with six walks and 10 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Tulsa, RHP Tink Hence (4-2, 3.20) vs. Carlos Duran RHP (0-0, 1.32) 7:00 CT.

Peoria 5, Quad Cities 15

The Peoria Chiefs (16-17) were crushed 15-5 by the Quad Cities River Bandits (16-17, KC) on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Starter Inohan Paniagua took his seventh loss this season, pitching four innings, and allowing five runs on seven hits while striking out seven.

The River Bandits struck first with a two-run shot in the first.

The Chiefs responded in the second with Won-Bin Cho’s RBI single to make the score 2-1.

Quad Cities extended their lead in the fourth with a two-RBI double and Paniagua threw a wild pitch that allowed another runner to come home to make it 5-1.

Benjamin Arias took the mound in the fifth and allowed an RBI double, an RBI single, and a three-run homer to give them a 10-1 lead.

Chase Davis’s first High-A home run was a two-run bomb to right field to make the score 10-3.

Chase Davis

After Arias allowed two hitters to reach in the seventh, Dionys Rodriguez took the mound and gave up a grand slam to the second batter he faced.

The visitors added a final run on an RBI single to extend their lead to 15-3.

Davis hit an RBI groundout in the eighth.

Michael Curialle’s solo longball in the ninth cut the deficit to 10.

Michael Curialle

Davis went 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Curialle went 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Alex Iadisernia was 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on six hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Arias allowed seven runs on five hits while walking one and striking out four in 2 2/3 innings pitched.  Rodriguez yielded three runs on three hits while walking two and striking out one in an inning pitched.  Carlos Linarez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit.  Peoria allowed 15 runs on 16 hits while walking three and striking out 13.

Friday’s game: vs. Quad Cities, RHP Hancel Rincon (7-5, 4.05) vs. Ethan Bosacker RHP (2-1, 1.76) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 5, Bradenton 2

On Thursday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (21-10) defeated the Bradenton Marauders (12-21, PIT) 5-2 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin threw seven scoreless innings to earn his seventh win this season, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out seven.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals struck first in the bottom of the sixth with Ian Petrutz’s two-RBI single and Jose Cordoba’s two-RBI single to take a 4-0 lead.

Ian Petrutz

They extended the lead in the seventh with Sammy Hernandez’s RBI double.

Sammy Hernandez

The Mauraders fought back with an RBI single in the eighth.

However, the only offense they could put up in the ninth was an RBI single to make the score 5-2.

Zack Showalter threw an inning, yielding one run on a hit while walking three and striking out three.  Angel Cuenca pitched an inning, giving up one run on two hits while walking one.  Palm Beach allowed two runs on six hits while walking five and striking out 10.

Petrutz went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  Hernandez hit 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Cordoba was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Bradenton, RH Leonel Sequera (0-0, 3.00) vs. TBD 5:30 CT.

DSL Cardinals at DSL Nationals – canceled

The game between the DSL Cardinals and the DSL Nationals was canceled due to rain.  The Cardinals will continue play on Friday at the DSL NYY Yankees (15-25, NYY).

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 29, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, C Carlos Linarez, hit a 10th inning grand slam in Peoria’s win. Other standouts include Victor Scott, Pete Hansen, Alex Iadisernia and Ixan Henderson.

Results from games played on Sunday, July 28.

Memphis 3 at Columbus 10

The Memphis Redbirds (11-16) were crushed by the Columbus Clippers (17-9, CLE) 10-3 on Sunday at Huntington Park.  Gordon Graceffo’s start was cut short after a comebacker hit his pitching hand. The right-hander threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and struck out one.

The Redbirds broke the scoreless tie in the top of the third on Victor Scott II’s RBI single to plate Nick Dunn.

Victor Scott

The Clippers responded in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI fielder’s choice, an RBI single, and a throwing error by catcher Iván Herrera while trying to catch a runner stealing allowed the runner on third to come home. Columbus added to their lead in the fourth with a solo shot and a sacrifice fly to make the score 5-1.

Scott II knocked in another with an RBI groundout in the top of the fifth.

Another solo home run in the bottom of the fifth gave the home team a 6-2 lead. In the sixth, a runner stole home after Herrera threw out a runner at third.

Matt Koperniak’s solo bomb to left field in the top of the seventh brought the deficit to four runs.

Matt Koperniak

A two-RBI single and an RBI double gave Columbus a 10-3 lead.

Connor Thomas took his third loss this season, throwing 3 2/3 innings, allowing six runs, three earned, on five hits while walking one and striking out five.  Rehabber Riley O’Brien threw 2/3 of an inning, yielding one run on one hit while walking two.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched 1 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits while striking out two.  Ryan Loutos threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Memphis allowed 10 runs, seven earned, on 13 hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Scott II was 1-for-4 with two RBI.  Koperniak went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Gavin Collins was 2-for-3 including a double.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on six hits with four walks and one strikeout.

The Memphis Redbirds woes continue with just one win in their six-game series against the Columbus Clippers and two wins out of nine games since the All-Star break.  The Redbirds will hope to turn things around as they continue their road trip at the Durham Bulls (12-15, TBR) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Durham, TBD vs. TBD 5:35 CT.

Springfield 0, Corpus Christi 9

The Springfield Cardinals (17-10) were shut out by the Corpus Christi Hooks (7-19, HOU) 9-0 on Sunday at Hammons Field.

Starter Brandon Komar took his first loss this season, throwing 3 1/3 innings, and allowing five runs on nine hits while striking out three. The Hooks struck first in the first with an RBI double.  They added to their lead in the second with an RBI double and two RBI singles. An RBI single in the fourth gave the Hooks a 5-0 lead.

Wilfredo Pereira came into the game in the fourth, and in the fifth, he gave up a two-run homer and two RBI singles. Reliever Leonardo Taveras yielded a solo shot in the eighth which made the score 9-0.

Pereira threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.  Nathanael Heredia pitched two scoreless innings, yielding two hits and two walks while striking out two.  Taveras threw an inning, giving up a run on one hit while walking two and striking out one.  Springfield allowed nine runs on 16 hits while walking five and striking out 10.

The Springfield offense couldn’t put anything together on Sunday. Matt Lloyd went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Wade Stauss hit 1-for-2 with a double and two walks.  Bryan Torres was 2-for-5 with a double.  Tommy Edman didn’t reach in five at-bats while striking out four times as his rehab assignment continues.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on seven hits with five walks and nine strikeouts while hitting 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranding 10 men on base.

The Springfield Cardinals won four of six in their home series against the Corpus Christi Hooks.  The Cardinals will begin a six-game road series at the Tulsa Drillers (14-12, LAD) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Tulsa, TBD vs. TBD 7:00 CT.

Peoria 6 at South Bend 5 (10 innings)

The Peoria Chiefs (15-15) squeaked out a win over the South Bend Cubs (10-20, CHC) by a score of 6-5 on Sunday at Four Winds Field.  Starter Pete Hansen threw six innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out nine.

Pete Hansen

The Cubs struck first in the fourth on a two-run homer to left field.

Alex Iadisernia tied the game in the seventh on a two-RBI triple that plated Leonardo Bernal and Won-Bin Cho.

Alex Iadisernia

The Chiefs took a four-run lead in the top of the 10th on Carlos Linarez’s grand slam, his first homer this season.

Carlos Linarez

South Bend attempted to mount a comeback as reliever Osvaldo Berrios gave up a three-run longball to bring the Cubs within one, but they could not fully close the gap.

Tanner Jacobson pitched a scoreless inning, yielding a walk.  Zane Mills pitched a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Berrios earned his first win this season, throwing 1 1/3 innings, despite giving up three runs, two earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out one.  Dionys Rodriguez earned his third save this season, throwing 2/3 of an inning while striking out one.  Peoria allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking three and striking out 12.

Iadisernia was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  Linarez was 1-for-4, a grand slam, four RBI, and a run scored.  Bernal went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled six runs on seven hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs split their six-game series with the South Bend Cubs while winning three of their last four.  The Chiefs will begin a six-game home series on Tuesday against the Quad Cities River Bandits (14-16, KCR).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Quad Cities, TBD vs. TBD 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 5 at St. Lucie 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (19-9) defeated the St. Lucie Mets (9-21, NYM) 5-1 on Sunday at Clover Park.  Starter Ixan Henderson earned his sixth win this season, throwing five innings, and allowing one run on three hits while walking two and striking out two.

Ixan Henderson

Palm Beach struck first in the top of the first on an RBI triple by Kade Kretzschmar.

The Mets responded in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI groundout.

The Cardinals regained the lead in the third on Jose Cordoba’s RBI single, a double steal by Cordoba and Brayden Jobert as Jobert swiped second and Cordoba came home, and Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single.

The visitors added an insurance run in the sixth to make the score 5-1 on Trey Paige’s RBI double.

Kretzschmar was 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  Jobert was 2-for-3 with a HBP and a run scored.  Adari Grant went 2-for-4 with a double.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on 12 hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.

Hunter Hayes and Zack Showalter each threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.   Augusto Calderon added a scoreless inning, yielding a hit while striking out one.  Henry Gomez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed one run on five hits while walking three and striking out eight.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won five of six in their series at the St. Lucie Mets, and they won eight of their 10 matchups during their road trip.  The Cardinals come home to face the Bradenton Marauders (11-19, PIT) in a six-game series starting Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Bradenton, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (19-17) were off Sunday.  The fifth-place rookie-level squad will continue playing on Monday against the DSL Giants Black (28-10, SFG).

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 28, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-1 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Max Rajcic, threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts for Springfield. Other standouts include Jose Fermin, Victor Scott, Trey Paige, Gerardo Salas and Brayan Amoroso.

Results from games played on Saturday, July 27.

Memphis 8 at Columbus 10

The Memphis Redbirds (11-15) fell to the Columbus Clippers (16-9, CLE) 8-10 on Saturday at Huntington Park.  Just off the injured list, starter Zack Thompson threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits while walking three.

César Prieto’s bases-loaded walk and Matt Koperniak’s RBI single gave the Redbirds a 2-0 lead in the first.

The Clippers took the lead in the second with an RBI groundout, an RBI double, and an RBI single.

Nick Dunn’s RBI single in the third tied the game at three apiece.

Victor Scott II’s solo longball to right-center field gave Memphis a 4-3 lead in the top of the fourth.

Victor Scott

Columbus tied the game again with another RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.

José Fermín smashed a homer to left field to make the score 5-4 in the top of the sixth.

José Fermín

The home team regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a two-RBI single and a three-run homer to center field.

Memphis attempted to mount a comeback in the top of the seventh with Thomas Saggese’s RBI single, Dunn’s RBI forceout, and Alfonso Rivas III’s RBI double.

A final solo shot in the bottom of the seventh extended the Clippers’ lead to 10-8.

Ryan Shreve pitched 2 2/3 innings, yielding one run on three hits while walking two and striking out one.  Andre Granillo took his first loss with Memphis this season, allowing five runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two.  Nick Robertson pitched two innings, giving up a run on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Memphis allowed 10 runs on 11 hits while walking eight and striking out five.

Thomas Saggese

Saggese was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Fermín was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Scott II went 1-for-2 with a home run, three walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Redbirds totaled eight runs on 11 hits with eight walks and four strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Columbus, RHP Gordon Graceffo (8-5, 4.34) vs. Logan Allen LHP (1-0, 4.35) 12:05 CT.

Springfield 4, Corpus Christi 0

The Springfield Cardinals (17-9) shut out the Corpus Christi Hooks (6-19, HOU) 4-0 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Returning from five weeks out, starter Tink Hence threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing one hit while collecting four of his five outs via strikeout. 18 of his 24 pitches thrown went for strikes.

Tink Hence

Jeremy Rivas drilled a homer for the lead in the sixth, followed by Nathan Church’s RBI double and Jimmy Crooks’ RBI double.

The Cardinals added an insurance run on Church’s RBI groundout in the eighth.

Church was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  Crooks was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Rivas went 1-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rehabber Tommy Edman, the designated hitter, went 0-for-4, dropping his Springfield average to .250. The Cardinals totaled four runs on six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Max Rajcic

Max Rajcic earned his eighth win this season, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings, and yielding three hits while walking one and striking out seven.  Jack Ralston pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit while striking out one.  Springfield allowed no runs on five hits while walking one and striking out 12.

Sunday’s game: vs. Corpus Christi, TBD vs. Jose Fleury RHP (0-3, 5.46) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 8 at South Bend 2

The Peoria Chiefs (14-15) destroyed the South Bend Cubs (10-19, CHC) 8-2 on Saturday at Four Winds Field.  Starter Hancel Rincon earned his seventh win this season, pitching seven innings, allowing one run on six hits while walking two and striking out five.

The Chiefs put two on the board in the first with Chris Rotondo’s RBI single and Won-Bin Cho’s RBI single.

Tre Richardson’s RBI double, Leonardo Bernal’s RBI double, and Michael Curialle’s bases-loaded walk made the score 5-0 in the third.

Leonardo Bernal

Peoria added an extra insurance run in the fourth with Bernal’s RBI single.

Bernal continued his strong game with a solo moonshot to right-center in the sixth.

The Cubs put one on the board in the seventh with an RBI single.

Joshua Baez added one more insurance run in the eighth with a solo shot to left-center field to make it 8-1.

South Bend’s RBI double in the ninth cut the deficit to 8-2.

Gustavo Rodriguez threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding one run on two hits.  Tyler Bradt pitched 2/3 of an inning, striking out both batters he faced.  Peoria allowed two runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Bernal went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Brody Moore was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.  Richardson was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled eight runs on nine hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at South Bend, LHP Pete Hansen (4-6, 3.95) vs. Erian Rodriguez RHP (0-2, 5.40) 1:05 CT.

Palm Beach 12 at St. Lucie 3

On Saturday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (18-9) dominated the St. Lucie Mets (9-20, NYM) 12-3 at Clover Park.  Starter Gerardo Salas earned his sixth win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing three runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out four.

Gerardo Salas

The Cardinals struck first in the second when Anyelo Encarnacion reached on an error that allowed Kade Kretzschmar to score.

Palm Beach broke the game open in the third. Trey Paige’s solo bomb to right field, Jose Cordoba’s RBI single, Jose Suarez reaching on an error that scored Chase Davis and Cordoba, Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single, Paige’s RBI triple, and a dropped third strike let Paige come home made the score 9-0.

Trey Paige

Espinoza’s RBI single in the top of the fourth increased their lead to 10-0.

The Mets finally put a run on the board in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single.

St. Lucie added two more in the sixth with a sacrifice fly and an RBI single to cut the deficit to 10-3.

Davis’ RBI single and Kretzschmar’s RBI double added two more insurance runs to extend Palm Beach’s lead to 12-3.

Davis went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Paige was 2-for-6 with a homer, a triple, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Kretzschmar was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 12 runs on 15 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Luis Gastelum threw a scoreless inning, yielding a walk while striking out one.  Newcomer Randel Clemente pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.  Angel Cuenca threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed three runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Sunday’s game: at St. Lucie, TBD vs. TBD 11:10 CT.

DSL Cardinals 14 at DSL Miami 12

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (19-17) defeated DSL Miami (20-19, MIA) in a 14-12 slugfest to extend their winning streak to four games on Saturday at the Miami Marlins DR Complex.  Starter Oliver Gonzalez threw 2 2/3 innings, allowing six runs, four earned, on seven hits while striking out four.

Miami took an early lead in the first when a wild pitch allowed one run to score and a fielding error by third baseman Daniel Rojas allowed two more to come home.

The Cardinals made it a one-run game in the top of the second with Brayan Amoroso’s RBI double and Andru Arthur’s sacrifice fly.

The home team added two more runs in the bottom of the second on two solo shots to center field.  They added one more insurance run in the third with a sacrifice fly to make the score 6-2.

The Dominican Birds earned one back in the fourth on Yaxson Lucena’s RBI single.  They took the lead in the fifth with RBI singles by Yoerny Junco, Rojas and Juan Pablo Cabrera, Lucena’s RBI forceout, and Yairo Padilla’s RBI forceout.

The visitors continued to capitalize on Miami’s errors in the top of the sixth when Amoroso drew a bases-loaded walk, Junco and Cabrera came home on two wild pitches, and Rainiel Rodriguez’s bases-loaded walk extended their lead to 12-6.

The bullpen failed to shut down the game in the bottom of the sixth as Jose Suriel allowed three of the first four batters he faced to reach safely, allowing Miami to pull off a double steal of second and home.  Guanchi Martinez replaced Suriel, yielding an RBI double, a two-RBI double, and an RBI single.

A sacrifice fly tied the game for Miami in the seventh.

However, Rodriguez’ sacrifice fly in the eighth and Amoroso’s RBI single in the ninth secured the victory for the Cardinals.

Brayan Amoroso

Bernard Mack threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out two.  Suriel allowed three runs on a hit and two walks in 1/3 of an inning.  Martinez earned his second win this season, pitching 2 2/3 innings, and letting in three runs on four hits while striking out four.  Alan Reyes earned his fourth save this season, throwing a scoreless inning, and yielding a hit while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed 12 runs, 10 earned, on 14 hits while walking three and striking out 11.

Amoroso went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two walks, three RBI, and four runs scored.  Lucena hit 2-for-4 with two walks and two RBI.  Junco was 1-for-4 with two walks, an RBI, and three runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 14 runs on 10 hits with 16 walks and 12 strikeouts.  Every hitter with at least two at-bats reached safely twice.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sunday.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 26, 2024

photo: Chen-Wei Lin (Palm Beach Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 5-1 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Chen-Wei Lin, tossed six innings of one-hit ball with nine strikeouts for Palm Beach. Other standouts include Jordan Walker, Brycen Mautz, Joshua Baez, Leonardo Bernal, Brayden Jobert and Andrew Bolivar.

Results from games played on Thursday, July 25.

Memphis 6 at Columbus 5

The Memphis Redbirds (11-13) topped the Columbus Clippers (14-9, CLE) on Thursday at Huntington Park.  Starter Ian Bedell threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits while walking five and striking out four.

The Redbirds took an early lead in the first with César Prieto’s RBI single.

They extended their lead in the second on Gavin Collins’ RBI single.

Memphis discovered the longball in the top of the third when Jordan Walker and Iván Herrera went back-to-back and Luken Baker drilled a ball into right-center field to make the score 5-0. Baker leads the International League with 27 long balls.

Luken Baker

The Clippers responded with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the third.

Walker’s sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth added an insurance run to increase their lead to 6-2.

Columbus added two more in the bottom half of the inning on a solo home run and an RBI triple

An RBI single in the eighth was the only offense that the home team could put up for the rest of the game.

Andre Granillo threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk.  Jacob Bosiokovic earned his fourth win this season, throwing two scoreless innings while striking out one.  Kyle Leahy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one run on three hits while striking out two.  Ryan Loutos earned his 10th save in 10 tries this season, yielding a hit while striking out two in an inning pitched.  Memphis allowed five runs on 10 hits while walking six and striking out nine.

Walker went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Collins was 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Baker was 1-for-3 with a homer, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on 11 hits with four walks and four strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Columbus, RHP Victor Santos (3-6, 6.54) vs. Connor Gillispie (3-7, 4.22) 6:05 CT.

Springfield 3. Corpus Christi 2

The Springfield Cardinals (15-9) won a close one over the Corpus Christi Hooks (6-17, HOU) 3-2 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out five. The Hooks struck first in the third with a solo homer to left field.

The Cardinals took the lead in the fourth when Jacob Buchberger hit an RBI triple and Noah Mendlinger drove him in with an RBI double.

Noah Mendlinger

Corpus Christi tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single.

Springfield regained the lead in the sixth on R.J. Yeager’s solo longball to left field.

R.J. Yeager

Yeager was 1-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rehabbing Tommy Edman was 2-for-4 with a double.  Buchberger went 1-for-3 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on nine hits with nine strikeouts.

Benito Garcia earned his first win this season, yielding one hit while striking out three in 2 2/3 innings.  Matt Svanson earned his 16th save this season, throwing two scoreless innings, and giving up two hits while striking out two.  Springfield allowed two runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Friday’s game: vs. Corpus Christi, LHP Alex Cornwell (4-2, 6.22) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Peoria 5 at South Bend 3

The Peoria Chiefs (13-14) beat the South Bend Cubs (9-18, CHC) 5-3 on Thursday at Four Winds Field.  Starter Brycen Mautz threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out six.

Brycen Mautz

The Cubs took an early lead in the second with a solo shot to right-center field.

Joshua Baez

The Chiefs responded in the fourth with Joshua Baez’s three-run dinger to right field.

South Bend tied the game in the seventh with a two-RBI single.

Leonardo Bernal

Peoria took the lead and held on for the win with Leonardo Bernal’s two-RBI single in the ninth.

Brody Moore was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  Bernal went 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBI.  Baez was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on 12 hits with seven walks and 12 strikeouts.

Tanner Jacobson threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on two hits while walking two and striking out three.  Roy Garcia earned his third win, throwing a scoreless inning, and giving up one hit and a walk while striking out two.  Osvaldo Berrios earned his fifth save, pitching a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Peoria allowed three runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out 12.

Friday’s game: at South Bend, RHP Inohan Paniagua (7-5, 3.32) vs. Ty Johnson RHP (0-3, 4.07) 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 5 at St. Lucie 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (17-8) defeated the St. Lucie Mets (8-19, NYM) 5-1 on Thursday at Clover Park.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin earned his sixth win this season, pitching six innings, and allowing one run on one hit while striking out nine.

Chen-Wei Lin

Jose Cordoba’s two-RBI double in the fourth gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. Brayden Jobert’s three-run moonshot in the top of the sixth to center field extended their lead to 5-0.

Brayden Jobert

The Mets put one on the board in the bottom of the sixth when second baseman Trey Paige made a fielding error.

Randel Clemente threw a scoreless inning, striking out two.  Hunter Hayes pitched two scoreless innings, yielding one hit while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed one run on two hits while walking none and striking out 13.

Jobert was 1-for-3 with a home run three RBI, and a run scored.  Cordoba was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Chase Davis went 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on eight hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at St. Lucie, TBD vs. TBD 5:10 CT.

FCL Cardinals 2 at FCL Marlins 5 (7 innings)

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (20-33) fell to the FCL Marlins (39-15, MIA) 5-2 in their final game this season on Thursday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Ronny Oliver took his fourth loss this season, pitching four innings, and allowing four runs on three hits while walking three and striking out four.

The Cardinals struck first in the top of the first when Miguel Vargas’ RBI groundout plated Jonathan Mejia.

The Marlins responded in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single, an RBI groundout, and a two-RBI triple.

Yancel Guerrero scored to make it 4-2 after the opposing pitcher threw a wild pitch in the third.

A solo homer against reliever Samuel Fabian gave the Marlins that run back in the sixth. Fabian threw two innings, yielding one on two hits while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed five runs on five hits while walking three and striking out six.

Mejia went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a walk.  Guerrero was 1-for-3 with a run scored.  Vargas had one walk.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on two hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts while hitting 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

DSL Cardinals 11, DSL Cubs Red 2

The DSL Cardinals (17-17) dominated the DSL Cubs Red (14-21, CHC) 11-2 on Thursday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Andrew Bolivar threw four scoreless innings, allowing one walk while striking out five.

Andrew Bolivar

The Cardinals took an early 5-0 lead in the first with Rainiel Rodriguez’ RBI single, Christian Saez’s two-RBI double, and Fernando Roquez’s two-run bomb to right field.

Fernando Roquez

The home team added two more in the second on Rodriguez’s RBI groundout and Bracewell Taveras’s sacrifice fly.

A fielding error by the Cubs’ second baseman allowed Brayan Amoroso to come home in the third.

Facundo Velasquez’s RBI double and Rodriguez’s sacrifice fly in the fifth gave the Cardinals a 10-run lead.

Rainiel Rodriguez

The Cubs finally put some runs on the board in the top of the sixth when a fielding error left fielder Roquez let one run score and an RBI double drove in another.

Roquez’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth made the score 11-2.

Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored.  Roquez was 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, three RBI, and a run scored.  Saez went 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 11 runs on 11 hits with nine walks and six strikeouts.

Xavier Cruz earned his second win this season, pitching a scoreless inning, and allowing one hit.  Reiner Lopez threw one inning, giving up two runs, none earned, on three hits while striking out two.  Jarol Baez pitched two scoreless innings, yielding a hit while walking two.  Justin Hernandez threw a scoreless inning, striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed two runs, none earned, on five hits while walking three and striking out nine.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 22, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system had an 0-for-4 Sunday, scoring just nine runs in total. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, RH Ixan Henderson, tossed five scoreless innings for Palm Beach. Other standouts include Ivan Herrera, Jacob Young, Jacob Buchberger and Hancel Rincon.

Results from games played on Sunday, July 21.

Memphis 3, Iowa 4

The Memphis Redbirds’ (10-11) comeback fell short, resulting in a 4-3 loss to the Iowa Cubs (10-11, CHC) on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Victor Santos took his sixth loss this season, pitching four innings, and allowing four runs on five hits while striking out six.

The Cubs opened the scoring in the first with a three-run shot to right field and extended their lead to 4-0 with a solo bomb in the third.

The Redbirds did not get on the board until the eighth on Jared Young’s RBI double and Nick Dunn’s RBI double.

Nick Dunn

Iván Herrera’s RBI single brought the game to within one in the ninth, but Memphis failed to tie the game with a runner in scoring position.

Iván Herrera

Herrera was on base four times, going 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Young hit 3-for-5 including a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Dunn went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on nine hits with four walks and seven strikeouts while hitting 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Jared Young

In relief, Nick Raquet threw three scoreless innings, giving up one hit while striking out one.  Andre Granillo added a scoreless inning, yielding a walk.  Nick Robertson pitched a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Memphis allowed four runs on six hits while walking one and striking out eight.

The Memphis Redbirds went 1-2 in their three-game home series with the Iowa Cubs.  The Redbirds will travel to Columbus to face the Clippers (12-8, CLE) in a six-game series that begins on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Columbus, TBD vs. TBD 4:05 CT.

Springfield 5 at Amarillo 6

The Springfield Cardinals (13-8) blew an early lead to lose to the Amarillo Sod Poodles (8-13, ARI) by a score of 6-5 on Sunday at Hodgetown.  Starter Max Rajcic took his eighth loss this season, pitching 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out six.

Nathan Church scored on a wild pitch in the first to put Springfield on the board. The Cardinals extended their lead to 3-0 in the top of the fourth with RBI singles by Noah Mendlinger and Jeremy Rivas.

Amarillo earned one run back in the bottom of the fourth on a solo homer to left field.

Springfield added an insurance run with Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single in the top of the fifth.

Jacob Buchberger

However, the Sod Poodles came back to take the lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single, a two-RBI double, and an RBI single. Another solo longball in the seventh extended the Sod Poodles’ lead to 6-4.

Rivas’ sacrifice fly in the eighth was Springfield’s only offense in the last four innings as the comeback fell short with a 6-5 loss.

Buchberger went 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Mendlinger was 3-for-4 with an RBI.  Rivas hit 2-for-3 with two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on 15 hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero gave up two hits and two walks while striking out one in 1 1/3 innings pitched.  Jack Ralston threw an inning, yielding one run on one hit while striking out two.  Benito Garcia threw a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Springfield allowed six runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out 11.

The Springfield Cardinals dropped the series to the Amarillo Sod Poodles, winning one of three in their road weekend series.  The Cardinals will begin a home series on Tuesday against the Corpus Christi Hooks (5-15, HOU).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Corpus Christi, TBD vs. TBD 6:05 CT.

Peoria 1, Beloit 8

The Peoria Chiefs (12-12) were demolished by the Beloit Sky Carp (13-11, MIA) on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Hancel Rincon threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking two and striking out five. The Sky Carp struck first in the first with an RBI double.

Hancel Rincón

Chris Rotondo responded in the third with an RBI single to tie the game at one apiece.

The score remained knotted until the eighth, when Beloit took a 4-1 lead against reliever Tanner Jacobson, who allowed a two-run home run and an RBI single.

Reliever Nathanael Heredia failed to stop the bleeding in the ninth when Beloit notched two two-RBI doubles to make the score 8-1.

Dionys Rodriguez pitched two scoreless innings while striking out two.  Jacobson took his sixth loss this season, yielding three runs on three hits while striking out one in an inning pitched.  Heredia gave up four runs on two hits while walking three in 2/3 of an inning.  Peoria allowed eight runs on nine hits while walking five and striking out eight.

Rotondo was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.  Miguel Villarroel hit 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Tre Richardson and Johnfrank Salazar were the only other Chiefs to record a hit.  The Chiefs totaled one run on four hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs were swept in their three-game home series against the Beloit Sky Carp while being outscored 20-8.  The Chiefs hope to turn it around in a six-game series at the last-place South Bend Cubs (7-17, CHC) that begins on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at South Bend, TBD vs. TBD 5:05 CT.

Palm Beach 0 at Daytona 2

The Palm Beach Cardinals (14-8) were shut out 2-0 by the Daytona Tortugas (13-8, CIN) on Sunday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out four.

Ixan Henderson

The Tortugas scored their only runs in the seventh against reliever Angel Cuenca who gave up a two-RBI double.

Luis Gastelum threw a scoreless inning, yielding one hit while striking out one.  Cuenca took his first loss this season, pitching one inning, and allowing two runs on three hits.  Hunter Hayes threw a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.  Palm Beach allowed two runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out five.

Kade Kretzschmar, Trey Paige, and Chase Adkison each singled and walked.  Chase Davis was the only other Cardinal to record a hit, another single.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on four hits with four walks and eight strikeouts while stranding eight men on base.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won one of two in their weekend series against the Daytona Tortugas with their Saturday matchup rescheduled for August 28th.  The Cardinals will begin a six-game series on Tuesday at the St. Lucie Mets (8-16, NYM).

Tuesday’s game: at St. Lucie, TBD vs. TBD 5:05 CT.

FCL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (19-32) did not play on Sunday.  They will take the field on Monday against the FCL Nationals (24-27, WSH).

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Nationals, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (15-17) are off Sundays.  The Cardinals will resume play on Monday against the DSL Mets Blue (12-21, NYM).

Monday’s game: at DSL Mets Blue, TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 21, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Ian Bedell, threw 7 2/3 one-run innings. Other standouts include Jose Fermin, Nathan Church, Chandler Redmond, the Springfield pen, Zach Levenson and Justin Guerrero.

Results from games played on Saturday, July 20.

Memphis 2, Iowa 1

The Memphis Redbirds (10-10) beat the Iowa Cubs (9-11, CHC) in a low-scoring affair by a score of 2-1 on Saturday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Ian Bedell earned his second Triple-A win, throwing 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out five.

Ian Bedell

The Cubs took the lead in the first with a solo home run.

The Redbirds responded in the second with a José Fermín RBI double that tied the game at one apiece.

José Fermín

Memphis took the lead on Thomas Saggese’s RBI single in the third.

Thomas Saggese

Fermín went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Saggese was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Jared Young was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled two runs on eight hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Ryan Loutos pitched a scoreless 1/3 of an inning.  St. Louis rehabber Riley O’Brien earned his first save, throwing a scoreless inning, yielding one hit and two walks.  Memphis allowed one run on six hits while walking three and striking out five.

Sunday’s game: vs. Iowa, RHP Gordon Graceffo (8-5, 4.05) vs. Connor Noland 1:05 CT.

Springfield 7 at Amarillo 4

The Springfield Cardinals (13-7) won a back-and-forth game at the Amarillo Sod Poodles (7-13, ARI) 7-4 on Saturday at Hodgetown.  Starter Alex Cornwell threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits while walking four and striking out three.

The Sod Poodles took the lead in the first with two RBI singles.

The Cardinals cut the deficit in half in the second on Aaron McKeithan’s RBI single. Springfield took the lead in the top of the fifth with RBI singles from Bryan Torres, Chandler Redmond, and Nathan Church that made the score 4-2.

Chandler Redmond

Amarillo tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with a sacrifice fly and an RBI double.

Redmond gave the Springbirds the lead with an RBI double and Church extended the lead with an RBI single. He then stole second and third and later came home on a throwing error by the opposing catcher.

Nathan Church

Torres was 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Redmond was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI.  Church went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 14 hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

The Springfield pen kept the home club off the board for the final 4 2/3 innings. Brandon Komar threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing two hits.  Jack Ralston earned his third win this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, yielding two walks while striking out three.  Matt Svanson earned his 15th save this season, giving up a hit while striking out one in the ninth.  Springfield allowed four runs on seven hits while walking six and striking out seven.

Sunday’s game: at Amarillo, RHP Max Rajcic (7-7, 4.88) vs. Dylan Ray RHP (0-1, 4.22) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 4, Beloit 5 (10 innings)

On Saturday at Dozer Park, the Peoria Chiefs (12-11) lost a close contest in extras to the Beloit Sky Carp (12-11, MIA).  Starter Inohan Paniagua threw five innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking three and striking out five.

The Sky Carp took the lead in the top of the fourth with a two-run homer to right-center field.

The Chiefs cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the fourth with Zach Levenson’s RBI groundout. Levenson gave Peoria the lead with his two-RBI double in the sixth.

Zach Levenson

Beloit regained the lead with a two-RBI single in the top of the eighth.

Peoria tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with Won-Bin Cho’s RBI pinch-hit single.

Won-Bin Cho

Osvaldo Berrios took the mound in the 10th and gave up a two-out RBI single to score the ghost runner that made the score 5-4.

Tyler Bradt threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on one hit while walking two and striking out three.  Berrios took his first loss this season, pitching 2 2/3 innings, giving up one run, none earned, on three hits while striking out three.  Peoria allowed five runs, four earned, on eight hits while walking five and striking out 11.

Levenson went 2-for-4 including a double and three RBI.  Alex Iadisernia was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.  Cho was 1-for-1 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on 12 hits with three walks and nine strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Beloit, RHP Hancel Rincon (6-5, 4.41) vs. TBD 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach at Daytona (postponed)

The Palm Beach Cardinals’ (14-7) game against the Daytona Tortugas (12-8, CIN) was postponed due to lightning.  The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 28th.

Sunday’s game: at Daytona, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 9 at FCL Marlins 6

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (19-32) defeated the FCL Marlins (38-13, MIA) 9-6 on Saturday at the Roger Dean Stadium Complex (MIA).  Starter Leonel Sequera threw a scoreless inning, allowing one hit.

The Cardinals struck first in the second on Justin Guerrero’s RBI single and Yancel Guerrero’s bases-loaded walk.

Justin Guerrero

A wild pitch in the third extended their lead when Yordalin Pena scored on a wild pitch.  J. Guerrero had a two-RBI single, Jonathan Mejia hit an RBI single, and Luis Pino reached on an error that brought home J. Guerrero, making the score 7-0.

Y. Guerrero’s RBI groundout in the top of the fifth extended their lead to 8-0.

Jovi Galvez took the mound to start the bottom of the fifth and yielded a two-RBI single before being replaced by Randel Clemente.  Clemente gave up a sacrifice fly and a three-RBI double that shrunk the Cards’ lead to 8-6.

The Cardinals added an insurance run in the eighth when Mejia was plunked with the bases loaded to make the final score 9-6.

J. Guerrero went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored. Mejia was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored. Y. Guerrero was 1-for-5 with a walk and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on 10 hits with six walks and 10 strikeouts.

Antoni Cuello pitched two scoreless innings, allowing a walk while striking out two.  Clemente earned his second win, throwing 1 2/3 innings, and yielding one run on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Samuel Fabian earned his third win this season, pitching two scoreless innings, and giving up a walk while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed six runs on five hits while walking four and striking out six.

The Cardinals are off Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Nationals (24-27, WSH), TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Saturday and Sunday

The Dominican Cardinals (15-17) were off Saturday.  The rookie level team will resume play on Monday at the DSL Mets Blue (12-21, NYM).

Monday’s game: at DSL Mets Blue, TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 19, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 0-1 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Andru Arthur, reached base in all four plate appearances. The center fielder and leadoff man had two singles, a hit-by-pitch, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the DSL Cards’ extra-inning loss.

Results from the game played on Thursday, July 11.

Memphis Redbirds – All-Star Break

The Memphis Redbirds were off Thursday because of the All-Star Break.  The Redbirds will begin a three-game series at home against the Iowa Cubs (8-10, CHC) on Friday.

Friday’s game: vs. Iowa, RH Michael McGreevy (5-7, 4.70) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Springfield Cardinals – All-Star Break

On Thursday, the Springfield Cardinals (12-6) enjoyed their last day off during the All-Star Break.  The Cardinals will play on Friday at the Amarillo Sod Poodles (6-12, ARI) in a three-game series.

Friday’s game: at Amarillo, LH Quinn Mathews (0-0, 2.53 vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Peoria Chiefs – All-Star Break

The Peoria Chiefs (12-9) were off Thursday due to the All-Star Break.  They will resume play on Friday at Dozer Park against the Beloit Sky Carp (10-11, MIA) in a three-game series.

Friday’s game: vs. Beloit, LHP Brycen Mautz (1-10, 5.92) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach Cardinals – All-Star Break

The Palm Beach Cardinals (13-7) did not play on Thursday because of the All-Star Break.  They will begin a three-game series at the Daytona Tortugas (12-7, CIN) on Friday.

Friday’s game: at Daytona, RH Gerardo Salas (5-4, 2.65) vs. TBD 5:35 CT.

Florida Complex League Cardinals – off Thursday

The FCL Cardinals (18-32) were off Thursday.  They will return to the field on Friday at the FCL Mets in Port St. Lucie (22-28, NYM).

Friday’s game: at FCL Mets, RH Ronny Oliver (2-3, 4.86) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 6 at DSL Giants Black 7 (eight innings)

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (15-17) blew an early lead against the DSL Giants Black (24-9, SFG) to lose 7-6 in extra innings on Thursday at the Academia De Béisbol Felipe Alou.  Starter Branneli Franco threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs, one earned, on two hits while walking three and striking out seven.

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Rainiel Rodriguez’s RBI double, Bracewell Taveras’s RBI double, and Brayan Amoroso’s RBI single. Andru Arthur extended their lead to 5-0 with a two-run bomb to right field in the top of the second.

Andru Arthur

The Giants put one on the board in the bottom of the second with an RBI groundout. A throwing error by Franco allowed two runs to score in the third and an RBI single later in the inning brought the Giants to within one.

The Giants tied the game in the sixth when catcher Rodriguez allowed a passed ball on a strikeout with two outs in the inning. After the regulation seven innings, the score remained tied.

A dropped third strike allowed Rodriguez to come home in the top of the eighth to give the Cardinals a 6-5 lead.

An RBI double tied the game for the Giants and an RBI single walked it off in the bottom of the eighth.

Jesus Garcia took his first loss this season, throwing three innings, and yielding three runs, one earned on three hits while walking two and striking out three.  The Cardinals gave up seven runs, two earned, on five hits while walking five and striking out 10.

Arthur went 3-for-3 including a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Taveras hit 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on six hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. DSL White Sox (10-23, CWS), RH Oliver Gonzalez (2-0, 2.89) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 15, 2024

photo: Hunter Kublick (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

Heading into the break, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach RH Hunter Kublick, threw five scoreless innings on one hit before three relievers added four perfect innings. Other standouts include Thomas Saggese, R.J. Yeager, Tommy Edman and Jose Suarez.

Results from games played on Sunday, July 14.

Memphis 8, Norfolk 5

The Memphis Redbirds (9-9) came back to defeat the Norfolk Tides (8-9, BAL) 8-5 on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Gordon Graceffo threw three innings, allowing three runs on three hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Redbirds struck first in the first with Thomas Saggese’s two-run bomb.

Thomas Saggese

The Tides responded with a two-run longball of their own in the second. Graceffo threw a wild pitch in the third that allowed a runner on third to score, giving Norfolk the lead.

The visitors extended their lead to 5-2 against reliever Ryan Shreve when second basemen Saggese committed a fielding error, allowing a runner to score and an RBI single to center brought in another one.

Memphis responded in the sixth with back-to-back homers from César Prieto and Saggese, Gavin Collins’ RBI single, Victor Scott II’s sacrifice fly, and Prieto reached on a fielding error that plated Nick Dunn and Arquímedes Gamboa.

Saggese was 2-for-4 with two homers, a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Prieto was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Collins went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled eight runs on 10 hits with six walks and six strikeouts.

Shreve pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, none earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out three.  Andre Granillo received his second win this season with Memphis, throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings, and yielding a hit while striking out two.  Ryan Loutos earned his ninth save this season, pitching an inning, and giving up one hit and a walk while striking out two.  Memphis allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits while walking four and striking out 11.

The Memphis Redbirds dropped four of six in their home series versus the Norfolk Tides.  After the All-Star Break, the Redbirds will begin a three-game series at home against the Iowa Cubs (8-10, CHC).

Friday’s game: vs. Iowa, TBD vs. TBD 6:05 CT.

Springfield 16, Wichita 9

The Springfield Cardinals (12-6) dominated the Wichita Wind Surge (5-13, MIN) 16-9 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  Starter Edwin Nuñez threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on three hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the first with R.J. Yeager’s three-RBI double, Ramon Mendoza’s RBI single, and Jeremy Rivas’s RBI single.

R.J. Yeager

The home team added four more in the third with Mendoza’s RBI single, Tommy Edman’s two-RBI single, and Matt Lloyd’s RBI double. Rivas’ RBI single in the fourth extended Springfield’s lead to 10-0.

Wichita finally put some runs on the board in the fifth with an RBI single, a two-RBI double, and an RBI double that ended Nuñez’s day on the mound and brought in reliever Osvaldo Berrios. The Wind Surge brought the game to within one in the top of the sixth with a two-run homer, an RBI double, and another two-run home run against the new Springfield reliever Berrios.

Springfield added insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Yeager scored on a wild pitch and Bryan Torres’ RBI forceout plated Noah Mendlinger.

Jimmy Crooks’ solo shot in the seventh extended the Cardinals’ lead to 13-9. Edman’s sacrifice fly and Nathan Church’s reaching on a fielding error allowed two more runners to come home in the eighth for a 16-9 final score.

Tommy Edman

Yeager went 3-for-6 with a double, three RBI, and three runs scored.  Designated hitter Edman was 2-for-5 with three RBI and a run scored during his rehab assignment.  Mendoza hit 3-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled 16 runs on 16 hits with seven walks and four strikeouts while hitting 9-for-19 with runners in scoring position.  Every Springfield batter tallied at least one hit and scored at least once in Sunday’s matchup.

In his three games with Springfield, Edman is 4-for-14 (.286) plus two walks (.353 OBP) with four strikeouts and four RBI. He has yet to play in the field, focusing on his hitting to date.

In relief, Jack Ralston pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out one.  Andrew Marrero earned his third win this season, throwing a scoreless inning, and yielding a hit while striking out two.  Matt Svanson pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two.  Springfield allowed nine runs on 10 hits while walking five and striking out 10.

The Springfield Cardinals won five of six at home over the Wichita Wind Surge in their final series before the All-Star Break.  The Cardinals will resume play on Friday at the Amarillo Sod Poodles (6-12, ARI).

Friday’s game: at Amarillo, TBD vs. TBD 6:05 CT.

Peoria 1 at Quad Cities 6

The Peoria Chiefs (12-9) fell to the Quad Cities River Bandits (9-12, KC) 6-1 on Sunday at Modern Woodmen Park.  Starter Darlin Saladin threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out eight.

The Chiefs struck in the first when Alex Iadisernia scored on a double play started by Leonardo Bernal.

The River Bandits responded in the third with a three-run homer to take a 3-1 lead and extended their lead to 5-1 in the fifth with two RBI singles.

Tanner Jacobson took the mound in the eighth and allowed an RBI single that made it 6-1.

Roy Garcia threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out three.  Jacobson pitched one inning, yielding a run on a hit while walking three and striking out one.  Peoria allowed six runs on eight hits while walking five and striking out 12.

Iadisernia went 1-for-3 with a double, a hit by pitch, and a run scored.  Miguel Villarroel tallied the only other hit with a single in the fifth.  The Chiefs offense totaled one run on just two hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Despite the meager offensive showing Sunday, the Peoria Chiefs had a solid week, winning four of six in their road series at the Quad Cities River Bandits.  The Chiefs will have four days of rest due to the All-Star Break and will play the Beloit Sky Carp (10-11, MIA) in a three-game series at home from July 19th to the 21st.

Friday’s game: vs. Beloit, TBD vs. TBD 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 8, Clearwater 0

The Palm Beach Cardinals (13-7) one-hit the Clearwater Threshers (7-14, PHI) in their 8-0 win on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Hunter Kublick earned his third win this season, pitching five innings, and allowing no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out five.

Hunter Kublick

The bullpen was even better, going 12 up and 12 down to complete the one-hit shutout. Jason Savacool threw two scoreless innings.  Benjamin Arias tossed a scoreless inning, striking out two.  Henry Gomez added a scoreless inning, striking out two as well.  For the day, Palm Beach allowed no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out nine.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the second with Lizandro Espinoza’s two-RBI double. Palm Beach doubled their lead in the third with Jose Suarez’ RBI single and Brayden Jobert’s single, letting Sammy Hernandez score after Clearwater’s second baseman made a throwing error.

Trey Paige scored on a balk in the fourth and Suarez came home in the fifth after the opposing pitcher threw a wild pitch to make the score 6-0. Anyelo Encarnacion’s two-RBI single in the sixth plated Suarez and Chase Davis to extend their lead to eight.

José Suarez

Suarez went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Sammy Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  Espinoza was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 13 hits with four walks and 12 strikeouts.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won four of their six home games over the Clearwater Threshers, including three shutouts.  The Cardinals will have four days of rest due to the All-Star Break before playing at the Daytona Tortugas (12-7, CIN) in a three-game series from July 19th to the 21st.

Friday’s game: at Daytona, TBD vs. TBD 5:35 CT.

FCL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (18-29) are off Sundays.  The Cardinals will play a doubleheader on Monday as they will complete their suspended game with the Astros from July 11th. The Astros were leading 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Monday’s games: vs. FCL Astros (20-25, HOU), TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT (Game 1). at FCL Astros, LH Yadiel Batista (0-5, 3.80) vs. TBD (Game 2).

DSL Cardinals – off Sunday

The DSL Cardinals (13-14) are off Sundays.  The Cardinals will continue playing on Monday when they will face the DSL Nationals (11-17, WSH) at home.

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Nationals, RH Jefferson Moran (2-0, 3.15) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 14, 2024

photo: Pete Hansen (Palm Beach Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, LH Pete Hansen, spun 7 2/3 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts for Peoria. Other standouts include Quinn Mathews at the Futures Game, Nick Raposo, Bryan Torres, Brandon Komar and Leonel Sequera.

Results from games played on Saturday, July 13.

NL Futures 6 at AL Futures 1 (7 innings)

The National League Futures team topped the American League Futures 6-1 on Saturday at Globe Life Field.  The Cardinals’ representative, Quinn Mathews, threw a scoreless inning, allowing one hit while striking out two.

The NL took an early lead in the third with a solo shot to right-center. The visitors extended their lead to four in the top of the fourth with a bases-loaded walk, a bases-loaded hit by pitch, and a sacrifice fly.

The AL responded in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single.

A solo bomb in the top of the sixth gave the NL Futures that run back, making the score 5-1.

Mathews came in to pitch the bottom of the sixth when he forced the first batter to ground out, struck out the second batter, allowed a single to third, and struck out the final batter of the inning.

Quinn Mathews

The visitors added one final run in the seventh with an RBI groundout to make it 6-1.

Memphis 7, Norfolk 12

The Memphis Redbirds’ (8-9) struggles continue with their fifth loss in their last six games, by 12-7 score to the Norfolk Tides (8-8, BAL) on Saturday at AutoZone Park.  Bullpen starter Victor Santos took his fifth loss this season, throwing 2 2/3 innings, and allowing nine runs on seven hits while walking four.

The Tides struck in the top of the first with a two-RBI single, a bases-loaded walk, an RBI forceout, and a sacrifice fly.

The Redbirds responded in the bottom of the first with Thomas Saggese’s RBI groundout.

Norfolk extended their lead to eight in the third with a grand slam.

In his Memphis debut, Benito Garcia took the mound after the grand slam, and in the top of the fourth, he allowed an RBI groundout and back-to-back homers to make the score 12-1.

Jared Young’s two-run blast in the bottom of the fourth cut the deficit down to single digits.

Jared Young

In the eighth, César Prieto’s solo longball and Nick Raposo’s three-run dinger made the score 12-7.

Nick Raposo

Young was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Raposo hit 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, three RBI, and a run scored.  Prieto went 1-for-4 with a homer, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled seven runs on six hits with seven walks and six strikeouts.

Garcia threw 3 1/3 innings, yielding three runs on six hits while walking two and striking out one.  Nick Raquet pitched three scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out two.  Memphis allowed 12 runs on 16 hits while walking six and striking out three.

Sunday’s game: vs. Norfolk, RHP Gordon Graceffo (8-5, 3.86) vs. Brandon Young RHP (2-1, 3.78) 1:05 CT.

Springfield 10, Wichita 2

The Springfield Cardinals (11-6) destroyed the Wichita Wind Surge (5-12, MIN) 10-2 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Brandon Komar earned his third win this season, throwing six scoreless innings, and allowing one hit while striking out five.

Brandon Komar

Springfield took the lead with the first pitch of the game when Bryan Torres drove a solo shot to right-center field.

Bryan Torres

The Cardinals extended their lead in the third with Chandler Redmond’s three-run moonshot to right-center.

Chandler Redmond

Torres’s two-RBI triple, Nathan Church’s RBI single, and Mike Antico’s RBI forceout in the fourth doubled Springfield’s lead to 8-0.

Antico added an extra insurance run with a solo homer in the seventh, and R.J. Yeager’s RBI single in the eighth gave the home team a double-digit lead.

Wichita finally put two runs on the board in the ninth with a two-run home run.

Leonardo Taveras threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out two.  Andrew Marrero pitched 2/3 of an inning, walking one.  Springfield allowed two runs on six hits while walking three and striking out seven.

Torres hit 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple, three RBI, and four runs scored.  Church was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Antico went 3-for-4 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Redmond went deep and plated three. The Cardinals totaled 10 runs on 14 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Wichita, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-5, 7.43) vs. Andrew Morris RHP (4-1, 1.17) 1:05 CT.

Peoria 2 at Quad Cities 0

The Peoria Chiefs (12-8) shut out the Quad Cities River Bandits (8-12, KC) 2-0 on Saturday at Modern Woodmen Park.  Starter Pete Hansen earned his fourth win this season, throwing 7 2/3 scoreless innings, and allowing three hits while striking out 10.

Pete Hansen

The Chiefs put a run on the board in the sixth on Chris Rotondo’s RBI single.

Peoria added an extra insurance run in the ninth with Michael Curialle’s RBI single that brought home Tre Richardson.

Alex Iadisernia went 1-for-3 with two walks and a run scored.  Rotondo was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Curialle was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on nine hits with four walks and seven strikeouts while hitting 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Nathanael Heredia did not record an out, yielding two walks in the eighth.  Tyler Bradt cleaned up the mess, earning his second save this season. Bradt pitched 1 1/3 innings, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out two.  Peoria allowed no runs on four hits while walking three and striking out 12.

Sunday’s game: at Quad Cities, RHP Darlin Saladin (2-0, 0.77) vs. Frank Mozzicato LHP (4-6, 3.02) 1:00 CT.

Palm Beach 2, Clearwater 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals (12-7) fell to the Clearwater Threshers (7-13, PHI) 6-2 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin took his fifth loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing six runs on six hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Clearwater took the immediate lead in the top of the first with an RBI double and a grand slam that made the score 5-0. The Threshers added an insurance run in the top of the second with a two-run homer.

The Cardinals cut the deficit down to four in the bottom of the second with Brayden Jobert’s two-run bomb.

Brayden Jobert

Jobert went 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Ross Friedrick and Anyelo Encarnacion each tallied one hit.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on three hits with a walk and nine strikeouts.

Angel Cuenca threw two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out one.  Ettore Giulianelli pitched two scoreless innings, yielding one hit while striking out four.  Zack Showalter pitched one scoreless inning, giving up a walk while striking out three.  Palm Beach allowed six runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out 16.

Sunday’s game: vs. Clearwater, RH Hunter Kublick (2-1, 4.84) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 3, FCL Nationals 2 (11 innings)

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (18-29) walked it off against the FCL Nationals (22-25, WSH) with a score of 3-2 in extra innings on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Leonel Sequera pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out eight.

Leonel Sequera

Randel Clemente took the mound in the top of the sixth and allowed an RBI double and an RBI single for a Nationals 2-0 lead.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the sixth with Luis Piño’s RBI double. He later came around to score after a throwing error on a pickoff attempt.

The score remained unchanged until the 11th when Jonathan Mejia’s RBI single brought Samil De La Rosa home.

Luis Piño

Piño hit 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Mejia went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Yancel Guerrero was 2-for-4.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on nine hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.

Clemente pitched an inning, allowing two runs on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Antoni Cuello, Juan Severino, and Samuel Fabian combined for three scoreless innings of relief, yielding one hit and three walks while striking out five.  Wilmer Ortega earned his first win, pitching two innings, and giving up a walk.  The Cardinals allowed two runs on five hits while walking five and striking out 14.

The FCL Cardinals are off Sunday.

The Cardinals will play a doubleheader on Monday as they will complete their suspended game with the Astros from July 11th.  The Astros were leading 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Monday’s games: vs. FCL Astros (20-25, HOU), TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT (Game 1). at FCL Astros, TBD vs. TBD.

DSL Cardinals 8, DSL Mariners 2 (7 innings)

The Dominican Cardinals (13-14) decimated the DSL Mariners (7-22, SEA) 8-2 on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Gabriel Chinchilla threw three innings, allowing one run on no hits while walking three and striking out three.

The Mariners struck in the first when Chinchilla threw a wild pitch that allowed the runner on third to come home.

The Cardinals responded with eight in the third with Christian Saez’ and Fernando Roquez’s bases-loaded walks, Andru Arthur and Yoerny Junco’s two-RBI doubles, Yairo Padilla’s RBI groundout, and Facundo Velasquez’s RBI single.

Reliever Justin Hernandez came into the game to pitch the seventh.  He plunked a batter and walked two before being replaced by Alan Reyes, who walked in a run.

Oliver Gonzalez

Oliver Gonzalez earned his second win this season, pitching three innings, giving up one hit while striking out four.  Hernandez did not record an out, yielding one run on no hits while walking two.  Reyes threw an inning, walking one and striking out three.  The Cardinals allowed two runs on one hit while walking six and striking out 10.

Padilla went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Junco and Arthur were each 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on eight hits with eight walks and nine strikeouts.

Padilla swiped three bases during Saturday’s matchup.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Nationals (13-14, WSH), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 12, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-3 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Brycen Mautz, earned his first win of 2024 with five scoreless innings pitched for Peoria. Other standouts include Connor Thomas, Mike Antico, Chase Adkison, Yordy Herrera and Andrew Bolivar.

Results from games played on Thursday, July 11.

Memphis 2, Norfolk 3 (10 innings)

The Memphis Redbirds (8-7) lost to the Norfolk Tides (6-8, BAL) in extras on Thursday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Connor Thomas threw four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out two.

Connor Thomas

The Tides struck first in the sixth with a solo bomb and an RBI single.

The Redbirds tied it in the seventh with Jared Young’s RBI single and Arquímedes Gamboa’s RBI single.

Arquimedes Gamboa

Norfolk’s sacrifice fly in the 10th gave them a one-run lead.

Ryan Shreve threw three innings and yielded two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out one.  Ryan Loutos pitched two scoreless innings while striking out two.  Jacob Bosiokovic took his second loss this season, throwing an inning, and giving up one run, none earned, on no hits while recording three straight outs.  Memphis allowed three runs, two earned on seven hits while walking three and striking out five.

Young went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Gamboa was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  César Prieto was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled two runs on eight hits with six walks and 14 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Norfolk, RHP Ian Bedell (1-0, 4.02) vs. Chayce McDermott RHP (2-5, 4.00) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 6, Wichita 4

The Springfield Cardinals (9-6) defeated the Wichita Wind Surge (5-10, MIN) 6-4 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Max Rajcic threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out five.

The Wind Surge struck first in the top of the first with a solo moonshot to center.

Jimmy Crooks tied the game in the bottom of the first when he reached on a fielders choice that scored Bryan Torres.

Wichita took the lead in the second with another solo shot and a third solo home run in the third gave the visitors a 3-1 lead.

Matt Lloyd’s sacrifice fly and Mike Antico’s two-run dinger to left gave Springfield a 4-3 lead.

Mike Antico

The visitors tied the game in the top of the seventh with their fourth solo longball of the game.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the seventh with Matt Lloyd’s RBI double and Nathan Church’s RBI single.

Nathan Church

Designated hitter Tommy Edman went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the second game of his rehab assignment.  Lloyd was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Antico hit 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on 11 hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero earned his second win this season, throwing 2 1/3 innings, and yielding one run on two hits.  Matt Svanson earned his 13th save, pitching a scoreless inning, and giving up a hit while striking out one.  Springfield allowed four runs on eight hits while striking out six.

Friday’s game: vs. Wichita, RHP Trent Baker (3-6, 6.02) vs. Marco Raya RHP (0-2, 5.12) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 8 at Quad Cities 0

The Peoria Chiefs (11-7) shut out the Quad Cities River Bandits (7-11, KC) 8-0 on Thursday at Modern Woodmen Park.  Starter Brycen Mautz earned his first win this season, throwing five scoreless innings, and allowing five hits and five walks while striking out five.

Brycen Mautz

Tre Richardson’s RBI single in the second gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Peoria extended their lead in the third with Johnfrank Salazar’s sacrifice fly, Won-Bin Cho’s RBI single, and Zach Levenson’s RBI single.

Won-Bin Cho

Brody Moore’s RBI single and Chris Rotondo’s RBI single added two insurance runs in the sixth to make it 6-0. The Chiefs added two more runs in the ninth on Richardson’s RBI double and Michael Curialle’s sacrifice fly.

Cho was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Curialle went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Levenson hit 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled eight runs on 15 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Zane Mills

In relief, Zane Mills threw three scoreless innings, yielding one hit and three walks while striking out three.  Tyler Bradt pitched a scoreless inning while striking out one.  Peoria allowed no runs on six hits while walking eight and striking out 10.

Friday’s game: at Quad Cities, RHP Inohan Paniagua (7-5, 3.20) vs. Hunter Owen LHP (6-4, 4.00) 6:30 CT.

Palm Beach 5, Clearwater 4 (Game 1, 8 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (11-5) walked it off against the Clearwater Threshers (5-12, PHI) 5-4 in the first half of their doubleheader on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  This was the continuation of Wednesday’s suspended game. Before the rain, starter Juan Salas threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Cardinals struck first in the third with Chase Adkison’s two-RBI single and Kade Kretzschmar’s two-RBI triple.

The Threshers brought the game within one in the fourth with a three-run homer to center. An RBI single in the sixth tied the game at four apiece.

Chase Davis’ sacrifice fly in the eighth walked it off for Palm Beach, taking the 5-4 win.

Adkison went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.  Kretzschmar was 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.  Lizandro Espinoza was 1-for-3 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on three hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts.

Taking the ball on Thursday, Luis Gastelum threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding a run on three hits while walking one and striking out three.  Angel Cuenca earned his second win this season, pitching an inning, and giving up a hit while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed four runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out six.

Palm Beach 4, Clearwater 7 (Game 2, 7 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (11-6) split the doubleheader with the Clearwater Threshers (6-12, PHI), losing 7-4 in the second game on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw four innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out five.

Clearwater took the early lead in the top of the first with a solo home run.

The Cardinals tied it in the bottom half of the inning with Chase Adkison’s solo bomb to left.

Chase Adkison

The Threshers regained the lead when first basemen Ross Friedrick made a fielding error after a runner stole second, allowing the runner on third to come home.

Palm Beach took the lead for the first time in the fourth when a wild pitch allowed Sammy Hernandez to score and Friedrick’s two-RBI single made the score 4-2.

A Clearwater RBI single and an RBI double in the fifth tied the game at four apiece. The visitors retook the lead with another solo longball in the sixth.

The Threshers continued to add insurance runs in the seventh with a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded hit by pitch.

Friedrick went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Adkison hit 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on six hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

Ettore Giulianelli threw 2/3 of an inning, allowing two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out one.  Augusto Calderon took his fifth loss this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, and yielding one run on two hits while striking out two.  Zack Showalter pitched an inning, giving up two runs on no hits while walking two and striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed seven runs, six earned, on seven hits while walking six and striking out 10.

Friday’s game: vs. Clearwater, RH Jose Davila (2-5, 5.05) vs. TBD 11:05 CT.

FCL Cardinals 2 at FCL Astros 1 (Game 1, 8 innings)

On Thursday, the Florida Complex League Cardinals (17-28) narrowly defeated the FCL Astros (20-23, HOU) 2-1 at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Leonel Sequera threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out five.

A solo shot to left field gave the Astros an early 1-0 lead.

The score did not change until the top of the seventh when Luis Pino’s pinch hit sacrifice fly forced extras. Chris Lopez’s sacrifice fly in the eighth gave the Cardinals their first lead.

Felix Taveras was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Jonathan Mejia went 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk.  Yordalin Pena hit 1-for-4.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts.

Yordy Herrera

Yordy Herrera earned his first win, pitching 4 1/3 innings of relief, yielding one hit and no walks while striking out nine.  Samuel Fabian earned his second save this season, throwing a scoreless inning while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed one run on six hits while walking one and striking out 14.

FCL Cardinals, FCL Astros (Game 2) suspended

The second half of the FCL Cardinals (17-28) doubleheader against the FCL Astros (20-23, HOU) was suspended in the bottom of the fifth with the Astros up 6-3 due to rain.  The game will be completed as part of a doubleheader on Monday, July 15th.

Friday’s game: at FCL Marlins (35-11, MIA), RH Ronny Oliver (2-3, 5.63) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 4 at DSL Angels 5

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (12-13) fell to the DSL Angels (17-10, LAA) 5-4 on Thursday at the Los Angeles Angels DR Complex.  Starter Andrew Bolivar threw five scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out seven.

Andrew Bolivar

Christian Saez led off the scoring with an RBI single in the first. The Cardinals extended their lead in the third with Rainiel Rodriguez’s two-RBI single.

Rainiel Rodriguez

Brailyn Paulino took the mound in the sixth and yielded an RBI single, two wild pitches that allowed two runners to come home, and a two-RBI single to give the Angels a 5-3 lead.

Facundo Velasquez brought the game within one with an RBI single in the seventh.

Velasquez went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rodriguez hit 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  Saez was 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 11 hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts.

Paulino took his first loss, throwing 2/3 of an inning, and giving up five runs on two hits while walking one and plunking two.  Kener Perez pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding two hits and a walk while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed five runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: at DSL Giants Black (21-5, SFG), RH Branneli Franco (0-2, 7.88) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 7, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, 2B Ramon Mendoza, hit a three-run go-ahead home run in Springfield’s win. Other standouts include Pete Hansen, Leonardo Bernal, Nathanael Heredia, Hunter Kublick, Augusto Calderon, Oliver Gonzalez, Bracewell Taveras and Gabriel Chinchilla.

Results from games played on Saturday, July 6.

Memphis 1 at Nashville 4

The Memphis Redbirds (7-5) were defeated by the Nashville Sounds (6-6, MIL) 4-1 on Saturday at First Horizon Park.  Starter Connor Thomas took his third loss this season, throwing three innings, and allowing two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out five.

The Sounds struck first in the first with a two-run longball.

The Redbirds cut the deficit in half in the third with St. Louis rehabber Iván Herrera’s RBI single.

Iván Herrera

Victor Santos replaced Thomas in the fourth, and in the fifth, he loaded the bases. Ryan Shreve came in and gave up a two-RBI double for a 4-1 Nashville lead.

Santos threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits while walking four and striking out one.  Shreve threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up one hit and one walk.  Just back from St. Louis, Jacob Bosiokovic threw two scoreless innings, yielding two hits while striking out four.  Memphis allowed four runs on eight hits while walking six and striking out 10.

Herrera went 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Moisés Gómez was 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  Arquímedes Gamboa was 1-for-2 with a walk.  The Redbirds totaled one run on six hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

The Redbirds are off Sunday and Monday.

The Memphis Redbirds split their six-game series at the Nashville Sounds.  The Redbirds will begin a homestand on Tuesday against the Norfolk Tides (4-7, BAL).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Norfolk, TBD vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Springfield 6, NW Arkansas 3

The Springfield Cardinals (7-5) completed a late comeback to defeat the NW Arkansas Naturals (5-7, KC) 6-3 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out seven.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the third with Jimmy Crooks‘ RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks

The Naturals came back strong in the sixth with an RBI single and a two-RBI double to take a 3-1 lead.

Springfield responded in the seventh with pinch-hitter Mike Antico’s two-out two-RBI single.

Mike Antico

Springfield carried this momentum into the eighth when number nine hitter Ramon Mendoza’s three-run go-ahead home run gave the Cardinals their 6-3 final edge.

Ramon Mendoza

In what may be his final rehab appearance, designated hitter Lars Nootbaar went 0-for-1 with three walks.  In four at-bats, Mendoza had a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Antico hit 1-for-1 with two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on six hits with eight walks and nine strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero earned his first win this season, pitching 2 2/3 shutout innings, and yielding one hit while striking out three.  Matt Svanson earned his 12th save this season, closing out the ninth, and striking out one.  Springfield allowed three runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out 11.

Springfield is off Sunday and Monday.

The Springfield Cardinals won five of six in their home series with the NW Arkansas Naturals.  They will continue their homestand on Tuesday against the last-place Wichita Wind Surge (4-8, MIN).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Wichita, TBD vs. TBD 7:05 CT.  

Peoria 5, South Bend 2

The Peoria Chiefs (8-7) beat the South Bend Cubs (5-10, CHC) 5-2 on Saturday at Dozer Park.  Starter Pete Hansen earned his third win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Pete Hansen

The Chiefs struck first in the first with a three-run blast by Leonardo Bernal.

Leonardo Bernal

The Cubs hit a solo shot in the top of the third to cut the lead to 3-1.

Chris Rotondo’s RBI single in the bottom of the third reversed that run and restored Peoria’s three-run lead. The Chiefs extended their lead with Graysen Tarlow’s sacrifice fly in the fourth.

Another solo homer in the sixth from South Bend made the score 5-2.

Nathanael Heredia

Nathanael Heredia pitched three hitless scoreless innings, earning his third save this season, and yielding a walk while striking out four.  Peoria allowed two runs on six hits while walking two and striking out 12.

Bernal went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Brody Moore was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored.  Rotondo went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on seven hits with five walks and 10 strikeouts.

The Chiefs are off Sunday and Monday.

The Peoria Chiefs won five in their six-game home series against the South Bend Cubs to move into third place in the Midwest League West Division.  The Chiefs will begin a road stretch on Tuesday at the Quad Cities River Bandits (7-8, KC).

Tuesday’s game: at Quad Cities, TBD vs. TBD 6:30 CT.

Palm Beach 5, Jupiter 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (9-5) defeated the Jupiter Hammerheads (6-9, MIA) 5-1 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Hunter Kublick earned his second win this season, throwing five innings, and allowing one run on five hits while striking out two.

Hunter Kublick

The Hammerheads struck first with an RBI single in the third.

The Cardinals responded in the fourth with Kade Kretzschmar’s RBI single and Sammy Hernandez’s single that scored Jose Suarez after Jupiter committed a fielding error. Then Brayden Jobert reached on a fielding error that allowed Kretzschmar to cross home, and Lizandro Espinoza added a sacrifice fly. Palm Beach added an insurance run in the eighth with Jobert’s RBI single.

Kretzschmar was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Hernandez was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.  Jobert went 1-for-4 with two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

Augusto Calderon

Augusto Calderon threw four scoreless innings, earning his first save, and yielding one hit while striking out three.  Palm Beach allowed one run on six hits while striking out five.

The Cardinals are off Sunday and Monday.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won five of six games in their home series against the Jupiter Hammerheads to move into first place in the Florida State League East Division.  The Beach Birds will continue their home stretch on Tuesday against the Clearwater Threshers (5-10, PHI).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Clearwater, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 1, FCL Marlins 6 (7 innings)

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (16-27) were defeated by the FCL Marlins (32-11, MIA) 6-1 on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Juan Severino took his second loss this season, throwing 2 1/3 innings, and yielding two runs on one hit while walking four and striking out three.

The Marlins struck first with a double steal of second and third with a throwing error from Severino that allowed the runner on third to score, ending his day on the mound.  Reliever Wilmer Ortega allowed an RBI single, and later balked in a run to give the Marlins a 3-0 lead.

Luis Piño

The Cardinals put a run on the board with Luis Piño’s solo bomb to left field in the fourth.

Yordy Herrera replaced Ortega and an RBI double in the fifth gave the Marlins that run right back. Jovi Galvez replaced Herrera in the seventh and allowed two RBI doubles.

Ortega threw 2/3 of an inning, allowing one run on one hit while walking one.  Herrera pitched three innings, yielding one run on three hits while walking one and striking out four.  Galvez threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up two runs on two hits while walking one.  The Cardinals allowed six runs on seven hits while walking and striking out seven.

Catcher Heriberto Caraballo struggled to contain the Marlins’ running game, allowing seven stolen bases.

Piño went 2-for-3 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Yordalin Pena was 1-for-1 with a walk and a hit by pitch.  Romtes Cabrera walked once.  The Cardinals totaled one run on three hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

The FCL Cardinals are off Sunday and Monday.

Tuesday’s game: at FCL Marlins, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 4, DSL Angels 0

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (12-12) shut out the DSL Angels (15-9, LAA) 4-0 on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Oliver Gonzalez threw four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out six.

Oliver Gonzalez

Bracewell Taveras struck first with an RBI single in the third to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Daniel Rojas and Juan Pablo Cabrera’s RBI singles in the sixth extended the lead to 3-0. The Cardinals added a final insurance run in the seventh on Christian Saez’s RBI single.

Bracewell Taveras

Taveras went 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Cabrera was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Fernando Roquez was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on nine hits with four walks and 13 strikeouts.

Facundo Velasquez swiped one bag while Yoerny Junco was caught stealing on the basepaths.

Catcher Cabrera made an error while trying to throw out an Angel stealing second.

Gabriel Chinchilla

Gabriel Chinchilla threw five innings without letting anyone reach base safely, striking out four in the process to earn his first win this season.  The Cardinals allowed no runs on three hits while walking three and striking out 10.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sunday and Monday.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 5, 2024

photo: Max Rajcic (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-3 on the Fourth of July. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Max Rajcic, tossed eight innings of one run ball with nine strikeouts for Springfield. Other standouts include Luken Baker, Thomas Saggese, Jeremy Rivas, Jimmy Crooks, Lizandro Espinoza and Keiverson Ramirez.

Results from games played on Thursday, July 4.

Memphis 10 at Nashville 3

The Memphis Redbirds (6-4) destroyed the Nashville Sounds (5-5, MIL) 10-3 on Thursday at First Horizon Park.  Starter Gordon Graceffo threw two innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits while walking two and striking out one. The right-hander left early following a rain delay.

The Redbirds took an early lead with Jordan Walker’s RBI groundout in the top of the first.

The Sounds tied the game in the bottom of the first with an RBI single.

Nashville took the lead in the second with an RBI double.

Matt Koperniak grounded into a fielders choice and Thomas Saggese came home in the third.  Walker grounded into a double play later in the inning and Iván Herrera scored.

Walker’s RBI single in the top of the fifth extended Memphis’s lead to 4-2.

Nick Raquet took the mound in the third, and in the fifth, he allowed a bases-loaded walk that made the score 4-3.

Memphis broke the game open in the sixth with Thomas Saggese’s bases-loaded walk, Nick Raposo’s two-RBI groundout, and Koperniak’s RBI single.

Luken Baker’s two-run blast in the ninth extended the Redbirds’ lead to 10-3.

Saggese was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored.  Herrera went 0-for-1 with two walks with two runs scored on his rehab assignment.  Baker hit 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled 10 runs on eight hits with seven walks and 10 strikeouts.

Raquet earned his first win this season, throwing three innings, and allowing one run on no hits while walking four and striking out one.  Kyle Leahy threw three innings, yielding a hit and a walk while striking out three.  Andre Granillo pitched an inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.  Memphis allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits while walking seven and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: at Nashville, RHP Ian Bedell (0-0, 2.79) vs. Carlos Rodriguez RHP (4-6, 5.54) 6:35 CT.

Springfield 7, NW Arkansas 1

The Springfield Cardinals (6-4) dominated the NW Arkansas Naturals (4-6, KCR) 7-1 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Max Rajcic earned his seventh win this season, throwing eight innings, and allowing one run on seven hits while walking one and striking out nine.

The Cardinals struck first with Jimmy Crooks’s two-RBI double, Jeremy Rivas’s RBI single, Aaron McKeithan’s RBI single, and Ramon Mendoza’s RBI single.

The Naturals earned one back in the second with an RBI groundout.

Springfield took that run back in the third with Mendoza’s RBI forceout.

Mike Antico’s sacrifice fly in the fifth added one extra insurance run to make the score 7-1.

Rivas went 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored.  Crooks hit 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  Mendoza was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 13 hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero closed out the ninth, throwing an inning, and yielding two hits.  Springfield allowed one run on nine hits while walking one and striking out nine.

Friday’s game: NW Arkansas, RHP Trent Baker (3-6, 6.33) vs. Mason Barnett RHP (3-5, 5.94) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 0, South Bend 4

The Peoria Chiefs (6-7) were shut out by the South Bend Cubs (5-8, CHC) 4-0 on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Brycen Mautz is still looking for his first win, taking his tenth loss this season, pitching five innings, and allowing four runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Cubs took an early lead with a solo longball in the second.

South Bend extended their lead to 4-0 in the fourth with a three-run homer.

Zane Mills pitched three scoreless innings, yielding three hits while striking out four.  Tyler Bradt pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.  Peoria allowed four runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Miguel Villarroel, Won-Bin Cho, William Sullivan, and Osvaldo Tovalin each tallied one hit.  The Chiefs totaled no runs on four hits with four walks and 15 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. South Bend, RHP Inohan Paniagua (6-5, 3.50) vs. Will Sanders RHP (1-4, 4.94) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 4, Jupiter 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals (7-5) were defeated by the Jupiter Hammerheads (6-7, MIA) 6-4 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jose Davila threw seven innings, yielding one run on five hits while walking one and striking out five.

The Hammerheads struck first in the third with an RBI single.

The Cardinals responded in the fifth with Maikel Hernandez’s RBI single and Lizandro Espinoza’s two-RBI double.

Benjamin Arias relieved Davila in the eighth, yielding one run on a wild pitch.

Zack Showalter came in to close out the ninth, allowing a sacrifice fly, a two-RBI single, and an RBI single.

Palm Beach could only scratch one across in the bottom of the ninth with Espinoza’s RBI single.

Espinoza was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI.  Kade Kretzschmar hit 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  Hernandez went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 10 hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Arias threw an inning, allowing one run on one hit while walking and striking out one.  Showalter took his second loss this season in 2/3 of an inning, yielding four runs, two earned, on two hits while walking two.  Angel Cuenca threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up one hit.  Palm Beach allowed six runs, four earned, on nine hits while walking four and striking out six.

Friday’s game: vs. Jupiter, TBD vs. Keyner Benitez LHP (0-1, 3.54) 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 1, FCL Nationals 2

The FCL Cardinals (15-26) lost to the FCL Nationals (20-21, WSH) by a score of 2-1 on Thursday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Nelfy Ynfante threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking one and striking out seven.

The Cardinals struck first in the third when Yordalin Pena reached on an error that allowed Heriberto Caraballo to come home.

The Nationals tied the game in the fifth with a solo homer.

Samuel Fabian took the mound in the seventh, and in the eighth, he balked in a run after yielding a two-out triple.

Fabian took his first loss this season, pitching one inning, and allowing one run on one hit while striking out four.  Jovi Galvez threw a scoreless inning, yielding a walk while striking out one.  Omar Yanez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed two runs on six hits while walking two and striking out 13.

The Cardinals totaled one run on one hit (in the eighth by Arfeni Batista) with four walks and 10 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at FCL Nationals, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 2, DSL Yankees 1

The DSL Cardinals (11-11) narrowly defeated the DSL Yankees (9-13, NYY) 2-1 on Thursday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Keiverson Ramirez earned his second win, throwing five innings, and allowing one run, none earned, while walking one and striking out three.

The Cardinals opened the scoring in the second with a Christian Saez solo shot to left field.

The Yankees tied the game in the top of the third when they pulled off a double steal to advance a runner to second and score one run.

Rainiel Rodriguez’s solo bomb in the bottom of the third gave the Cardinals the lead again and that was the final run scored in this game.

Saez was 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rodriguez hit 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Facundo Velasquez went 1-for-4 with a double.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on eight hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Andrew Bolivar threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding two hits while striking out four.  Alan Reyes earned his second save this season, pitching a scoreless 2/3 of an inning, and giving up one walk while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed one run, none earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: at DSL Arizona Red (16-7, ARI), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – July 1, 2024

photo: Jimmy Crooks (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield C Jimmy Crooks, fell a single short of a cycle, walked, drove in two and scored twice. Other standouts include Gavin Collins, Jared Young, Quinn Mathews, Jacob Buchberger, Hunter Hayes and Chase Davis.

Results from games played on Sunday, June 30.

Memphis 8 at Gwinnett 5

The Memphis Redbirds (4-2) beat the Gwinnett Stripers (2-4, ATL) 8-5 on Sunday at Coolray Field.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein threw five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out one.

The Redbirds scored first in the first with Nick Dunn’s RBI single and Luken Baker reached on a fielders choice that scored Dunn.

Gwinnett responded in the second with an RBI single.

Jared Young and Gavin Collins went back-to-back to make the score 4-1.

Gavin Collins

The Stripers tied the score in the fifth with an RBI single and a two-RBI single.

Memphis broke open the game in the seventh with Baker’s solo bomb to right field, Collins’s two-RBI single, and Matt Koperniak reached on an error that plated Young.

Luken Baker

The home team could only earn one run back in the eighth with a solo homer to make the score 8-5.

Victor Santos earned his third win, throwing 2 2/3 innings, and yielding a run on three hits while striking out three.  Ryan Loutos received his eighth save, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out two.  Memphis allowed five runs on 10 hits while walking four and striking out six.

Jared Young

Young went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, two walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Collins went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  Baker was 2-for-5 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled eight runs on 13 hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

The Memphis Redbirds won four of the six games in their road series against the Gwinnett Stripers.  The Redbirds will go home to face the Nashville Sounds (3-3, MIL) on Monday.

Monday’s game: vs. Nashville, LHP Packy Naughton (0-1, 3.38) vs. RHP Evan McKendry 7:05 CT.

Springfield 8, Arkansas 2

The Springfield Cardinals (2-4) defeated the Arkansas Travelers (4-2, SEA) 8-2 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, none earned, on one hit while walking three and striking out three.

Quinn Mathews

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Jimmy Crooks’ RBI triple and Jacob Buchberger’s RBI double.

Jimmy Crooks

The Travelers cut the deficit to one with an RBI single in the fifth and an RBI single in the top of the sixth, tying the game at two apiece.

Crooks and Buchberger went back-to-back in the bottom of the sixth as Springfield took a 4-2 lead.

Jacob Buchberger

Springfield broke open the game in the eighth with Chandler Redmond’s RBI forceout, Dakota Harris’ RBI single, a wild pitch that allowed Redmond to score, and Matt Lloyd’s RBI forceout.

Crooks went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, a home run, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Buchberger went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Harris was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 10 hits while walking six and striking out six.

Ryan Shreve earned his sixth win, throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and giving up three hits while walking one and striking out one.  Jack Ralston earned his first save, throwing two scoreless innings while striking out one.  Springfield allowed two runs, none earned, on four hits while walking four and striking out five.

The Springfield Cardinals only won two of the six games in their series against the Arkansas Travelers.  On Monday, the Cardinals will continue playing at the NW Arkansas Naturals (4-2, KCR).

Monday’s game: at NW Arkansas, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-5, 7.07) vs. Tyson Guerrero LHP (1-4, 5.64) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 1, Quad Cities 4

The Peoria Chiefs (3-6) fell to the Quad Cities River Bandits (4-5, KCR) 4-1 on Monday at Dozer Park.  Starter Inohan Paniagua took his fifth loss this season, throwing five innings, and allowing two runs on five hits while walking five and striking out three.

The River Bandits struck first in the first with two RBI singles.Quad Cities extended their lead to 4-0 in the top of the seventh with a two-RBI triple.

The Chiefs finally put a run on the board in the bottom of the seventh with Darlin Moquete’s RBI single.

Darlin Moquete

Chris Rotondo went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Osvaldo Tovalin went 2-for-4.  Moquete was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled one run on seven hits with 11 strikeouts.

Tyler Bradt threw two innings, yielding two runs on two hits while walking one and striking out four.  Roy Garcia pitched two scoreless innings, giving up one hit while striking out one.  Peoria allowed four runs on eight hits while walking six and striking out eight.

The Peoria Chiefs dropped four of the six games in their home series against the Quad Cities River Bandits.  They will continue playing on Monday at the South Bend Cubs (4-5, CHC).

Monday’s game: at South Bend, LHP Pete Hansen (1-6, 4.52) vs. Erian Rodriguez (0-1, 4.00) 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 1, St. Lucie 5

The Palm Beach Cardinals (4-4) were defeated by the St. Lucie Mets (3-6, NYM) 5-1 on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Hunter Kublick took his first loss this season, throwing two-plus innings, and allowing five runs on three hits while walking four and striking out four.

The Mets chased Kublick in the third with a bases-loaded walk, a two-RBI single, an RBI double, and a sacrifice fly.

Chase Davis

The Cardinals scored in the fourth with Chase Davis’s solo shot to right field to close the gap to 5-1.

Davis went 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Johnfrank Salazar tallied the only other hit, a single.  The Cardinals totaled one run on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts.

Hunter Hayes

Out of the pen, Hunter Hayes pitched five scoreless innings, yielding one hit while striking out three.  Angel Cuenca threw one scoreless inning, allowing one walk.  Ettore Giulianelli pitched one scoreless inning, giving up one walk while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed five runs on four hits while walking six and striking out nine.

The Palm Beach Cardinals split their series with the St. Lucie Mets, winning three games apiece.  Palm Beach will start a road series on Monday at the Jupiter Hammerheads (5-4, MIA).

Monday’s game: at Jupiter, RHP Jason Savacool (1-3, 4.76) vs. TBD 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals – Off Sundays

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (15-24) are off Sundays.  They will continue playing on Monday against the FCL Astros (19-19, HOU).

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Astros, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – Off Sundays

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (9-11) are off Sundays.  They will continue playing on Monday against the DSL Giants Black (16-4, SFG).

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Giants Black, RHP Jefferson Moran (2-0, 1.59) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 30, 2024

photo: Chen-Wei Lin (Palm Beach Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-4 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach starter Chen-Wei Lin, allowed one run in five innings on three hits and no walks with seven strikeouts. Other standouts include Nick Dunn, Graysen Tarlow, Kade Kretzschmar, Benjamin Arias and Ronny Oliver.

Results from games played on Saturday, June 29.

Memphis 4 at Gwinnett 5

The Memphis Redbirds (3-2) bullpen blew a late lead to lose 3-2 to the Gwinnett Stripers (2-3, ATL) on Saturday at Coolray Field.  In his second Triple-A start, Ian Bedell threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking six and striking out four.

Bedell had a rough first inning, allowing a leadoff homer to left field on a 2-0 count.

The Redbirds scored two to take the lead in the second with RBI singles from Arquímedes Gamboa and Victor Scott II.

Victor Scott

The Stripers tied the game in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI double.

Nick Dunn’s two-run blast in the seventh briefly gave Memphis a two-run lead.

Nick Dunn

Conner Thomas relieved Bedell in the fifth, and in the eighth, the lefty yielded an RBI single. Chris Roycroft took the mound in the ninth and gave up a walk-off two-run double.

Thomas threw 3 1/3 innings, yielding one run on four hits while striking out one.  Roycroft took his first loss this season, throwing 1/3 of an inning, and giving up two runs on two hits while walking two and striking out one.  Memphis allowed five runs on 10 hits while walking eight and striking out six.

Dunn went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Jared Young hit 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Gamboa was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled four runs on 11 hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Gwinnett, RHP Adam Kloffenstein (4-5, 4.32) vs. LHP Allan Winans (4-3, 2.88) 12:05 CT.

Springfield 2, Arkansas 7

The Springfield Cardinals (1-4) were crushed by the Arkansas Travelers (4-1, SEA) 7-2 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Alex Cornwell took his second loss this season, throwing just 2/3 of an inning, and allowing five runs on four hits while walking one and striking out one.

Arkansas struck quickly in the first with a two-RBI double, an RBI double, and another two-RBI double.

The Cardinals earned one back in the sixth with rehabbing St. Louis outfielder Lars Nootbaar’s solo longball to right field.

Lars Nootbaar

Springfield added one more in the seventh with Mike Antico’s RBI single.

The Travelers took those two runs back in the eighth with back-to-back solo homers against Andrew Marrero to make the score 7-2.

Benito Garcia threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three.  Marrero tossed two innings, yielding two runs on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Matt Svanson took the ninth, giving up two hits while striking out one.  Springfield allowed seven runs on nine hits while walking three and striking out six.

Nootbaar was 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Antico went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  R.J. Yeager was 1-for-4 with a double.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on nine hits with three walks and six strikeouts while hitting 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranding nine men on base.

Sunday’s game: vs. Arkansas, LHP Quinn Mathews (0-0) vs. Juan Mercedes (3-3, 2.80) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 2, Quad Cities 11

The Peoria Chiefs (3-5) were trampled by the Quad Cities River Bandits (4-4, KCR) 11-2 on Saturday at Dozer Park.  Starter Brycen Mautz took his ninth loss this season, pitching five innings, and allowing six runs, five earned, on eight hits while walking two and striking out six.

Quad Cities struck first with an RBI single in the first.  They extended their lead with an RBI double and an RBI single in the second. The River Bandits added three more in the fifth with a two-RBI triple and an RBI single.

Gustavo Rodriguez took over the mound in the sixth, allowing an RBI single, a sacrifice fly, and another RBI single, which extended the visitors’ lead to 8-0.

The Chiefs finally got on the board in the seventh with Graysen Tarlow’s two-RBI single.

Graysen Tarlow

Zane Mills took the mound for the ninth and yielded two runs, one when second basemen Darlin Moquete made a fielding error and another on an RBI single.

Rodriguez threw three innings, giving up three runs on five hits while striking out four.  Mills pitched an inning, yielding two runs, none earned, on one hit while walking two and striking out one.  The Chiefs allowed 11 runs, eight earned, on 14 hits while walking two and striking out 11.

Tarlow was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Joshua Baez went 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Michael Curialle took three walks and scored a run.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on five hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Quad Cities, RHP Inohan Paniagua (5-4, 3.64) vs. Ben Kudrna RHP (3-4, 3.47) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 5, St. Lucie 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (4-3) beat the St. Lucie Mets (2-6, NYM) 5-1 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin earned his fifth win this season, throwing five innings, and allowing one run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Mets scored first with an RBI single in the top of the second.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom half of the inning with Brayden Jobert’s sacrifice fly and Trey Paige’s bases-loaded walk. Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single in the sixth added an insurance run for the home team. In the seventh, Palm Beach added two more runs with Sammy Hernandez’s bases-loaded walk and Jose Cordoba’s sacrifice fly.

Kade Kretzschmar

Clean up hitter Kade Kretzschmar reached base all four times up with two singles, two walks and a run scored.  Hernandez was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Cordoba was 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on seven hits with eight walks and eight strikeouts.

Benjamin Arias

Benjamin Arias earned his second save this season, pitching four scoreless innings of relief, yielding a hit and a walk while striking out five.  Palm Beach gave up one run on four hits while walking one and striking out 12.

Sunday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, RHP Hunter Kublick (1-0, 3.52) vs. Franklin Gomez LHP (2-4, 3.95) 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 7, FCL Nationals 6

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (15-24) won their first one-run game this season, defeating  the FCL Nationals (17-21, WSH) by a score of 7-6 on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Ronny Oliver threw four no-hit innings, yielding a walk while striking out five.

Ronny Oliver

Felix Taveras scored on a wild pitch in the second and Yancel Guerrero followed that up with a two-run bomb to left field to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead.

Yancel Guerrero

Taveras’ RBI groundout in the third extended the Cards’ lead to 4-0.

Samil De La Rosa

Samil De La Rosa’s two-run homer to left field made the score 6-0 in the fifth.

Yordy Herrera took over the mound in the fifth, and in the sixth, he allowed an RBI double and a two-RBI single.

Arfeni Batista’s solo shot to left in the sixth extended the Cards’ lead to 7-3.

Jovi Galvez came into the game in the eighth and yielded three runs on three wild pitches.

Victor Villanueva threw a scoreless inning to receive his first win this season.  Samuel Fabian earned his first save this season, throwing 1 1/3 innings, and yielding one hit while striking out one.  Herrera pitched two innings, giving up three runs on three hits while walking two and striking out five.  The Cardinals allowed six runs, three earned, on five hits while walking five and striking out 13.

De La Rosa went 1-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Guerrero was 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored.  Jonathan Mejia was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on eight hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

The FCL Cardinals are off Sundays.

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Astros (19-19, HOU), TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 6 at DSL White Sox 7 (10 innings)

The Dominican Cardinals (9-11) lost a close one to the DSL White Sox (5-14, CWS) in extras by a score of 7-6 on Saturday at the Chicago White Sox DR Complex.  Starter Oliver Gonzalez threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking one and striking out five.

The White Sox struck first with an RBI single in the second.

The Cardinals responded in the third when Andru Arthur came home after a balk and Yairo Padilla scored when Facundo Velasquez reached on a fielding error.

An RBI groundout in the fifth against Cards reliever Alan Reyes tied the game at two apiece.

Velasquez’ solo blast in the sixth gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead and Cristofer Lebron’s two-RBI single in the seventh extended the edge to 5-2. Juan Pablo Cabrera crossed the plate on a passed ball in the top of the ninth to add another insurance run.

Giovanni Vargas was brought in for the ninth to protect a four-run lead and close out the game, but he failed. After a two-RBI single ended his day on the mound, Guanchi Martinez gave up another two-RBI single that scored both runners inherited from Vargas.

The White Sox walked it off in the 10th with an RBI single against Martinez.

Martinez threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding one run, none earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out one to take his second loss this season.  Reiner Lopez threw a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and a walk.  Jesus Garcia pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  The Cardinals allowed seven runs, five earned, on 10 hits while walking six and striking out nine.

Padilla went 2-for-5 with a run scored.  Velasquez was 1-for-5 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Paulo Asprilla was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  Lebron plated two. The Cardinals totaled six runs on eight hits with a walk and 15 strikeouts.

The DSL Cardinals are off Sundays.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 28, 2024

photo: Michael McGreevy (Springfield Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-5 on Wednesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Memphis pitcher Michael McGreevy, who threw seven scoreless innings while striking out eight.  Other standouts include Jordan Walker, Darlin Saladin, Darlin Moquete, Kade Kretzschmar, Branneli Franco, and Luis Pino

Results for games played Thursday, June 27.

Memphis 4 at Gwinnett 0

The Memphis Redbirds (2-1) shut out the Gwinnett Stripers (1-2, ATL) 4-0 on Thursday at Coolray Field.  Starter Michael McGreevy earned his fourth win this season, throwing seven scoreless innings, and allowing three hits while striking out eight.

Michael McGreevy

The Redbirds took an early lead in the third with a two-RBI single from Jordan Walker.

Jordan Walker

Memphis extended their lead to 4-0 in the fourth with Thomas Saggese’s RBI triple and Nick Dunn’s sacrifice fly.

Thomas Saggese

Walker went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Victor Scott II was 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Saggese hit 1-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled four runs on eight hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

Jacob Bosiokovic pitched two scoreless innings, yielding a hit while striking out three.  Memphis allowed no runs on four hits while walking none and striking out 11.

Friday’s game: at Gwinnett, TBA vs. Dylan Dodd LHP (2-6, 4.80) 6:05 CT.

Springfield 2, Arkansas 7

The Springfield Cardinals (1-2) were defeated by the Arkansas Travelers (2-1, SEA) 7-2 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Trent Baker took his sixth loss this season, pitching five innings, and allowing three runs on four hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Travelers struck first in the second with an RBI single and an RBI triple.

Arkansas extended their lead in the top of the third with an RBI double.

The Cardinals responded with a Dakota Harris sacrifice fly and a Jeremy Rivas RBI forceout.

Dakota Harris

Andrew Marrero took over the mound in the ninth and allowed a run to score on a wild pitch, an RBI single, a sacrifice fly, and another RBI single to give the Travelers a 7-2 lead.

Brandon Komar threw three scoreless innings, yielding two hits while striking out three.  Marrero pitched an inning, giving up four runs on three hits while walking two.  Springfield allowed seven runs on nine hits while walking three and striking out five.

Dakota Harris was 1-for-2 with an RBI.  Luis Rodriguez went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored.  Aaron McKeithan hit 1-for-3 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Arkansas, RHP Max Rajcic (6-6, 4.95) vs. Jimmy Joyce RHP (0-3, 5.87) 7:05 CT.

Note that St. Louis outfielder Lars Nootbaar is scheduled to begin his minor league rehab with Springfield on Friday evenings.

Peoria 8, Quad Cities 3

The Peoria Chiefs (3-3) dominated the Quad Cities River Bandits (2-4, KCR) 8-3 on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Starter Darlin Saladin earned his first win in High-A baseball this season, throwing five scoreless innings, and allowing one run on three hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Darlin Saladin

The River Bandits struck first in the top of the first with an RBI single.  The Chiefs responded in the bottom of the first with a Won-Bin Cho sacrifice bunt that forced a throwing error, allowing Brody Moore to come home.

Peoria extended their lead with Michael Curialle’s two-run bomb to left-center field.

Michael Curialle

Chris Rotondo’s RBI single and Darlin Moquete’s two-run moonshot to left-center field gave the Chiefs a 6-1 lead.

Darlin Moquete

Quad Cities earned two back in the top of the eighth with an RBI double and a wild pitch from reliever Gustavo Rodriguez, allowing another runner to score.

Joshua Baez reached on a fielding error that allowed Moquete and William Sullivan to cross the plate in the bottom of the eighth.

Moquete went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and three runs scored.  Curialle was 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Leonardo Bernal hit 3-for-4 with a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled eight runs on 10 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Nathanael Heredia threw two scoreless innings, allowing a walk while striking out three.  Rodriguez pitched 2/3 of an inning, yielding two runs on three hits while walking one.  Osvaldo Berrios earned his second save this season, throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and giving up two hits and a walk.  Peoria allowed three runs on eight hits while walking five and striking out 11.

Friday’s game: vs. Quad Cities, RHP Hancel Rincon (4-4, 3.73) vs. Steven Zobac RHP (4-4, 3.75) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 3, St. Lucie 5

The Palm Beach Cardinals (3-2) lost to the St. Lucie Mets (1-5, NYM) 5-3 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Ixan Henderson took his second loss this season, pitching 5 2/3 innings, and allowing four runs, two earned, on six hits while walking one and striking out eight.

The Mets struck first in the third with a solo shot to left field and a two-RBI double.

The Cardinals brought the game to within one in the fifth with Sammy Hernandez’s RBI single and Anyelo Encarnacion’s RBI single.

Sammy Hernandez

A bases-loaded walk in the sixth gave St. Lucie a 4-2 lead and ended Henderson’s day on the mound.

Encarnacion grounded into a double play in the seventh, allowing Chase Davis to score.

Ettore Giulianelli came into the game in the eighth, and in the ninth, he yielded a solo homer to the first batter of the inning.

Angel Cuenca threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out one.  Giulianelli threw two innings, giving up one run on one hit while walking one.  Palm Beach allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits while walking two and striking out nine.

Kade Kretzschmar was 2-for-3 with two walks and a run scored.  Hernandez hit 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  Encarnacion went 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on five hits with eight walks and 14 strikeouts while stranding 11 men on base.

Friday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, TBD vs. Ernesto Mercedes RHP (0-7, 5.19) 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 10, FCL Nationals 11 (Game 1)

The FCL Cardinals (14- 23) were beaten by the FCL Nationals (16-19, WSH) 11-10 on Thursday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex.  Starter Leonel Sequera took his fifth loss this season, throwing two innings, and allowing seven runs, two earned, on four hits.

The Nationals took an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the first.

They extended their lead in the top of the second with a fielders choice and a throwing error by first basemen Miguel Vargas, a sacrifice fly, an RBI single, and a three-run longball to left field.

The Cardinals fought back in the bottom of the second with Yancel Guerrero’s two-RBI triple and Vargas’s sacrifice fly.

Yancel Guerrero

They continued to bring the game within one in the third when a double steal allowed Yaisel Ramos to steal home and a two-run blast to right field by Luis Pino made the score 7-6.

Luis Piño

Reliever Alexander Beltre yielded a bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth, giving the Nationals an extra insurance run.

The Cardinals pulled off another double steal with Luis Pino stealing home this time to make the score 8-7.

Two RBI singles in the top of the seventh gave the Nationals a 10-7 lead.

Yordalin Pena’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh and Samil De La Rosa grounding into a double play that allowed Vargas to score made it a one-run game again.

Yordalin Peña

An RBI single in the top of the ninth gave the Nationals another insurance run.

The Cardinals continued to trade runs with Pena’s RBI groundout, but they could not tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.

Pino went 1-for-3 with a homer, two walks, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Jose Suarez hit 3-for-5 with two runs scored.  Guerrero was 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled 10 runs on 10 hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.

Juan Severino threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking two and striking out two.  Antoni Cuello pitched an inning, yielding two runs on five hits while striking out one.  Omar Yanez pitched two innings, giving up one run on two hits while walking two and striking out three.  The Cardinals allowed 11 runs, six earned, on 13 hits while walking six, hitting four batters, and striking out six.

FCL Cardinals 3 at FCL Nationals 4 (Game 2, eight innings)

The FCL Cardinals (14-24) lost another one-run game to the FCL Nationals (17-19, WSH) 4-3 on Thursday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex.  Starter Nelfy Ynfante threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, none earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out three.

The Cardinals struck first in the top of the first with Jose Suarez’s RBI groundout and Felix Taveras’s RBI single.

Felix Taveras

A wild pitch from Ynfante allowed a runner to score in the bottom of the first.

An RBI single from the Nationals in the fifth tied the game at two apiece.

The Cardinals regained the lead in the sixth with Romtres Cabrera’s sacrifice fly.

Romtres Cabrera

Wilmer Ortega took over the mound in the seventh and allowed an RBI single that tied the game at three apiece.  In the eighth, he allowed a walk-off double to the first batter he faced.

Randel Clemente threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding a hit while striking out one.  Ortega took his second loss this season, pitching one inning, and giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits while striking out three.  The Cardinals allowed four runs, one earned, on eight hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Samil De La Rosa was 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Suarez hit 1-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  Taveras went 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

The FCL Cardinals are off Friday.

Saturday’s game: vs. FCL Nationals (17-19), TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 5, DSL Colorado 6

The DSL Cardinals (9-9) fell to the DSL Colorado (9-9, COL) by a score of 6-5 on Thursday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Branneli Franco threw four scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out four.

Branneli Franco

The Cardinals struck first in the fifth with Fernando Roquez’s solo shot to right-center field.

Fernando Roquez

Colorado tied it in the seventh with an RBI forceout.

Colorado took the lead with a sacrifice bunt and a throwing error from reliever Kener Perez that allowed a run to score, two RBI singles, and a two-RBI single.

A Brayan Amoroso two-RBI single and Christian Saez scoring on a fielding error on a ball hit by Cristofer Lebron brought the game to within two in the eighth.

Edward Guribe’s sacrifice fly in the ninth was not enough to catch Colorado.

Guribe hit 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Roquez went 2-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Rainiel Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a triple and scored twice.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on eight hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

Bernard Mack threw three innings, yielding a run on two hits while walking and striking out two.  Perez took his third loss this season, pitching two innings, and giving up five runs, four earned, on six hits while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed six runs, five earned, on 11 hits while walking two and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: vs. DSL Angels (11-7, LAA), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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