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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 24, 2024

Jimmy Crooks (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-2 on Sunday.  The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Springfield C Jimmy Crooks who went 3-for-5 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  Other standouts include Quinn Mathews, Luken Baker, Matt Lloyd, Sammy Hernandez, Michael Curialle, and Osvaldo Tovalin.

Results for games played Sunday, June 23.

Memphis 6, Jacksonville 7

The Memphis Redbirds (38-37) could not complete the comeback and fell to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (35-40, MIA) 7-6 on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Nick Raquet took his first loss this season, throwing 1 1/3 innings, and allowing six runs on six hits while walking one and striking out one.

The Jumbo Shrimp took an early lead in the first with a two-run shot to left-center field.

The away team added some insurance runs in the second with a solo homer, an RBI double, and a two-RBI single that ended Raquet’s day on the mound and brought in Victor Santos.

Santos allowed an RBI single in the top of the third to give Jacksonville a 7-0 lead.

Luken Baker and César Prieto hit back-to-back dingers in the bottom of the third to make the score 7-2.

César Prieto

Baker’s three-run blast to center in the fifth cut the deficit down to two.

Luken Baker

Matt Koperniak’s solo bomb in the seventh made it a one-run game, but the Redbirds could not catch the Jumbo Shrimp.

Matt Koperniak

Baker was 2-for-4 with two homers, a walk, four RBI, and a run scored.  Koperniak went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Rehabbing Willson Contreras hit 1-for-5 with a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on 11 hits with five walks and seven strikeouts while scoring all of their runs with homers.

Nick Robertson threw a scoreless inning, allowing one hit.  Kolton Ingram pitched two scoreless innings, yielding two hits and a walk while striking out two.  Ryan Loutos threw two scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Memphis allowed seven runs on 15 hits while walking and striking out three.

The Memphis Redbirds dropped four of the six games in their series with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to end the first half of the season.  The Redbirds will begin the second half of their season on Tuesday at the Gwinnett Stripers (0-0, ATL).

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

Springfield 9 at Corpus Christi 2

The Springfield Cardinals (37-32) clinched a playoff spot by winning the Texas League North Division in the first half with a 9-2 win over the Corpus Christi Hooks (26-43, HOU) on Sunday at Whataburger Field.  Starter Tink Hence threw one inning, allowing one run on two hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the top of the first with Jimmy Crooks’s RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks

The Hooks responded in the bottom of the first with an RBI single to tie the game at one apiece.

Mike Antico and Matt Lloyd went back-to-back in the top of the third to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.

Mike Antico

Corpus Christi brought the game within one with another RBI single in the bottom of the third against reliever Brandon Komar.

Lloyd’s RBI single and Crooks’s RBI single extended Springfield’s lead to 5-2 in the seventh.

Matt Lloyd

Jeremy Rivas’s RBI double, a balk that brought R.J. Yeager home, and Bryan Torres reaching on a fielders choice that scored Rivas made the score 8-2 in the eighth.

Jeremy Rivas

Crooks added one final insurance run with his solo homer to left-center to lead off the ninth.

Crooks went 3-for-5 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  Lloyd hit 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Torres was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on 10 hits with six walks and six strikeouts.

Komar earned his first win this season, throwing 3 2/3 innings, and yielding one run on three hits while walking two.  Jack Ralston pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out four.  Andrew Marrero closed the game throwing one scoreless inning.  Springfield allowed two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out six.

The Springfield Cardinals won four of the six games during their road series against the Corpus Christi Hooks to clinch a playoff spot.  The Cardinals will begin the second half of the season at home on Tuesday against the Arkansas Travelers (0-0, SEA)

Tuesday’s game: vs. Arkansas, TBD vs. Juan Mercedes RHP (3-3, 2.71) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 9 at Cedar Rapids 2

The Peoria Chiefs (1-2) dominated the Cedar Rapids Kernels (2-1, MIN) with a 9-2 win on Sunday at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews earned his third win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking three and striking out seven.

Quinn Mathews

The Kernels struck first in the first with a sacrifice fly.

The Chiefs responded in the second with Michael Curialle’s sacrifice fly and Osvaldo Tovalin’s two-RBI single.

Osvaldo Tovalin

Dakota Harris added an insurance run with his solo shot to left field in the top of the seventh.

Dakota Harris

After Mathews plunked the first batter in the bottom of the seventh, Osvaldo Berrios took the mound and later allowed a run to score on a wild pitch.

Tovalin’s two-run longball in the eighth extended the Chiefs lead to 6-2.

Curialle’s three-RBI double in the ninth gave Peoria a 9-2 lead.

Michael Curialle

Curialle went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI.  Tovalin was 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI, and a run scored.  Brody Moore hit 1-for-3 with a walk and scored three times.  The Chiefs totaled nine runs on 11 hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.

Berrios threw one scoreless inning while striking out one.  Tanner Jacobson pitched one scoreless inning, yielding one walk and striking out one.  Dionys Rodriguez threw one scoreless inning while striking out one.  Peoria allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking four and striking out 10.

The Peoria Chiefs won two of the five games in their road series against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  The Chiefs will begin a homestand against the Quad Cities River Bandits (1-2, KCR) on Tuesday.

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

Palm Beach 4 at Tampa 5 (Game 1)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (0-1) fell short in their late-inning comeback and lost 5-4 to the Tampa Tarpons (1-0, NYY) on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.  Starter Jose Davila took his fifth loss this season, throwing three innings, and allowing four runs on five hits while walking three and striking out one.

The Tarpons struck first in the second with an RBI forceout.

They extended their lead with an RBI single in the fourth, knocking Davila out of the game and bringing in Augusto Calderon who yielded a two-RBI single that made it 4-0.

Tampa added one final insurance run in the seventh with an RBI single against reliever Ettore Giulianelli.

The Cardinals finally started putting some runs on the board in the ninth with Chase Davis’s sacrifice fly and Johnfrank Salazar’s three-run bomb to left field, but it was not enough to complete the rally.

Johnfrank Salazar

Davis was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and an RBI.  Salazar hit 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Anyelo Encarnacion and Jose Cordoba each had one hit.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on four hits with four walks and 14 strikeouts.

Calderon threw three scoreless innings, yielding two hits while striking out four.  Giulianelli pitched two innings, giving up one run on one hit while walking one and striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed five runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Palm Beach 13 at Tampa 11 (7 innings, Game 2)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (1-1) held on to split the doubleheader against the Tampa Tarpons (1-1, NYY) with a 13-11 win on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin threw four innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking four and striking out three.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the first with Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single.

Miguel Villarroel

Tampa tied it in the second with a bases-loaded walk.

Ross Friedrick gave the Cardinals the lead in the fourth with his three-run moonshot to right-center field.

Ross Friedrick

Palm Beach added some insurance runs in the fifth with Kade Kretzschmar’s bases-loaded walk, Sammy Hernandez’s RBI groundout, and Anyelo Encarnacion’s two-RBI double.

Anyelo Encarnacion

Kretzschmar’s bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth was followed by Hernandez’s grand slam to give the Cardinals a 13-1 lead.

Sammy Hernandez

The Tarpons started to fight back with a solo homer, a two-RBI double, and an RBI groundout against reliever Luis Gastelum in the bottom of the sixth.

Angel Cuenca replaced Gastelum in the sixth, and in the seventh, he allowed two runs to score on shortstop Villarroel’s fielding error which ended Cuenca’s day and brought in Henry Gomez.  Gomez yielded an RBI single, two runs on a fielding error by third basemen Trey Paige, and an RBI single.

Gastelum earned his fifth win this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, and allowing four runs on five hits while walking one and striking out two.  Cuenca yielded four runs, none earned, on one hit while walking one and striking out one in the inning he pitched.  Gomez threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up two runs, none earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed 11 runs, five earned, on 12 hits while walking seven and striking out seven.

Hernandez was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, five RBI, and two runs scored.  Friedrick hit 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Encarnacion went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled 13 runs on 10 hits with six walks and nine strikeouts.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won three of their five games against the Tampa Tarpons and they won six of the 11 games they played in their two-week-long road trip.  The Cardinals will start a homestand against the St. Lucie Mets (0-3, NYM) on Tuesday.

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

FCL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (13-21) are off Sundays.  They will retake the field on Monday against the FCL Astros (16-17, HOU).

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Astros, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (7-7) are off Sundays.  They will continue playing on Monday at the DSL Twins (7-8, MIN).

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Twins, TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 23, 2024

Matt Lloyd (Baseball Canada)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-3 on Saturday. The Palm Beach game originally scheduled for Friday, June 21 has been postponed and the game originally scheduled for Saturday, June 22 has been canceled. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Springfield 1B Matt Lloyd, who hit 2-for-3 with two walks, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Other standouts include Nick Dunn, Ian Bedell, Alex Cornwell, Dakota Harris, Jonathan Mejia, and Rainiel Rodriguez.

Results for games played Saturday, June 22.

Memphis 1, Jacksonville 3

The Memphis Redbirds (38-36) fell to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (34-40, MIA) 3-1 on Saturday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Ian Bedell threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking two and striking out three in his Triple-A debut.

Ian Bedell

The Jumbo Shrimp struck first in the second with a solo home run to left-center field.

The Redbirds tied the game in the fifth with Nick Dunn’s solo moonshot to right field.

Nick Dunn

Packy Naughton replaced Bedell in the sixth, and in the seventh, he allowed a fielder’s choice that allowed a run to score and a sacrifice fly.

Naughton took his first loss this season, throwing two innings, and yielding two runs on two hits while striking out one.  Chris Roycroft threw two scoreless innings, giving up a walk while striking out one.  Memphis allowed three runs on six hits while walking three and striking out five.

Dunn went 2-for- 4 with a homer, a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Matt Koperniak was 3-for-4 with a double.  Victor Scott II hit 1-for-4 with a walk.  The Redbirds totaled one run on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts while hitting 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position and stranding 10 men on base.

Sunday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, LHP Nick Raquet (0-3, 4.84) vs. Valente Bellozo RHP (1-2, 5.66) 1:05 CT.

Springfield 5 at Corpus Christi 0

The Springfield Cardinals (36-32) shut out the Corpus Christi Hooks (26-42, HOU) on Saturday at Whataburger Field.  Starter Alex Cornwell earned his fourth win this season, throwing six scoreless innings, and allowing five hits and a walk while striking out seven.

Alex Cornwell

Matt Lloyd’s RBI double and Jacob Buchberger’s RBI double in the fourth gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

Matt Lloyd

The Cardinals extended their lead in the fifth when Nathan Church grounded into a double play that allowed Jeremy Rivas to score.

Springfield added two insurance runs in the ninth on Lloyd’s two-run bomb to right-center field.

Lloyd went 2-for-3 with a homer, a double, two walks, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Buchberger was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and an RBI.  Rivas hit 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on seven hits with 11 walks and six strikeouts.  Every Springfield hitter reached safely at least once during Saturday’s game.

Ryan Shreve threw two scoreless innings, yielding a hit while striking out three.  Matt Svanson threw a scoreless inning, giving up no hits or walks while striking out one.  Springfield allowed no runs on six hits while walking one and striking out 11.

Sunday’s game: at Corpus Christi, TBD vs. Tyler Guilfoil RHP (3-6, 3.92) 5:05 CT.

Peoria 4 at Cedar Rapids 6

The Peoria Chiefs (0-2) were defeated by the Cedar Rapids Kernels (2-0, MIN) on Saturday at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Starter Brycen Mautz took his eighth loss this season, throwing 4 1/3 innings, and allowing five runs on six hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Chiefs took an early lead with Dakota Harris’s RBI single and Brody Moore’s RBI double.

Dakota Harris

The Kernels earned one back with a solo shot in the second.

Cedar Rapids took the lead in the third with a two-run homer.

An RBI double and an RBI single extended their lead to 5-2 in the fifth.

Gustavo Rodriguez took over the mound in the fifth, and in the seventh, he allowed an RBI single that extended the Kernels’s lead to 6-2.

Peoria attempted to fight back with William Sullivan’s RBI single and Joshua Baez’s RBI single, but they fell short with a 6-4 loss.

Harris was 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Moore hit 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Sullivan went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on nine hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts.

Rodriguez threw 2 2/3 innings, yielding one run, none earned, on three hits while striking out one.  Roy Garcia threw a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and three walks.  Peoria allowed six runs, five earned, on nine hits while walking four and striking out five.

Sunday’s game: at Cedar Rapids, LHP Quinn Mathews (2-1, 2.87) vs. John Klein RHP (4-1, 4.66) 1:05 CT.

Palm Beach at Tampa (canceled)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (0-0) matchup with the Tampa Tarpons (0-0, NYY) was canceled on Saturday due to rain.  Today’s game will not be made up, but the postponed game from Friday will be continued on Sunday as part of a doubleheader.

 

Sunday’s games: at Tampa, RHP Jose Davila (2-4, 4.83) vs. Luis Serna (2-3, 4.31) 11:00 CT (Game 1).  at Tampa, TBD vs. TBD (Game 2).

FCL Cardinals 3, FCL Marlins 10

The FCL Cardinals (13-21) were decimated by the FCL Marlins (24-9, MIA) by a score of 10-3 on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Ronny Oliver took his third loss this season, throwing 1/3 of an inning, and allowing four runs on three hits while walking three.

The Marlins took an early lead in the first with an RBI double, a double steal of second and home, a bases-loaded walk, and a wild pitch that allowed another runner to come home.

Alexander Beltre took over the mound in the third, and in the fourth, he allowed a two-RBI single to extend the Marlins’s lead to 6-0.

The Cardinals earned one back in the sixth with Jonathan Mejia’s RBI single.

Jonathan Mejia

Omar Yanes pitched the top of the eighth and yielded an RBI double.

A wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth allowed Mejia to cross the plate and Luis Pino’s RBI double cut the deficit down to four.

Juan Severino replaced Yanes in the ninth and gave up two RBI singles and an RBI groundout.

Randel Clemente threw two scoreless innings while striking out four.  Wilmer Ortega pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out two.  Samuel Fabian threw one scoreless inning and gave up two hits and one walk while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed 10 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits while walking 10 and striking out 12.

Mejia went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Pino was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Felix Taveras hit 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on nine hits with four walks and 12 strikeouts.

The FCL Cardinals are off on Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Astros (16-17, HOU), TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 2, DSL Giants Black 1

The DSL Cardinals (7-7) narrowly beat the DSL Giants Black (12-3, SFG) 2-1 on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Gabriel Chinchilla threw four innings, allowing three hits while walking one and striking out three.

Gabriel Chinchilla

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Rainiel Rodriguez’s RBI groundout that plated Yairo Padilla.

Rainiel Rodriguez

Bracewell Taveras extended the lead in the sixth with an RBI single.

Oliver Gonzalez replaced Chinchilla in the fifth, and in the seventh, he allowed two singles before being replaced by Giovanni Vargas who allowed an RBI groundout.

Gonzalez earned his first win this season, throwing 2 1/3 innings, and yielding one run on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Taveras earned his first save this season, pitching a scoreless 2/3 of an inning, and giving up one hit.  The Cardinals allowed one run on six hits while walking two and striking out five.

Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  Padilla hit 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch and a run scored.  Taveras went 1-for-3 with an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

The DSL Cardinals are off on Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. DSL Twins (7-8, MIN), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 21, 2024

photo: Cooper Hjerpe (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 5-2 on Thursday as Palm Beach won its first half title. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Cooper Hjerpe, tossed the first five innings of Springfield’s first-ever no-hitter. Other standouts include Jordan Walker, Jacob Buchberger, Ixan Henderson, Kade Kretzschmar, Jose Suarez and Bracewell Taveras.

Results from games played on Thursday, June 20.

Memphis 5, Jacksonville 2

On Thursday, the Memphis Redbirds (38-34) defeated the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (32-40, MIA) 5-2 at AutoZone Park.  Starter Zach Thompson threw five-plus innings, allowing two runs on three hits while walking three and striking out five.

The Redbirds struck first with Jordan Walker’s two-run bomb in the second.

Jordan Walker

The Jumbo Shrimp tied the game in the top of the sixth with a two-RBI single.

Memphis regained and extended the lead in the home sixth with RBI singles from Jared Young, Moisés Gómez and Gavin Collins.

Walker went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Rehabbing Willson Contreras was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Young hit 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on 11 hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

Four relievers tossed one scoreless frame each to close out the win. Connor Thomas earned his third win this season, despite giving up three hits.  Jacob Bosiokovic threw one hitless inning.  Andre Granillo threw one hitless inning, yielding one walk while striking out one.  Ryan Loutos earned his sixth save this season while striking out one in the ninth.  Memphis allowed two runs on six hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Friday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, RHP Michael McGreevy (3-7, 5.11) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Springfield 5 at Corpus Christi 0 (Game 1, 7 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (34-31) no-hit the Corpus Christi Hooks (25-40, HOU) to win 5-0 on Thursday at Whataburger Field.  Starter Cooper Hjerpe earned his first Double-A win, throwing five innings, allowing one walk while striking out six.

Cooper Hjerpe

The Cardinals took the lead in the second with Chandler Redmond’s sacrifice fly and a wild pitch that allowed Nathan Church to come home.

Church was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the third and R.J. Yeager’s sacrifice fly extended Springfield’s lead to 4-0. Jeremy Rivas reached on an error in the sixth that scored Yeager for one more insurance run.

Church went 2-for-2 with a hit-by-pitch, an RBI, and a run scored.  Matt Lloyd was 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, and a run scored.  Mike Antico was 1-for-4 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on four hits with seven walks and four strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero completed the no-hitter with two perfect innings while striking out three.  Springfield allowed no runs, no hits, and one walk while striking out nine in their first no-hitter in team history.

Springfield 4 at Corpus Christi 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)

On Thursday at Whataburger Field, the Springfield Cardinals (35-31) swept the doubleheader against the Corpus Christi Hooks (25-41, HOU) with a 4-2 win in Game 2.  Starter Trent Baker threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out four.

Mike Antico’s sacrifice fly in the top of the first gave the Cardinals an early lead.

The Hooks responded with an RBI single and an RBI double to take a one-run lead.

Ramon Mendoza’s sacrifice fly in the fourth tied the game at two apiece. Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single in the fifth gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.

Jacob Buchberger

Aaron McKeithan added an insurance run with his RBI single in the sixth.

Aaron McKeithan

Buchberger went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Mendoza was 1-for-2 with an RBI.  McKeithan was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts.

Ryan Shreve earned his fifth win this season, throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out two.  Matt Svanson picked up save no. 10, pitching a scoreless inning, while giving up a walk while striking out one.  Springfield allowed two runs on five hits while walking four and striking out seven.

With the twin-bill sweep, the S-Cards broke their eight-game losing streak. Springfield is 1 ½ games behind Arkansas (SEA) in the final week of the first half division race.

Friday’s game: at Corpus Christi, RHP Max Rajcic (6-5, 4.91) vs. Miguel Ullola RHP (3-3, 4.67) 7:05 CT.

Peoria at Cedar Rapids – Canceled

Thursday’s matchup between the Peoria Chiefs (26-39) and the Cedar Rapids Kernels (37-27, MIN) was canceled due to wet grounds.  It was the final game of the first half with the Chiefs finishing in sixth/last place, 15 ½ games behind division winner Wisconsin (MIL).

The Chiefs will continue their series on Friday in Cedar Rapids with a reset 0-0 record to open the second half.

Friday’s game: at Cedar Rapids, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-7, 5.72) vs. Jordan Carr LHP (2-1, 4.81) 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 5 at Tampa 2

In the final game of the first half, the Palm Beach Cardinals (37-29) clinched the divisional playoff spot by defeating the Tampa Tarpons (24-42, NYY) by a 5-2 score on Thursday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw 6 2/3 innings, earning his fourth win this season, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits while walking two and striking out four.

Ixan Henderson

Tampa struck first with a two-RBI single in the first, but the Cardinals cut the deficit in half with Anyelo Encarnacion’s RBI single in the second.

Kade Kretzschmar’s RBI single and Johnfrank Salazar’s bases-loaded walk gave Palm Beach the lead in the fifth. In the ninth, the Beach Birds added two insurance runs with Kretzschmar’s bases-loaded walk and Miguel Villarroel’s RBI forceout.

Kade Kretzschmar

Travis Honeyman went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  Kretzschmar was 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Salazar was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on six hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Henry Gomez earned his second save this season, pitching 2 1/3 innings while yielding one hit.  Palm Beach allowed two runs, one earned, on six hits while walking two and striking out four.

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

FCL Cardinals 8, FCL Astros 2 (Game 1, 7 innings)

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (13-19) came back to beat the FCL Astros (15-15, HOU) 8-2 in the first game of their doubleheader on Thursday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Nelfy Ynfante earned his fourth win this season, throwing five innings, and yielding two runs on four hits while striking out seven.

The Astros took an early lead in the first with an RBI groundout and extended their lead in the top of the second when a runner stole home.

Raul Guzman’s two-RBI double in the bottom of the second tied the game at two apiece.

The Cardinals broke the game open in the fifth with Jose Suarez’s two-RBI double, Luis Pino’s RBI double, Yancel Guerrero’s sacrifice fly, a wild pitch that allowed Felix Taveras to come home, and Jonathan Mejia’s RBI double.

José Suarez

Pino was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Mejia went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Suarez was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on eight hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts.

Miguel Martinez threw two scoreless innings, striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed two runs on four hits while walking none and striking out eight.

FCL Cardinals 0, FCL Astros 1 (Game 2, 7 innings)

The FCL Cardinals (13-20) were shut out 1-0 by the FCL Astros (16-15, HOU) on Thursday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Juan Severino took his first loss this season, throwing two innings, and allowing one run on two hits while walking one and striking out two.

A solo shot to right field that led off the second inning for the Astros gave them the lead.

Yordy Herrera threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while striking out four.  Victor Villanueva pitched a scoreless inning without giving up a hit.  Antoni Cuello threw 1 2/3 innings, yielding two hits and two walks while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed one run on five hits while walking three and striking out eight.

Luis Pino doubled and walked.  Arfeni Batista, Jonathan Mejia, and Justin Guerrero each tallied one hit in the second game.  The Cardinals totaled four hits with four walks and eight strikeouts, hitting 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranding eight men on base.

FCL Cardinals – Off Friday

Saturday’s game: vs. FCL Marlins (22-9, MIA), TBD vs. TBD 9:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 5 at DSL Nationals 6

The Dominican Cardinals (5-7) fell to the Nationals (5-7, WSH) 6-5 on Thursday at the Washington Nationals DR Complex.  Starter Andrew Bolivar threw three innings, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out five.

The Nationals struck first in the second with an RBI double, an RBI single, and a two-run homer to left field.

The Cardinals came back in the third with Andru Arthur’s RBI single and Bracewell Taveras’s two-RBI single.

Bracewell Taveras

Yaxson Lucena’s RBI double and Arthur’s bases-loaded walk gave the Cardinals the lead.

Reliever Guanchi Martinez took over the mound in the eighth and allowed an RBI triple and an RBI single to put the Nationals up, 6-5.

Alan Reyes threw three scoreless innings, allowing a walk while striking out two.  Justin Hernandez pitched a scoreless inning, yielding two walks while striking out three.  Martinez took his first loss this season, throwing an inning, and giving up two runs on three hits.  The Cardinals allowed six runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out 10.

Taveras was 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored.  Arthur went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBI.  Facundo Velasquez doubled, drew two walks, and scored.

On Thursday, the final active DSL Cards position player finally appeared in game action. In his professional debut. As the DH, 17-year-old Cuban Christian Saez went 0-for-1 with three walks. As a team, the Cardinals totaled five runs on 11 hits with 10 walks and six strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at DSL Giants Black (12-1, SFG), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 17, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Sunday, including two wins in extras. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach C Sammy Hernandez, drove in four including the tying and winning runs. Other standouts include Adam Kloffenstein, Nick Dunn, Bryan Torres, Quinn Mathews, Chris Rotondo, Roy Garcia, Jason Savacool and Travis Honeyman.

Results from games played on Sunday, June 10.

Memphis 6 at Norfolk 1

The Memphis Redbirds (36-33) beat the Norfolk Tides (35-34, BAL) 6-1 on Sunday at Harbor Park.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein earned his fourth win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing one run on seven hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Adam Kloffenstein

The Redbirds struck first with Nick Dunn’s sacrifice fly in the third inning.

Thomas Saggese’s RBI single, Alfonso Rivas III’s RBI double, Dunn’s RBI single, and Victor Scott II’s RBI single gave the Redbirds a 5-0 lead in the fourth.

Nick Dunn

The Tides earned one run back with a solo shot to lead off the sixth inning.

Memphis earned an insurance run in the ninth with Dunn’s RBI triple.

Dunn went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI.  Rivas III was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, an RBI, and three runs scored.  Saggese hit 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on nine hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.

Andre Granillo threw two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and two walks while striking out three.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched one scoreless inning, yielding a hit and a walk while striking out three.  Memphis gave up one run on nine hits while walking four and striking out 13.

The Memphis Redbirds split their week-long series against the Norfolk Tides.  The Redbirds will begin a homestand against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (31-38, MIA) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, TBD vs. TBD 12:05 CT.

Springfield 7, NW Arkansas 14

The Springfield Cardinals (33-30) were obliterated by the NW Arkansas Naturals (31-32, KCR) 14-7 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  In his rehab assignment, Steven Matz threw three scoreless innings while allowing no hits and striking out five.

Steven Matz

Springfield opened scoring in the first with Jimmy Crooks’s RBI double.

Jimmy Crooks

A wild pitch in the second allowed Bryan Torres to come home and give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

Benito Garcia took over the mound in the fourth and allowed a two-RBI single, an RBI double, and an RBI single before being replaced by Alex Cornwell.

Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single and Torres’ sacrifice fly tied the game at four apiece.

Bryan Torres

Cornwell allowed runners to score on a wild pitch and an RBI forceout in the sixth.  Ryan Shreve took over on the mound with two away and yielded an RBI single. Shreve allowed an RBI double and an RBI single in the seventh.

The Cardinals attempted to close the gap in the eighth with Jeremy Rivas’s two-RBI single and a wild pitch that allowed Chandler Redmond to score. Springfield was down 9-7.

Matt Svanson took the mound in the ninth and allowed two solo homers, an RBI single, and a two-RBI single to make the score 14-7.

Leonardo Taveras threw one scoreless inning, allowing one hit and a walk while striking out one.  Alex Cornwell took his first Double-A loss this season, pitching 2 1/3 innings, and yielding three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out four.  Springfield allowed 14 runs, 11 earned, on 20 hits while walking four and striking out 14.

Rivas went 2-for-3 with two RBI.  Torres was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Crooks was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 12 hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.

The Springfield Cardinals were swept in their homestand against the NW Arkansas Naturals and have lost seven in a row, seriously damaging their first half title hopes.  Now 1 ½ games out of first, the Cards begin the final series of the half at the Corpus Christi Hooks (24-39, HOU) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Corpus Christi, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-3, 5.91) vs RHP Tyler Guilfoil (3-6, 4.07) 6:35 CT.

Peoria 6, South Bend 5 (11 innings)

The Peoria Chiefs (25-38) won a close contest over the South Bend Cubs (27-36, CHI) in 11 innings 6-5 on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Quinn Mathews threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out 11.

Quinn Mathews

The Cubs struck first in the first with an RBI single and an RBI forceout.

The Chiefs earned one back when a wild pitch allowed Alex Iadisernia to score.

Zach Levenson’s sacrifice fly tied the game at two apiece in the fifth.

Zach Levenson

South Bend regained the lead with a solo homer in the top of the seventh.

Peoria took the lead in the bottom half of the inning with Chris Rotondo’s three-run blast to center field.

Chris Rotondo

Gustavo Rodriguez took over the mound for the final out in the seventh and in the eighth, he allowed an RBI triple and a run to score on a wild pitch to tie the game at five apiece.

In the 11th, a balk walked it off for the Chiefs.

Rotondo was 1-for-5 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  Iadisernia was 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored.  Levenson went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Peoria totaled six runs on six hits with six walks and 12 strikeouts.

Roy Garcia

Rodriguez threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on two hits while walking and striking out one.  Roy Garcia earned his second win this season, pitching three scoreless innings, and yielding one hit while striking out five.  Peoria allowed five runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out 17.

The Peoria Chiefs won five of the six games in their homestand against the South Bend Cubs.  The Chiefs will begin a road trip at the Cedar Rapids Kernels (36-26, MIN) on Tuesday.

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

Palm Beach 6 at Daytona 4 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (35-28) defeated the Daytona Tortugas (30-33, CIN) 6-4 in extra innings on Sunday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.  Starter Jason Savacool threw five innings, allowing one run, none earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Jason Savacool

The Tortugas struck first with a little league home run in the first when center fielder Lizandro Espinoza committed a fielding error.

The Cardinals tied it with Chase Davis’s RBI single in the fourth and took the lead when a wild pitch allowed Davis to come home in the top of the seventh.

Daytona regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning when two runs came home on a forceout after first baseman Johnfrank Salazar committed a fielding error.

Sammy Hernandez’s RBI forceout in the eighth tied the game and sent it into extras.

Hernandez’s three-RBI double in the top of the 10th gave the Cardinals a 6-3 lead.

Sammy Hernandez

In the bottom of the 10th, the only offense the Tortugas could generate was an RBI single which was not enough to defeat Palm Beach.

Hunter Kublick threw two innings, yielding two runs, one earned, on one hit while walking three and striking out one.  Luis Gastelum earned his fourth win this season, throwing two hitless innings while striking out four.  Zack Showalter threw a scoreless inning to earn his sixth save this season, giving up one run, none earned, on one hit while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed four runs, one earned on five hits while walking five and striking out 14.

Travis Honeyman

Hernandez doubled, walked, and had four RBI.  Davis went 1-for-2 with three walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Travis Honeyman was 3-for-5 with three doubles and three runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on seven hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.

The Palm Beach Cardinals split their series with the Daytona Tortugas and remain one game behind Jupiter in the Florida State League East.  On Tuesday, the Cardinals will continue their road trip against the Tampa Tarpons (23-40, NYY).

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

FCL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (12-17) are off Sundays.  They will retake the field on Monday against the FCL Mets (12-17, NYM).

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Mets, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – off Sunday

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 16, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-4 on Saturday with three losses by one run. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach OF Chase Davis, homered, walked three times, drove in two and scored twice. Other standouts include Jordan Walker, Matt Lloyd, Tyler Bradt, Chen-Wei Lin, Paulo Asprilla and Juan Pablo Cabrera.

Results from games played on Saturday, June 15.

Memphis 2 at Norfolk 6

The Memphis Redbirds (35-33) were defeated by the Norfolk Tides (35-33, BAL) 6-2 on Saturday at Harbor Park.  Starter Michael McGreevy took his seventh loss this season after throwing four innings and allowing three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out seven.

The Tides took the quick lead in the first with a two-run bomb.

The Redbirds tied it in the top of the third with Matt Koperniak’s RBI forceout and Jordan Walker’s RBI single.

Jordan Walker

Norfolk regained the lead in the bottom of the third with an RBI single.

An RBI double and a throwing error by third baseman Jared Young that allowed a runner to score against Packy Naughton made the score 5-2 in the fifth. The home team added one final insurance run with a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh against Connor Thomas.

Naughton threw one inning, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits while striking out two.  Nick Raquet threw a scoreless inning, yielding a hit while striking out two. Thomas pitched two innings, giving up one run on three hits while walking one.  Memphis allowed six runs, five earned, on 11 hits while walking three and striking out 11.

Walker was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk.  Nick Dunn went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  César Prieto doubled.  The Redbirds totaled two runs on six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts while hitting 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and stranding eight men on base.

Sunday’s game: at Norfolk, RHP Adam Kloffenstein (3-4, 4.18) vs. Dean Kremer RHP 12:05 CT.

Springfield 5, NW Arkansas 6

The Springfield Cardinals (33-29) were defeated by the NW Arkansas Naturals (30-32, KCR) on Saturday at Hammons Field. The Cards are 1 1/2 games behind Arkansas in the first half race with four games remaining.

Starter Ian Bedell threw five plus innings, allowing four runs, two earned, on four hits while striking out seven.

The Cardinals struck first with a Jeremy Rivas RBI single in the second.

The Naturals responded in the top of the third with a two-run longball to right field.

Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single in the bottom of the third tied the game at two apiece. Matt Lloyd’s two-run moonshot in the fifth made the score 4-2.

Matt Lloyd

The game got away from the Cardinals in the sixth. Leonardo Taveras took over the mound after Bedell allowed the first two batters to reach.  Taveras allowed an RBI single and a bases-loaded walk before being replaced by Jack Ralston who yielded a two-RBI single.

Springfield earned one run back with Chandler Redmond’s sacrifice fly, but they could not catch NW Arkansas.

Lloyd hit 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Buchberger was 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on nine hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.

Taveras took his second loss this season, throwing 2/3 of an inning, and allowing two runs on a hit while walking two and striking out two.  Ralston threw a scoreless 1 1/3 innings, yielding one hit and one walk while striking out two.  Andrew Marrero pitched two scoreless innings, giving up one hit while striking out two.  Springfield allowed six runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking three and striking out 13.

Sunday’s game: vs. NW Arkansas, RHP Tink Hence (4-2, 3.19) vs. Ryan Brady RHP (2-2, 2.89) 1:05 CT.

Peoria 3, South Bend 4

The Peoria Chiefs (24-38) fell to the South Bend Cubs (27-35, CHI) 4-3 on Saturday at Dozer Park.  Starter Brycen Mautz allowed three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings while walking one and striking out four.

The Chiefs struck first with Brody Moore’s RBI single in the first.

Brody Moore

The Cubs responded in the fifth with a solo homer and two RBI singles.

Joshua Baez came back with a solo bomb of his own in the bottom of the fifth.

Joshua Baez

A passed ball in the seventh allowed William Sullivan to come home and tie the game at three apiece.

William Sullivan

Relief pitcher Tanner Jacobson took over in the eighth and allowed a solo home run to the first batter he faced for the final margin.

Tyler Bradt

Tyler Bradt threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Jacobson took his fourth loss this season, pitching two innings, and giving up a run on two hits while striking out two.  Peoria allowed four runs on 10 hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Baez hit a home run and walked.  Moore had a single, a walk and an RBI.  Won-Bin Cho tripled and scored.  The Chiefs totaled three runs on seven hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts while hitting 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranding nine men on base.

Sunday’s game: vs. South Bend, LHP Quinn Mathews (1-1, 3.24) vs. Tyler Schlaffer RHP (0-1, 6.17) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 7 at Daytona 2

On Saturday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (34-28) prevailed over the Daytona Tortugas (30-32, CIN) 7-2 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The Beach Birds remain a 1/2 game behind Jupiter in the first half division race with four games remaining.

Starter Chen-Wei Lin earned his fourth win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out five.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals took an early lead in the top of the first with Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single and Johnfrank Salazar’s two-RBI double.

A Tortugas sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first made the score 3-1.

Chase Davis’s two-run blast to right-center extended the Cardinals lead to 5-1.

Chase Davis

Daytona’s RBI double in the fourth plated their second and final run.

Palm Beach added two insurance runs in the ninth with Travis Honeyman’s RBI double and a wild pitch that allowed Honeyman to come home later in the inning.

Salazar hit 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, and a walk.  Villarroel went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Davis also reached base four times with a homer, three walks, two RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 10 hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.

Henry Gomez earned his first save this season, pitching three scoreless innings, and yielding two hits and a walk while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed two runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Sunday’s game: at Daytona, Jason Savacool (1-3, 5.57)? vs. Nick Sando LHP (2-1, 4.10) 4:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals: Off Saturday

The last place Florida Complex League Cardinals (12-17) were off Saturday.  They will play the FCL Mets (12-16, NYM) at home on Monday after a two-day break.

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Mets, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 9 at DSL Blue Jays 10 (10 innings)

The Dominican Cardinals (3-6) lost a back-and-forth contest to the DSL Blue Jays (4-4, TOR) by a score of 10-9 on Saturday at the Toronto Blue Jays DR Complex.  Starter Oliver Gonzalez threw 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits while walking two.

The Cardinals struck first in the top of the second with Paulo Asprilla’s RBI single.

Paulo Asprilla

The Blue Jays responded in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI triple to tie the game and they took the lead when third basemen Daniel Rojas committed a fielding error.

Yaxson Lucena’s RBI single in the top of the third tied the game at two apiece.

An RBI double and an RBI single gave the Blue Jays a two-run lead in the home third.

The Blue Jays continued to extend their lead in the fourth when the pitcher Gabriel Chinchilla committed a throwing error after catching a line drive. Another RBI single in the fifth gave the Blue Jays a 6-2 lead.

Asprilla’s RBI single, Juan Pablo Cabrera’s two-RBI triple, and a wild pitch that brought Cabrera home tied the game at six apiece in the sixth.

Juan Pablo Cabrera

Relief pitcher Jarol Baez allowed a solo shot to give the Blue Jays a one-run lead heading into the eighth.

Daniel Rojas’s RBI single in the top of the eighth tied the game again.

A wild pitch from reliever Jose Suriel in the bottom of the eighth allowed another runner to cross home.

Bryan Amoroso’s RBI single tied the game at eight apiece in the top of the ninth, sending the game to extras.

Cristofer Lebron’s RBI forceout gave the Cardinals their first lead since the second inning in the top of the 10th.

Kener Perez allowed an RBI sacrifice bunt and an RBI single to allow the Blue Jays to walk it off in the bottom of the tenth.

Perez took his second loss this season, throwing 1 2/3 innings, and yielding two runs, none earned, on one hit.  Suriel gave up one run on no hits while walking four and striking out two in the one inning he pitched.  Baez allowed one run on one hit while walking one and striking out two in one inning.  The Cardinals allowed 10 runs, six earned, on 10 hits while walking seven and striking out five with five wild pitches on the day.

Asprilla was 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Cabrera went 2-for-5 with a triple, two RBI, and a run scored.  Lucena was 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on 12 hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Yairo Padilla, Rojas, and Andru Arthur each swiped one bag.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 14, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2 on Thursday, with two games suspended. The Cardinal Nation’s Players of the Day, Memphis RH Gordon Graceffo and Palm Beach LH Ixan Henderson, each tossed six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Other standouts include Mike Antico, Leonardo Bernal and Andrew Bolivar.

Results from games played on Thursday, June 13.

Memphis 5 at Norfolk 3

The Memphis Redbirds (35-31) defeated the Norfolk Tides (33-33, BAL) 5-3 on Thursday at Harbor Park.  Starter Gordon Graceffo threw six scoreless innings to earn his seventh win this season, yielding three hits and a walk while striking out seven.

Gordon Graceffo

The Redbirds struck first with Thomas Saggese’s two-RBI single in the fourth.

Thomas Saggese

Matt Koperniak’s two-RBI single in the seventh doubled the Redbirds lead to 4-0.

Matt Koperniak

An RBI single and a two-RBI double from the Tides in the eighth brought the game to within one.

Memphis added an insurance run with Luken Baker’s sacrifice fly.

Koperniak went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a walk.  Baker was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Saggese was 1-for-4 with two RBI.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on eight hits with seven walks and five strikeouts with every hitter reaching safely at least one during Thursday’s matchup.

Jacob Bosiokovic threw 1 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on no hits while walking two and striking out two.  Kolton Ingram threw 2/3 of an inning, yielding one run on two hits while walking and striking out one.  Ryan Loutos earned his fifth save this season, pitching a scoreless inning with one strikeout.  Memphis gave up three runs on five hits while walking four and striking out 11.

Friday’s game: at Norfolk, LHP Zack Thompson (2-1, 2.67) vs. Brandon Young RHP (1-0, 5.25) 5:35 CT.

Springfield 3, NW Arkansas 14

The Springfield Cardinals (33-27) were demolished by the NW Arkansas Naturals (28-32, KCR) 14-3 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Trent Baker took his fifth loss this season, throwing three innings, and allowing 10 runs on nine hits while walking three and striking out two.

The Naturals took the lead in the first with a two-run bomb. Another two-run shot, an RBI triple, and an RBI single extended their lead to 6-0 in the second. A three-run moonshot and an RBI single extended their lead to double digits with a score of 10-0 in the third. A solo longball led off the top of the sixth to give the Naturals an 11-0 lead.

Mike Antico

Mike Antico’s two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth put Springfield on the board.

An RBI forceout gave NW Arkansas a 12-2 lead.

Antico’s bases-loaded walk gave him his third RBI of the night.

A two-run shot from the visitors in the top of the eighth ended the scoring at 14-3.

Wilfredo Pereira threw five innings, yielding four runs, three earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out three.  Benito Garcia pitched one scoreless inning.  Springfield allowed 14 runs, 13 earned, on 12 hits while walking five and striking out five.

Antico was 1-for-3 with a homer, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Bryan Torres was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on seven hits with five walks and four strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. NW Arkansas, RHP Max Rajcic (6-4, 5.33) vs. LHP Tyson Guerrero (0-3, 6.38) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 3, South Bend 0 (suspended, fourth inning)

The Peoria Chiefs (22-37) were leading the South Bend Cubs (26-33, CHI) 3-0 before the game was suspended in the fourth inning due to rain.

The Chiefs took an early lead in the first with Leonardo Bernal’s two-RBI double and Alex Iadisernia’s RBI single.

Leonardo Bernal

The game will be continued on Friday, June 14th as part of a doubleheader.

Friday’s game: vs. South Bend, LHP Pete Hansen (0-5, 5.19) vs. Ty Johnson RHP (1-2, 3.79) 5:30 CT (game one).  Vs. South Bend, RHP Hancel Rincon (3-4, 4.03) vs. Drew Gray LHP (0-1, 3.12) 7:05 CT (game two).

Palm Beach 0 at Daytona 1 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (33-27) were shut out by the Daytona Tortugas (29-31, CIN) 1-0 in 10 innings in their pitching battle on Thursday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out seven.

Ixan Henderson

Henry Gomez took the mound in the bottom of the 10th inning and gave up an RBI fielder’s choice to allow the Tortugas to walk it off.

Hunter Hayes threw three scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks while striking out three.  Gomez took his second loss this season, pitching 1/3 of an inning, and yielding one run, none earned, on no hits while walking one.  Palm Beach allowed one run, none earned, on three hits while walking five and striking out 10.

Brayden Jobert tallied the lone hit for the Cardinals in Thursday’s matchup.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on one hit with two walks and eight strikeouts

Friday’s game: at Daytona, RH José Dávila (2-3, 4.80) vs. Ben Brutti RHP (0-2, 3.15) 5:35 CT.

FCL Cardinals 0 at FCL Nationals 7 (suspended, second inning)

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (12-16) trailed the FCL Nationals (12-14, WSH) 7-0 before the game was suspended in the second inning due to rain.

A sacrifice fly in the first inning gave the Nationals an early lead and they extended it in the second with an RBI fielder’s choice, a sacrifice fly, an RBI single, and a three-run homer.

The game will be completed as part of a doubleheader on Thursday, June 27th.

Friday’s game: at FCL Mets (11-15, NYM), RH Nelfy Ynfante (3-1, 3.22) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 4 at DSL White Sox 3

The Dominican Cardinals (3-4) held onto their early lead to defeat the DSL White Sox (2-4, CWS) on Thursday at the Chicago White Sox Complex.  Starter Andrew Bolivar threw four scoreless innings, allowing two walks and two striking out four.

Andrew Bolivar

The Cardinals struck first in the fourth with Fernando Roquez’s bases-loaded walk, Cristofer Lebron’s RBI single, Juan Pablo Cabrera reaching on a throwing error that allowed Yaxson Lucena to score, and Facundo Velasquez’s RBI single.

Reliever Guanchi Martinez yielded a sacrifice fly and a two-RBI single in the ninth to make the score 4-3.

Xavier Cruz earned his first win this season, yielding no hits or walks in the two innings he pitched. Jarol Baez threw a scoreless inning, allowing two hits and striking out one.  Martinez gave up three runs, one earned, on one hit while walking one.  Alan Reyes threw a scoreless 1/3 of an inning to earn his first save this season.  The Cardinals allowed three runs, one earned, on four hits while walking four and striking out five.

Roques was 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Velasquez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Lucena went 2-for-4 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 11 hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

Velasquez and Daniel Rojas were caught stealing during today’s game and Rojas committed a throwing error.

Friday’s game: vs. DSL Arizona Red (6-2, ARI), RH Branneli Franco (0-1, 36.00) vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 10, 2024

photo: Michael McGreevy (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-3 on Sunday, while scoring just six total runs. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis RH Michael McGreevy, tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts. Other standouts include Ian Bedell, Bryan Torres, Tre Richardson and Jason Savacool.

Results from games played on Sunday, June 9.

Memphis 2 at Omaha 0

The Memphis Redbirds (33-30) shut out the Omaha Storm Chasers (42-19, KCR) 2-0 on Sunday at Werner Park.  Starter Michael McGreevy earned his third win this season, throwing 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and yielding three hits while striking out six.

Michael McGreevy

The Redbirds scored first in the second with Alfonso Rivas III’s RBI groundout that plated César Prieto. Memphis added an insurance run in the third when Luken Baker grounded into a double play that scored Victor Scott II.

Matt Koperniak went 2-for-4.  Rivas III was 1-for-3, a double, with an RBI and a walk.  Prieto went 1-for-3 with a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled two runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

Ryan Loutos and Kolten Ingram each threw two hitless, scoreless innings, with two strikeouts each.  Ingram earned his second save this season.  Memphis allowed no runs on three hits while walking none and striking out 10.

The Redbirds won three straight to end their series with Omaha, splitting the series at the home of the first-place team in the International League West.  They are 10 games behind the Storm Chasers in the division standings. The Redbirds will continue their road trip at the Norfolk Tides (32-31, BAL) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: at Norfolk, TBA vs. TBA 5:35 CT.

Springfield 1 at Arkansas 2

The Springfield Cardinals (33-24) could not score again after tying it up late against the Arkansas Travelers (32-24, SEA), losing 2-1 on Sunday at Dickey-Stephens Park.  Starter Ian Bedell threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run while striking out 11.

Ian Bedell

The Travelers struck first with a solo shot to right-center to lead off the fourth inning.

The Cardinals tied it in the eighth when Bryan Torres’ RBI single to center plated Noah Mendlinger.

Bryan Torres

Arkansas walked it off in the ninth with a sacrifice fly against Matt Svanson.

Ryan Shreve threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing no runs and no hits while striking out two.  Svanson took his third loss this season, pitching 1 2/3 innings, yielding one run on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Springfield gave up two runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out 14.

Torres went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  R.J. Yeager was 2-for-4.  Mendlinger was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled one run on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Springfield split its road series with the Arkansas Travelers. In doing so, the Cardinals held a narrow half-game divisional lead over Arkansas. On Tuesday, the Cardinals begin a six-game homestand against the NW Arkansas Naturals (25-32, KCR).

Tuesday’s game: vs. NW Arkansas, TBA vs. TBA 6:05 CT.

Peoria 2 at Fort Wayne 9

The Peoria Chiefs (20-37) were crushed by the Fort Wayne Tin Caps (25-32, SDP) 9-2 on Sunday at Parkview Field.  Starter Brycen Mautz took his seventh loss this season, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits while walking four and striking out three.

The Tin Caps struck first in the fourth and put the game out of reach early with an RBI single and a bases-loaded walk that ended Mautz’s day on the mound.  Tyler Bradt replaced Mautz and gave up a two-RBI single, a wild pitch that brought home a run, a fielding error that allowed another run to score, and an RBI single.

The Chiefs responded in the top of the fifth with a two-run blast to right-center from Tre Richardson, his first at High-A.

Tre Richardson

Cade Winquest replaced Bradt in the bottom of the fifth and gave up an RBI single.

Fort Wayne added a final insurance run in the eighth against reliever Tanner Jacobson with a sacrifice fly.

Bradt threw 1/3 of an inning and allowed two runs, none earned, on two hits while striking out one.  Winquest threw two innings, yielding one run on one hit while walking one and striking out three.   Jacobson gave up one run on one hit while walking two and striking out one in the inning he pitched.  Peoria allowed nine runs, seven earned, on 11 hits while walking and striking out eight.

Richardson went 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Chris Rotondo was the only other batter who recorded a hit for the Chiefs.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on two hits with five walks and 10 strikeouts.

The Chiefs won four of the six games in their road trip at the Fort Wayne Tin Caps.  Peoria remains in last place in the Midwest League West, 16 games behind Wisconsin. On Tuesday, the Chiefs will begin a homestand against the South Bend Cubs (26-31, CHI).

Tuesday’s game: vs. South Bend, LHP Quinn Mathews (4-2, 2.26) vs. TBA 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 1, Dunedin 8

The Palm Beach Cardinals were destroyed by the Dunedin Blue Jays 8-1 on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool took his third loss this season, pitching 5 2/3 innings, and allowing three runs on five hits while walking one and striking out four.

Jason Savacool

The Cardinals scored first in the fifth when Ross Friedrick’s sacrifice fly brought home Chase Adkison.

The Blue Jays responded in the sixth with an RBI double and a two-run homer to right field.

Hunter Kublick replaced Savacool after the home run and in the eighth, Kublick allowed an RBI groundout, a run from a fielding error by first baseman Friedrick, an RBI single, and a two-RBI single.

Kublick allowed five runs, one earned, on five hits while walking two and striking out one in the 2 1/3 innings he pitched.  Luis Gastelum threw a scoreless inning, yielding two hits while striking out two.  Palm Beach gave up eight runs, four earned, on 12 hits while walking three and striking out seven.

Adkison was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  Johnfrank Salazar was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Lizandro Espinoza went 1-for-3, a double.  The Cardinals totaled one run on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts, hitting 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranding six men on base.

Palm Beach dropped four of the six games in their homestand against the Dunedin Blue Jays but still hold a one-game division lead over Jupiter (MIA). The Cardinals will start a road trip on Tuesday at the Daytona Tortugas (27-30, CIN).

Tuesday’s game: at Daytona, TBA vs. TBA 5:35 CT.

FCL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (12-15) are off Sundays.  They are tied for last place, six games out. The Cardinals will continue playing on Monday against the first place FCL Marlins (16-7, MIA).

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Marlins, TBA vs. TBA 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (2-1) are off Sundays.  After a first week of the season that included two rainouts, the Cardinals will continue playing on Monday at the DSL Nationals (2-2, WAS).

Monday’s game: at DSL Nationals, TBA vs. TBA 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 9, 2024

photo: Zack Thompson (Memphis Redbirds)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis LH Zack Thompson, tossed five scoreless innings with six strikeouts. Other standouts include Luken Baker, Max Rajcic, Jacob Buchberger, Hancel Rincon, Darlin Moquete and Nelfy Ynfante.

Results from games played on Saturday, June 8.

Memphis 6 at Omaha 0

The Memphis Redbirds (32-30) shut out the Omaha Storm Chasers (42-18, KCR) 6-0 on Saturday at Werner Park.  Starter Zack Thompson earned his second win this season, throwing five scoreless innings, and allowing five hits and one walk while striking out six.

Zack Thompson

The Redbirds struck first in the first with Luken Baker’s RBI single and Thomas Saggese’s sacrifice fly.

Luken Baker

Baker’s solo longball in the sixth to right-center extended Memphis’s lead to 3-0.

Memphis doubled their lead in the eighth with Saggese’s RBI single and César Prieto’s two-RBI double.

César Prieto

Baker was 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Saggese was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.  Prieto went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on seven hits with a walk and nine strikeouts.

Rehabber Giovanny Gallegos threw a scoreless inning, striking out one.  Jacob Bosiokovic, Kolton Ingram and Ryan Loutos each threw a scoreless inning, yielding a combined two hits and one walk while striking out two.  Memphis allowed no runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out nine.

Sunday’s game: at Omaha, RHP Michael McGreevy (2-6, 5.54) vs. Kris Bubic LHP (0-0, 0.00) 5:05 CT.

Springfield 8 at Arkansas 3

The Springfield Cardinals (33-23) beat the Arkansas Travelers (31-24, SEA) 8-3 on Saturday at Dickey-Stephens Park.  Starter Max Rajcic earned his fourth win this season, throwing seven innings and allowing two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out five.

Max Rajcic

The Cardinals took an early lead in the top of the first with Matt Lloyd’s RBI single, Jimmy Crooks reached on an error that plated Mike Antico, and Noah Mendlinger grounded into a double play that allowed Nathan Church to score.

The Travelers earned one back in the bottom of the first with an RBI single.

Mendlinger plated Lloyd when he reached on a fielding error in the third and Chandler Redmond’s RBI groundout extended Springfield’s lead to 5-1.

Jacob Buchberger’s three-run moonshot in the fifth gave the Cardinals a seven-run lead.

Jacob Buchberger

Rajcic allowed a single and a walk to lead off the eighth which ended his night. Benito Garcia allowed a sacrifice fly.  In the ninth, Garcia Gave up an RBI double to make the score 8-3.

Garcia threw two innings, allowing a run on three hits.  Springfield gave up three runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out five.

Lloyd was 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Crooks went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Buchberger homered, walked, drove in three, and scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 11 hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.  Every Cardinals tallied at least one hit during Saturday’s matchup.

Sunday’s game: at Arkansas, RHP Ian Bedell (1-2, 5.59) vs. Danny Wirchansky LHP 1:35 CT.

Peoria 13 at Fort Wayne 2

On Saturday, the Peoria Chiefs (20-36) decimated the Fort Wayne Tin Caps (24-32, SDP) at Parkview Field.  Starter Hancel Rincon earned his third win this season, throwing 5 1/3 innings, and yielding no runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five.

Hancel Rincón

The Chiefs struck first in the second with Dakota Harris’s two-RBI single, Darlin Moquete’s two-run blast to left, and Brody Moore’s RBI single.

Chris Rotondo led off the third with a solo shot to left center.  Moquete added his third RBI of the day with an RBI single.

Darlin Moquete

Harris and Zach Levenson walked with the bases loaded in the fifth and Alex Iadisernia grounded into an RBI forceout to give the Chiefs a 10-0 lead.

Michael Curriale’s RBI single, Harris’s RBI single, and Moquete’s RBI forceout in the top of the eighth extended the Peoria lead to 13-0.

The Tin Caps finally scored in the bottom of the eighth with two RBI singles against Roy Garcia.

Garcia threw two innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Gustavo Rodriguez tossed 1 2/3 innings, giving up no runs on one hit while striking out four.  Peoria allowed two runs, one earned, on nine hits while walking two and striking out 11.

Harris went 3-for-3 with a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Rotondo was 2-for-2 with a homer, three walks, an RBI, and four runs scored.  Moquete was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, four RBI, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled 13 runs on 13 hits with nine walks and strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Fort Wayne, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-6, 5.48) vs. Braden Nett RHP (0-0, 10.80) 12:05 CT.

Palm Beach 1, Dunedin 3

The Palm Beach Cardinals (32-24) were defeated 3-1 by the Dunedin Blue Jays (28-28, TOR) on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin took his fourth loss this season, allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out six in five innings.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the second when Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI double scored Brayden Jobert.

The Blue Jays responded in the third with a three-RBI double to score the game’s final runs.

Benjamin Arias

Benjamin Arias threw three innings, giving up no runs on three hits while walking one and striking out three.  Angel Cuenca pitched a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and no walks while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed three runs on nine hits while walking two and striking out 11.

Miguel Villarroel

Miguel Villarroel was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Salazar was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled one run on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts while hitting 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Sunday’s game: vs. Dunedin, RH Jason Savacool (1-2, 5.70) vs. Gage Stanifer RHP (1-2, 4.35) 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 5 at FCL Nationals 0

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (12-15) shut out the FCL Nationals (11-14, WAS) 5-0 on Saturday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex.  Starter Nelfy Ynfante earned his third win this season, throwing five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out seven.

Nelfy Ynfante

Alejandro Loaiza’s two-run bomb to left in the third inning gave the Cardinals an early 2-0 lead. Travis Honeyman’s RBI single in the fifth added a run.

Travis Honeyman

Honeyman’s RBI double in the seventh plated Yancel Guerrero, increasing their lead to 4-0.

The Cardinals added a final insurance run in the ninth inning on Miguel Vargas’ RBI single.

Honeyman was 3-for-4 including a double and RBI.  Vargas was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Loaiza went 1-for-3, a homer, with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on 10 hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Samuel Fabian threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while striking out two.  Randel Clemente pitched two scoreless innings, yielding a walk while striking out three.  The Cardinals gave up no runs on four hits while walking two and striking out 12.

Sunday: FCL is off Sundays

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Marlins (16-7), TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 3, DSL Nationals 10 (seven innings)

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (2-1) were crushed by the DSL Nationals (2-2, WAS) 10-3 on Saturday at the St. Louis Cardinals DR Complex.  Starter Branneli Franco took his first loss this season throwing 1 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Cardinals struck in the first when Rainiel Rodriguez tripled and later scored on a wild pitch.

Rainiel Rodriguez

The Nationals responded in the top of the second with a three-run homer and an RBI groundout.

In the home second, Yairo Padilla and Bracewall Taveras walked with the bases loaded to make the score 4-3.

A two-RBI double, an RBI fielder’s choice, and an RBI double against relief pitcher Jesus Garcia in the sixth broke open the game for the Nationals as they took a five-run lead. An RBI single and an error from third basemen Danny Rojas allowed another runner to score while Brailyn Paulino increased the Nationals’ lead to 10-3 in the seventh.

Andrew Bolivar threw 2 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on one hit while walking four and striking out two.  Garcia pitched an inning, giving up four runs, three earned, on three hits while striking out one.  Paulino allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit while walking two and striking out one.  The Cardinals gave up 10 runs, eight earned, on 10 hits while walking 11 and striking out eight.

Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored.  Fernando Roquez hit 2-for-4 with a double and scored once.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on four hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts.

Sunday: The DSL is off Sundays

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 7, 2024

photo: Aaron McKeithan (Springfield Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 4-2 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield DH Aaron McKeithan, reached base four times and drove in five. Other standouts include Alfonso Rivas, Cooper Hjerpe, Joshua Baez, Trey Paige, Miguel Villarroel and Yaxson Lucena.

Results from games played on Thursday, June 6.

Memphis 6 at Omaha 16

The Memphis Redbirds (30-30) were crushed by the Omaha Storm Chasers (42-16, KCR) 16-6 on Thursday at Werner Park.  Starter Steven Matz on a rehab assignment from St. Louis and pitched two innings, allowing no runs or hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Redbirds took an early lead with Nick Raposo and Nick Dunn’s RBI singles in the second.  Alfonso Rivas III’s first home run this season increased their lead to 5-0 in the top of the third.

Alfonso Rivas

Giovanny Gallegos, who was also on a rehab assignment, gave up a three-run blast in the bottom of the third.

Regular starter Sem Robberse took over the mound in the fourth and gave up a two-run and a three-run bomb along with an RBI double while collecting just one out before being replaced by Nick Raquet.  Raquet allowed an RBI single, a sacrifice fly, and another RBI single before finishing out the inning to give the Storm Chasers a 12-5 lead.

Raposo’s solo shot to left field in the fifth brought the deficit to six.

Raquet yielded a two-run dinger in the sixth.  Alex Cornwell replaced him and gave up a two-run homer in the eighth to give Omaha a 16-6 lead with five home runs on the day.

Robberse took his fourth loss this season, throwing 1/3 of an inning while allowing eight runs, seven earned, on six hits while walking one.  Gallegos threw an inning, yielding three runs on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Raquet gave up three runs on three hits while walking two and striking out three in the 2 2/3 innings he pitched.  Memphis allowed 16 runs, 15 earned, on 13 hits while walking five and striking out nine.

Raposo was 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Rivas III hit 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Dunn was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on 13 hits with four and nine strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Omaha, RHP Gordon Graceffo (5-5, 4.42) vs. Jonathan Bowlan RHP (6-2, 5.06) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 10 at Arkansas 6

The Springfield Cardinals (32-22) triumphed over the Arkansas Travelers (30-23, SEA) 10-6 on Thursday at Dickey-Stephens Park.  Starter Edwin Nuñez threw four innings, allowing a run on three hits while walking three and striking out four.

Edwin Nuñez

An RBI single put the Travelers on the board in the first.

The Cardinals responded in the third with Jeremy Rivas’s sacrifice fly, Noah Mendlinger’s bases-loaded walk, a wild pitch that allowed R.J. Yeager to come home, and Aaron McKeithan’s two-RBI single.

Aaron McKeithan

Arkansas brought the game within two with a two-run bomb in the sixth against reliever Wilfredo Pereira.

Springfield took those two runs back in the top of the seventh with Yeager’s RBI double and McKeithan’s bases-loaded hit by pitch.

R.J. Yeager

In the bottom half of the inning, the Travelers’ two-RBI single made the score 7-5.

Mendlinger’s RBI single and McKeithan’s two-RBI single gave the Cardinals a five-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth, Arkansas earned one run back on an RBI single, but they could not overcome the deficit.

Pereira earned his third win this season, pitching three innings, and yielding four runs on six hits while walking one and striking out three.  Matt Svanson earned his ninth save, giving up one run on one hit while walking two and striking out three.  Springfield allowed six runs on 10 hits while walking six and striking out 10.

McKeithan went 3-for-4 with a HBP and five RBI.  Mendlinger was 1-for-2 with two walks, a HBP, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Yeager was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 10 runs on 11 hits with seven walks and 12 strikeouts while hitting 6-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Friday’s game: at Arkansas, RHP Trent Baker (3-3, 5.63) vs. J. Mercedes RHP (2-2, 2.79) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 5 at Fort Wayne 1

The Peoria Chiefs (19-35) beat the Fort Wayne Tincaps (23-31, SDP) 5-1 on Thursday at Parkview Field.  Starter Cooper Hjerpe threw four innings, allowing no runs or hits while walking three and striking out five.

Cooper Hjerpe

The Chiefs struck first in the first when Chris Rotondo was caught in a rundown between first and second while attempting to steal second which gave Leonardo Bernal enough time to come home.

Peoria extended its lead to 3-0 in the second with Joshua Baez’s two-RBI double.

Joshua Baez

Brody Moore’s sacrifice fly in the fourth gave the Chiefs an extra insurance run. Baez tallied his third knock of the day with an RBI single in the top of the sixth.

Inohan Paniagua took over the mound in the fifth, and in the sixth, he gave up a sacrifice fly that put the Tincaps on the board. Paniagua earned his fourth win this season, allowing one run on one hit while walking one and striking out eight.  Gustavo Rodriguez threw one scoreless inning to close the ninth, yielding one hit and one walk while striking out one.  Peoria gave up a run on two hits while walking five and striking out 14.

Baez went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three RBI.  Dakota Harris was 2-for-5 with a double and scored once.  Bernal hit 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on 11 hits with six walks and nine strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Fort Wayne, LHP Pete Hansen (0-4, 4.98) vs. Henry Baez RHP (0-2, 4.58) 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 8, Dunedin 7 (12 innings)

After three extra innings, the Palm Beach Cardinals (32-22) narrowly defeated the Dunedin Blue Jays (26-28, TOR) 8-7 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Ixan Henderson threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits while walking four and striking out four.

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

The Beach Birds responded in the third with Trey Paige’s two-RBI double and Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single.

Trey Paige

Dunedin tied the game in the top of the fifth with an RBI single.

Another RBI single in the bottom of the fifth from Villarroel extended the Cardinals lead to 4-3.

Miguel Villarroel

A sacrifice fly in the ninth against reliever Henry Gomez sent the game into extra innings. Luis Gastelum took over the mound in the top of the 10th and allowed an RBI single.

A leadoff sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the 10th from Lizandro Espinoza advanced the runner to third, and a throwing error allowed Adari Grant to score.

Second baseman Villarroel committed a fielding error in the top of the 11th that allowed a runner to score.

Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI double in the bottom of the 11th tied the game once again.

In the top of the 12th, reliever Benjamin Arias allowed an RBI single to give the Mets a one-run lead.

Sammy Hernandez’s sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning tied the game and Kade Kretzschmar walked it off with an RBI double to center.

Kade Kretzschmar

Paige was 3-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, and three runs scored.  Villarroel went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a walk.  Kretzschmar hit 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 10 hits with four walks and 16 strikeouts.

Angel Cuenca threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out one.  Gastelum threw two innings, yielding two runs, none earned, on one hit while striking out four.  Arias earned his third win this season, pitching an inning, and giving up one run, none earned, on one hit while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed seven runs, four earned, on 13 hits while walking four and striking out 12.

Friday’s game: vs. Dunedin, TBD vs. Fernando Perez RHP (1-1, 3.94) 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 1 at FCL Astros 3

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (11-14) fell to the Astros (11-12, HOU) 3-1 on Thursday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex.  Starter Ruben Menes threw five innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Astros scored first in the first when third basemen Yancel Guerrero committed a throwing error to allow a runner to score.

The Cardinals tied it in the top of the fifth when Justin Guerrero grounded into a double play that plated Yancel Guerrero.

A two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth gave the Astros a 3-1 lead.

Omar Yanez pitched a scoreless inning, yielding two walks while striking out two.  Yordy Herrera threw two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out three.  The Cardinals allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits while walking six and striking out 11.

Guerrero went 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Anyelo Encarnacion was 1-for-2 with two walks.  Yordalin Pena and Arfeni Batista singled.  The Cardinals totaled a run on five hits with three walks and 13 strikeouts, going 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position while stranding six.

Friday’s game: vs. FCL Marlins (15-7, MIA), TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

DSL Cardinals 3 at DSL Mets 2 (8 innings)

The Dominican Summer League Cardinals (2-0) won a close game in extras over the Mets Orange (2-1, NYM) 3-2 on Thursday at Academia de Beisbol de los Metros de Nueva York.  Starter Keiverson Ramirez threw four scoreless innings, allowing three hits while striking out four.

The Cardinals struck first in the fifth when Facundo Velasquez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

The Mets tied the game in the sixth with an RBI single against reliever Jarol Baez.

Yaxson Lucena gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the top of the eighth with a two-run homer.

Yaxson Lucena

A sacrifice fly by the Mets in the bottom of the eighth made the score 3-2.

Xavier Cruz threw a scoreless inning, allowing one walk while striking out two.  Jose Suriel earned his first win this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, and yielding one run, none earned, while walking and striking out two.  Guanchi Martinez earned his first save this season, throwing a hitless 2/3 of an inning.  The Cardinals gave up two runs, one earned, on five hits while walking four and striking out nine.

Lucena went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Velasquez had the other RBI while drawing a walk and being hit by a pitch.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on three hits with eight walks and 11 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. DSL Phillies Red (1-1, PHI), TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 3, 2024

photo: Bryan Torres (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-3 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, 2B Bryan Torres, powered Springfield’s win with a bases-clearing double in the ninth. Other standouts include Michael Curialle, Jose Cordoba and Chase Davis.

Results from games played on Sunday, June 2.

Memphis 2, Nashville 9

The Memphis Redbirds (30-27) were dominated by the Nashville Sounds (30-27, MIL) 9-2 on Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Zack Thompson took his first loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing six runs, five earned, on five hits while walking four and striking out six.

The Sounds scored one in the first on an RBI single and one in the second on an RBI groundout. Nashville extended their lead to 6-0 in the fourth with a grand slam.

The visitors added single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth with an RBI single against reliever Brandon Komar, a solo home run given up by Andre Granillo, and another RBI single against Alex Cornwell.

The Redbirds scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth on Arquímedes Gamboa and Victor Scott II’s back-to-back solo blasts.

Arquimedes Gamboa

Victor Scott

Jared Young went 2-for-4.  Gamboa and Scott II had their solo home runs in four at-bats each. The Redbirds totaled two runs on seven hits with a walk and eight strikeouts while going 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

Komar threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing a run on three hits while walking one and striking out two.  Granillo pitched 1 1/3 innings, yielding one run on two hits while striking out two.  Cornwell threw an inning, giving up one run on three hits while striking out one.  Jacob Bosiokovic tossed a scoreless inning while striking out two.  Memphis allowed nine runs, eight earned, on 13 hits while walking five and striking out 13.

The Memphis Redbirds split their series with the Nashville Sounds, winning three games apiece.  The Redbirds travel to Omaha to face the Omaha Storm Chasers (39-16 KCR) where they begin a 12-game road trip.

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

Springfield 6 at Wichita 2

The Springfield Cardinals (30-21) won the final game of the series at the Wichita Wind Surge (19-31, MIN) by a score of 6-2 on Sunday at Riverfront Stadium.  Starter Max Rajcic threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Max Rajcic

The Cardinals struck first in the second with Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single.

Jacob Buchberger

The Wind Surge tied the game in the fourth with a solo homer and took the lead in the sixth with an RBI single.

Springfield rallied in the eighth to tie on R.J. Yeager’s RBI single.

R.J. Yeager

The visitors took the lead in the ninth with Bryan Torres’s three-RBI bases-clearing double and added an insurance run with Matt Lloyd’s RBI single.

Bryan Torres

Torres went 1-for-5, a double, with three RBI and a run scored.  Buchberger was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  Aaron McKeithan was 2-for-4 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on eight hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

Andrew Marrero pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding no hits and one walk.  Ryan Shreve threw one scoreless inning, earning his fourth win this season, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one.  Matt Svanson closed the game, pitching one scoreless inning and giving up no hits and one walk while striking out one.  Springfield allowed two runs on 10 hits while walking four and striking out nine.

The Springfield Cardinals won five of their six-game series against the Wichita Wind Surge.  The Cardinals will continue their road trip at the Arkansas Travelers (29-21, SEA).

Tuesday’s game: at Arkansas, RHP Ian Bedell (1-2, 5.59) vs. Danny Wirchansky LHP (2-3, 5.28) 6:35 CT.

Peoria 1 at Lansing 5 (7 innings, Game 1)

The Peoria Chiefs (16-34) fell in game one of their doubleheader to the Lansing Lugnuts (26-24, OAK) by a score of 5-1 on Sunday at Jackson Field.  Starter Pete Hansen remains winless in the 2024 season, taking his fourth loss while pitching five innings and allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out six.

The Lugnuts took the lead in the first with back-to-back RBI triples. Lansing added an insurance run in the fourth with an RBI double.

The Chiefs brought the game to within two in the top of the sixth with Brody Moore’s RBI groundout.

Roy Garcia took over the mound in the bottom of the sixth and yielded a two-run bomb to right field to give the home team a 5-1 lead. Garcia threw one inning, giving up two runs on two hits while striking out one.  Peoria allowed five runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Tre Richardson went 1-for-2 with a run scored.  Osvaldo Tovalin, Leonardo Bernal, and Michael Curialle each tallied a hit as well.  The Chiefs totaled one run on four hits with one walk and one strikeout.  The team hit 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position while stranding two men on base.

Peoria 3 at Lansing 5 (7 innings, Game 2)

The Peoria Chiefs (16-35) dropped both games of the doubleheader to the Lansing Lugnuts (27-24, OAK), losing the second game 5-3 on Sunday at Jackson Field.  Starter Hancel Rincon took his fourth loss this season, throwing three innings, and allowing four runs on six hits while walking one and striking out two.

The Chiefs came out strong in the top of the first with Osvaldo Tovalin’s RBI when he reached first on a fielding error and Michael Curialle’s two-RBI triple later in the inning.

Michael Curialle

The Lugnuts’ RBI single and RBI forceout in the bottom half of the inning brought the game to within one. Lansing tied the game and took the lead in the fourth with an RBI single and an RBI triple.

Tyler Bradt came in to pitch in the fifth and allowed a run after the runner stole third and a throwing error from catcher Leonardo Bernal allowed him to come home.

Cade Winquest threw a scoreless inning, yielding one hit and one walk while striking out one.  Bradt allowed one run on one hit.  Dionys Rodriguez pitched a scoreless seventh.  Peoria gave up five runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out two.

Curialle went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.  Moquete hit 1-for-3 with a run scored.  Bernal was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled three runs on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

The Peoria Chiefs only won one game against the Lansing Lugnuts in their week-long series.  They will continue their road trip at the Fort Wayne Tincaps (23-28, SDP).

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

Palm Beach 9, Tampa 4

On Sunday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (30-21) defeated the Tampa Tarpons (19-32, NYY) 9-4 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool threw five innings, allowing three runs on six hits while walking four and striking out four.

The Tarpons struck first in the top of the second with an RBI single.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom half of the inning with Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single.

Tampa regained the lead in the top of the fourth on a double play that plated the runner on third.

Palm Beach took the lead in the bottom of the fourth on Jose Cordoba’s two-run shot to left field.

Jose Cordoba

A double steal in the fifth inning enabled the Tarpons to tie the game at three apiece.

An RBI forceout in the sixth from JohnFrank Salazar gave Palm Beach the lead and a sacrifice fly from Trey Paige later in the inning extended their lead to 5-3.

The visitors brought the game to within one with an RBI single in the top of the eighth.

The home team broke the game open in the bottom of the eighth with Miguel Villarroel’s RBI single and Chase Davis’s bases-clearing three-RBI double.

Chase Davis

Cordoba went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and three runs scored.  Davis was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Villarroel was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on 12 hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Every Palm Beach hitter made it on base during Sunday’s game with eight of the nine tallying at least one hit.

Reliever Hunter Kublick earned his first win this season, pitching three innings, and yielding one run on two hits while walking two and striking out two.  Hunter Hayes closed out the ninth, giving up no runs and no hits while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed four runs on eight hits while walking six and striking out seven.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won five of their six-game series against the Tampa Tarpons.  They will continue their homestand against the Dunedin Blue Jays (25-26, TOR).

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

FCL Cardinals – off Sunday

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (10-12) are off Sundays.  They will continue playing on Monday at the FCL Marlins (12-6, MIA).

Monday’s game: at FCL Marlins, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

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Monday’s game: vs. DSL Tigers 2, TBD vs. TBD 10:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – June 2, 2024

photo: Matt Koperniak (Palm Beach Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis CF Matt Koperniak, went 3-for-5 including two home runs and drove in six. Other standouts include Jimmy Crooks, Matt Lloyd, Arquímedes Gamboa, Alejandro Loaiza, Gordon Graceffo and Trent Baker.

Results from games played on Saturday, June 1.

Memphis 11, Nashville 3

On Saturday, the Memphis Redbirds (30-26) obliterated the Nashville Sounds (29-27, MIL) at AutoZone Park.  Starter Gordon Graceffo earned his fifth win this season, throwing six innings, allowing two runs on six hits while walking three and striking out six.

Gordon Graceffo

The Redbirds struck first in the fourth with Arquímedes Gamboa’s two-RBI single followed by Matt Koperniak’s three-run bomb to right-center field.

Matt Koperniak

The Sounds earned two back with a two-run blast to left field.

Koperniak extended the lead with his second three-run moonshot of the day and Jordan Walker went back-to-back with his first homer this season.

Gamboa extended the lead with a two-RBI double in the seventh.

Arquimedes Gamboa

Brandon Komar took over the mound in the ninth and allowed a solo longball to left field.

Connor Thomas and Nick Raquet each threw two hitless innings with Thomas allowing one walk.  Komar pitched one inning, yielding one run on one hit while striking out three.  The Redbirds gave up three runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out nine.

Koperniak went 3-for-5 including two homers, six RBI, and two runs scored.  Gamboa was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, four RBI, and two runs scored.  Jordan Walker hit 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Memphis totaled 11 runs on 12 hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Nashville, LHP Zack Thompson (1-0, 1.82) vs. Taylor Clark RHP (1-0, 2.70) 1:05 CT.

Springfield 8 at Wichita 2

On Saturday, the Springfield Cardinals (29-21) dominated the Wichita Wind Surge (19-30, MIN) 8-2 at Riverfront Stadium.  Starter Trent Baker earned his third win this season, throwing 6 1/3 innings, and allowing two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out four.

Trent Baker

The Cardinals struck first in the top of the second with a Jimmy Crooks RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks

The Wind Surge tied it in the bottom of the second with an RBI single.

Springfield regained the lead in the third when Jeremy Rivas came home after Mike Antico forced an error by the opposing catcher by stealing second.  Matt Lloyd and Jimmy Crooks each followed up that play with an RBI double.

In the sixth, R.J. Yeager’s RBI single and Noah Mendlinger’s RBI double gave the Cardinals a 6-1 lead.

Baker allowed a solo shot to the first batter he faced in the seventh.

Yeager’s sacrifice fly and Chandler Redmond’s RBI single extended Springfield’s lead to 8-2.

Crooks went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Lloyd was 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and three runs scored.  Yeager went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 13 hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

Leonardo Taveras threw a scoreless 2/3 of an inning.  Jack Ralston closed the game, throwing two innings, and yielding one hit and one walk while striking out one.  Springfield allowed two runs on six hits while walking three and striking out five.

Sunday’s game: at Wichita, TBD vs. Andrew Morris RHP (0-1, 3.38)

Peoria at Lansing (postponed)

The Peoria Chiefs (16-33) game at the Lansing Lugnuts (25-24, OAK) was postponed due to inclement weather.  It will be made up as part of a double-header on Sunday.

Sunday’s games: at Lansing, Pete Hansen LHP (0-3, 4.93) vs. TBD 12:05 CT (Game 1).  at Lansing, RHP Hancel Rincon (2-3, 3.99) vs. Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang RHP (0-0) (Game 2).

Palm Beach 3, Tampa 5 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (29-21) were defeated by the Tampa Tarpons (19-31, NYY) in extra innings by a score of 5-3 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin threw six innings, allowing three runs on five hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Chen-Wei Lin

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

The Cardinals cut the deficit in half with Kade Kretzschmar’s RBI single.

The Tarpons added an insurance run in the fifth with an RBI single.

Chase Davis brought the game to within one with a solo shot to right-center field.

Chase Davis

Palm Beach tied the game in the bottom of the ninth when Jose Cordoba reached on an error that plated Lizandro Espinoza.

Luis Gastelum took over the mound in the ninth, and in the 10th, he allowed two RBI singles that gave Tampa a lead that Palm Beach could not overcome.

Memphis rehabber Packy Naughton pitched two innings, allowing no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Luis Gastelum took his first loss this season, throwing two innings, and yielding two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out one.  Palm Beach gave up five runs, four earned, on nine hits while walking one and striking out 10.

Davis went 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Kretzschmar was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Trey Paige hit 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on nine hits with a walk and five strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Tampa, TBD vs. Luis Serna RHP (2-3, 4.78) at 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 5, FCL Astros 9

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (10-12) fell to the FCL Astros (8-12, HOU) 9-5 on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Nelfy Ynfante threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on six hits while walking two and striking out three to take his first loss this season.

The Astros struck first in the second with an RBI double, a two-RBI triple, a two-RBI single, and an RBI double.

The Cardinals earned one back in the third with Alejandro Loaiza’s solo homer to left field. The Cardinals continued to claw back into the game with Loaiza’s two-RBI single in the fourth and Yaisel Ramos stole home during the next at-bat.

Alejandro Loaiza

Samuel Fabian relieved Ynfante and allowed a solo home run in the fifth. Juan Severino replaced Fabian and in the top of the seventh, he allowed an RBI single and an RBI triple.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jonathan Mejia’s RBI single brought the deficit down to four, but it was not enough.

Loaiza went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  Travis Honeyman hit 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  Mejia was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on eight hits with four walks and 12 strikeouts.

Fabian threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking two and striking out four.  Severino gave up two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out three.  Randal Clemente threw two scoreless innings, yielding one hit and a walk while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed nine runs on 15 hits while walking six and striking out 12.

The Cardinals are off Sunday.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 31, 2024

photo: Adam Kloffenstein (Memphis Redbirds)

The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-1 on Thursday.  The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day is Memphis starter Adam Kloffenstein, who allowed one run in eight innings with seven strikeouts.  Other standouts include Luken Baker, Quinn Mathews, Mike Antico, and Miguel Villarroel.

Memphis 3, Nashville 1

The Memphis Redbirds defeated the Nashville Sounds 3-1 on Thursday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein earned his second win this season, throwing eight innings, and allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven.

Adam Kloffenstein

The Redbirds struck first in the fourth with César Prieto’s solo bomb to right field.

César Prieto

The Sounds tied the game in the sixth with a solo shot of their own.

Memphis regained the lead in the seventh with Luken Baker’s two-run blast to left-center.

Luken Baker

Baker went 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Prieto hit 1-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and scored once.  Jared Young hit 1-for-1 with two walks.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

Chris Roycroft threw one scoreless inning to earn his second save this season, giving up no walks or hits while striking out one.  Memphis allowed one run on five hits while walking none and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: vs. Nashville, RHP Sem Robberse (5-2, 3.28) vs. Aaron Ashby LHP (0-3, 8.10) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 7 at Wichita 5

On Thursday, the Springfield Cardinals (27-21) held onto a 7-5 win against the Wichita Wind Surge (19-28, MIN) at the Riverfront Stadium.  Starter Tink Hence earned his fourth win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing four runs on six hits while walking one and striking out nine.

Tink Hence

The Cardinals took an early lead in the first with Matt Lloyd’s RBI single and they extended their lead with R.J. Yeager’s two-RBI double and Ramon Mendoza’s RBI single.

R.J. Yeager

Nathan Church’s RBI double in the top of the second extended their lead to 5-0.

Nathan Church

The Wind Surge earned one run back in the bottom half of the inning with a solo homer to left field.

Springfield extended their lead to six in the top of the fourth with Mike Antico’s RBI single and Church’s RBI groundout.

Mike Antico

Wichita’s RBI single in the bottom of the fourth and a two-RBI single in the fifth brought the Cardinal’s lead down to three.

Leonardo Taveras took over the mound in the seventh, and in the eighth, he allowed a sacrifice fly that made the score 7-5.

Taveras threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit while walking one and striking out two.  Matt Svanson earned his eighth save this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on three hits while striking out three.  The Cardinals gave up five runs on 10 hits while walking two and striking out 14.

Antico was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  Bryan Torres hit 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.  Lloyd went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Springfield totaled seven runs on 13 hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Wichita, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-3, 7.05) vs. Marco Raya RHP (0-0, 4.21) 6:35 CT.

Peoria 2 at Lansing 3

The Peoria Chiefs (15-33) dropped their fourth consecutive game with a 3-2 loss against the Lansing Lugnuts (25-23, OAK) on Thursday at Jackson Field.  Starter Quinn Mathews threw six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks while striking out six.

Quinn Mathews

The Chiefs struck first in the fourth on Won-Bin Cho’s RBI groundout.

Won-Bin Cho

Anguel Cuenca took over the mound in the seventh and allowed a two-RBI single and an RBI single to give the Lugnuts a 3-1 lead.

Peoria earned one in the eighth on a Leonardo Bernal RBI single, but it was not enough to catch Lansing.

Leonardo Bernal

Brody Moore was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.  Bernal went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.  Osvaldo Tovalin hit 3-for-3 with a walk.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on five hits with five walks and five strikeouts while going 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

Cuenca took his first loss this season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out one.  Nathanael Heredia threw 2/3 of an inning, yielding no runs and no hits while walking one.  Peoria gave up three runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out seven.

Friday’s game: at Lansing, LHP Cooper Hjerpe (0-3, 4.25) vs. Blaze Pontes RHP (0-3, 8.59) 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 4, Tampa 3

On Thursday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (28-20) walked it off in a 4-3 win against the Tampa Tarpons (18-30, NYY) at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Ixan Henderson through five innings, allowing one run, none earned, on one hit while walking one and striking out five.

Ixan Henderson

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Kade Kretzschmar’s two-RBI double that plated Miguel Villarroel and Sammy Hernandez.  Palm Beach extended their lead after a wild pitch and a throwing error allowed Kretzschmar to come home.

Kade Kretzschmar

Tampa earned one back with an RBI forceout in the third.

Ettore Giulianelli replaced Henderson in the sixth and was pulled after walking three batters, bringing in Augusto Calderon to finish the sixth.  Calderon allowed an RBI single that made the score 3-2.

Calderon continued pitching in the seventh and gave up an RBI single that tied the game at three apiece.

Palm Beach walked it off in the ninth with Villarroel’s RBI single to extend their winning streak to three games.

Miguel Villarroel

Villarroel went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  JohnFrank Salazar was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Kretzschmar hit 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and scored once.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 12 hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

Giulianelli threw 2/3 of an inning, yielding one run on no hits while walking three and striking out one.  Calderon pitched three innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking two and striking out two.  Luis Gastelum earned his third win this season, throwing 1/3 of an inning, and giving up no runs on no hits while striking out the one batter he faced.  Palm Beach allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits while walking six and striking out nine.

Friday’s game: vs. Tampa, TBD vs. Ryan Harvey RHP (2-2, 5.59) 5:30 CT.

Florida Complex League Cardinals – off Thursday

The 10-10 rookie league Cardinals will play their 21st game of the 2024 season on Friday against the FCL Mets (9-9, NYM) at the Rodger Dean Stadium Complex.

Friday’s game: at FCL Mets, TBD vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 27, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system was 0-4 on Sunday.  The Cardinals Nation’s Player of the Day is Memphis left fielder Jared Young who went 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Other standouts include Gavin Collins, Dionys Rodriguez, Roy Garcia, and Hunter Kublick.

Results for games played Sunday, May 26.

Memphis 5 at Durham 8

The Memphis Redbirds (27-24) lost a longball-filled game against the Durham Bulls 8-5 on Sunday at Durham Bulls (21-30, TBR) Athletic Park.  Starter Gordon Graceffo took his fifth loss this season, throwing 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out three.

The Bulls struck first in the first with a solo longball to right-center field.

The Redbirds tied the game in the top of the second with a solo moonshot from Jared Young.

Jared Young

Durham returned the favor with a three-run bomb in the bottom of the second.

Gavin Collins’s solo dinger to left-center in the third brought the game to 4-2.

Gavin Collins

Young and Collin’s RBI singles in the fourth tied the game at four apiece.

A two-RBI single in the fifth gave the Bulls a 6-4 lead and ended Graceffo’s day on the mound.

Brandon Komar took over the mound and he allowed a two-run homer in the sixth to give Durham a four-run lead.

César Prieto’s solo home run in the ninth made the score 8-5.

César Prieto

Collins went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Young hit 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and scored once.  Prieto was 1-for-5 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on nine hits with four walks and two strikeouts.

Komar pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out one.  Andre Granillo pitched a scoreless inning, yielding no hits while striking out two.  Nick Raquet threw a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and a walk while striking out two.  Memphis allowed eight runs on 11 hits while walking four and striking out eight.

The Memphis Redbirds split their away series with the Durham Bulls with three wins each.  Memphis will begin a homestand on Tuesday against the Nashville Sounds (27-24, MIL).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Nashville, TBD vs. Taylor Clarke RHP (1-0, 3.86) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 2, Tulsa 6 (seven innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (25-20) were defeated 6-2 in a shortened game due to weather delays by the Tulsa Drillers (20-24, LAD) on Sunday at Hammons Field.  Starter Trent Baker took his third loss this season, pitching five innings, and allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits while walking three and striking out five.

Tulsa struck first in the first with a solo home run to right-center.

The Cardinals took the lead in the fourth with Jimmy Crook’s RBI groundout and Matt Lloyd’s sacrifice fly.

Matt Lloyd

Ryan Shreve replaced Baker in the sixth after Baker allowed two singles to begin the inning.  An RBI fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly gave the lead back to the Drillers, and a two-RBI double later in the inning extended the lead to 5-2.

Shreve gave up a solo shot to right-center in the seventh to make it 6-2.

Shreve threw two innings, yielding three runs on three hits while striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed six runs, five earned, on seven hits while walking three and striking out seven.

Matt Lloyd went 1-for-2 with an RBI.  Nathan Church hit 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Bryan Torres was 2-for-3.  Springfield totaled two runs on five hits with no walks and one strikeout while going 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position.

The Springfield Cardinals won three of the seven games they played in their homestand against the Tulsa Drillers.  The Cardinals will travel to Wichita to play the Wichita Wind Surge (18-26, MIN).

Tuesday’s game: at Wichita, RHP Max Rajcic (4-4, 6.75) vs. TBD 7:05 CT.

Peoria 2, Cedar Rapids 6

The Peoria Chiefs (15-30) fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (28-16, MIN) 6-2 on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Cooper Hjerpe took his third loss this season, pitching four innings, and allowing two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Kernels struck first in the first with a solo homer on the third pitch of the game and a sacrifice fly later in the inning to take a 2-0 lead.

The Chiefs cut the deficit in half with Leonardo Bernal’s RBI single in the third.

Leonardo Bernal

Zane Millis replaced Hjerpe in the fifth and allowed a solo shot to left-center field to the first batter he faced.

Cedar Rapids pulled away in the top of the seventh with an RBI triple and a two-run bomb to left-center field.

Graysen Tarlow’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh earned one run back to make the score 6-2, but the Chiefs could not catch the Kernels.

Graysen Tarlow

Bernal hit 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Tarlow went 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Won-Bin Cho was 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Millis threw two innings, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out three.  Gustavo Rodriguez threw a scoreless inning, yielding a hit and a walk while striking out three.  Dionys Rodriguez and Roy Garcia each threw a scoreless inning, giving up no hits or walks while both striking out two.  Peoria allowed six runs on 10 hits while walking two and striking out 14.

The Peoria Chiefs won two of the six games they played in their homestand against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  The Chiefs will travel to Lansing to play the Lansing Lugnuts (OAK, 22-23).

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

Palm Beach 0 at Lakeland 4

The Palm Beach Cardinals (25-20) were shut out 4-0 by the Lakeland Flying Tigers (29-16) on Sunday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool took his second loss this season, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits while walking four and striking out two.

The Flying Tigers struck first in the third with a two-RBI triple and an RBI fielder’s choice out to take a 3-0 lead.

Relief pitcher Luis Gastelum took over the mound in the eighth and allowed a sacrifice fly that made the score 4-0.

Hunter Kublick threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing no runs on two hits while walking two and striking out two.  Gastelum pitched one inning, yielding one run on one hit.  Palm Beach gave up four runs on six hits while walking six and striking out four.

Hunter Kublick

Brayden Jobert went 1-for-3 with a walk.  Chase Davis, Kade Kretzschmar, Chase Adkison, and Trey Paige each tallied a hit in Sunday’s game.  The Cardinals scored no runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts while stranding seven men on base.

The Palm Beach Cardinals won two of the six games in their week-long series at the Lakeland Flying Tigers.  The Cardinals will begin a two-week homestand with their first matchup being against the Tampa Tarpons (18-27, TBR).

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

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The 9-8 rookie league Cardinals will play their 18th game of the 2024 season on Monday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex against the FCL Astros (4-12, HOU).

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 26, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system was 4-1 on Saturday. The Cardinals Nation’s Player of the Day is Palm Beach catcher Chase Adkison, who was 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three RBI.  Other standouts include Nathan Church, Sem Robberse, Mike Antico, Michael Curialle, Inohan Paniagua, and Nelfy Ynfante.

Results for games played Saturday, May 25.

Memphis 4 at Durham 3

The Memphis Redbirds (27-23) held onto the win against the Durham Bulls (20-30, TBR) on Saturday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  Starter Sem Robberse threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on three hits while walking three and striking out six.

The Redbirds struck first in the fifth with Nick Dunn’s two-RBI single.

Nick Dunn

A two-RBI single from the Bulls in the sixth tied the game at two apiece.

Memphis took the lead in the eighth on Matt Koperniak’s two-RBI double.

Matt Koperniak

Jacob Bosiokovic allowed an RBI groundout after Connor Thomas allowed the first batter of the inning to get on base.

Thomas threw 1 1/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit to earn his second win this season.  Bosiokovic threw one scoreless inning, yielding two walks and striking out one.  Kolton Ingram pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save this season, giving up a walk while striking out two.  Memphis allowed three runs on four hits while walking six and striking out nine.

Koperniak went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Dunn hit 2-for-4 with two RBI.  The Redbirds totaled four runs on four hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Durham, RHP Gordon Graceffo (4-4, 3.88) vs. Angel Sánchez RHP (1-0, 0.00) 4:05 CT.

Springfield 8, Tulsa 7

The Springfield Cardinals (25-19) won a close game against the Tulsa Drillers (19-24, LAD) 8-7 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Wilfredo Pereira earned his first win this season, throwing five innings, and allowing three runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out three.

Nathan Church struck first with an RBI groundout in the first.

The Drillers responded in the second with an RBI single to tie the game at one apiece.

Tulsa added pressure with a two-RBI single in the top of the third.  The Cardinals responded with a two-run moonshot from Mike Antico and a two-RBI double from Noah Mendlinger to give Springfield a 5-3 lead.

Mike Antico

Nathan Church’s two-RBI double in the fourth and Chandler Redmond’s RBI single in the fifth added three insurance runs and extended their lead to 8-3.

Nathan Church

An RBI forceout and a sacrifice fly in the seventh allowed the Driller to claw back into the game.

An RBI single and a sacrifice fly in the ninth brought the Drillers to within one, but they could not catch the Cardinals.

Benito Garcia threw 1 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Felix Taveras threw two innings, yielding two runs, one earned on one hit while walking one.  Matt Svanson earned his sixth save this season, pitching 2/3 of an inning, giving up no runs and no hits while striking out one.  Springfield allowed seven runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out six.

Nathan Church hit 2-for-5 with a double, three RBI, and a run scored.  Antico was 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Mendlinger went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on 13 hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Tulsa, RHP Trent Baker (2-2, 6.59) vs. Kendall Williams RHP (1-5, 8.63) 6:05 CT.

Peoria 6, Cedar Rapids 2

On Saturday, The Peoria Chiefs (15-29) defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels (27-16, MIN) 6-2 at Dozer Park.  Starter Inohan Paniagua threw six innings, allowing a run on four hits while walking one and striking out four.

Michael Curialle led off the second inning with a solo bomb to left-center field.

Michael Curialle

The Chiefs extended their lead with Brody Moore’s RBI single in the fifth.

Brody Moore

The Kernels earned one back in the sixth with a solo shot to cut Peoria’s lead in half.

Nathanael Heredia was brought in to replace Paniagua in the seventh and he allowed an RBI single that tied the game at two apiece.

Darlin Moquete gave Peoria the lead again with an RBI single and Joshua Baez’s three-run blast to center field extended their lead to 6-2.

Joshua Baez

Curialle went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Baez hit 1-for-3 with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled six runs on nine hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.

Heredia threw 1/3 of an inning, yielding one run on three hits while walking and striking out one.  Tyler Bradt earned his second win this season, giving up no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Tanner Jacobson pitched one inning, allowing no runs or hits while walking one and striking out two.  Peoria yielded two runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out nine.

Sunday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, LHP Cooper Hjerpe (0-2, 4.21) vs. Jeremy Lee RHP 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 3 at Lakeland 8

The Palm Beach Cardinals (25-19) fell to the Lakeland Flying Tigers (28-16, DET) 8-3 on Saturday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin took his third loss this season, throwing 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs, six earned, on eight hits while walking four and striking out one.

An RBI single and a two-RBI single in the first gave the Flying Tigers a 3-0 lead.

The Cardinals responded in the top of the fourth with an RBI single from Chase Adkison.

Chase Adkison

Lin’s day on the mound ended in the bottom of the fourth after he allowed two RBI singles and Augusto Calderon was brought in to relieve him.  Calderon allowed a runner to score on a wild pitch and walked in a run to give Lakeland a 7-1 lead.

Adkison’s two-RBI double in the top of the eighth made the score 7-3.

A sacrifice fly added a final insurance run for Lakeland in the bottom of the eighth, extending their lead to 8-3.

Calderon threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing no runs on no hits while walking four and striking out two.  Ettore Giulianelli threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on one hit while walking three and striking out two.  Yordy Herrera pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up one run on no hits while walking three and striking out three.  The Cardinals allowed eight runs on nine hits while walking 14 and striking out eight.

Adkison went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three RBI.  Miguel Villarroel hit 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Sammy Hernandez was 1-for-2 with a walk and scored once.  Palm Beach totaled three runs on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

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

FCL Cardinals 7, FCL Marlins 1

The Florida Complex League Cardinals defeated the Marlins 7-1 on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Packy Naughton threw one inning, allowing no runs on one hit while striking out one.

The Cardinals struck first in the second with Alejandro Loaiza’s two-RBI triple and Yancel Guerrero’s two-run bomb.

Yancel Guerrero

The Marlins earned one run back with an RBI single in the top of the fifth.

A wild pitch from the Marlins pitcher allowed Samil De La Rosa to come home and an RBI double from Yordalin Pena extended the Cardinals lead to 6-1.

Yordalin Peña

Yaisel Ramos’s RBI single in the eighth added an insurance run to make the score 7-1.

Pena went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Loaiza hit 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and scored once.  Guerrero was 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on six hits with three walks and 13 strikeouts.

Nelfy Ynfante threw five innings, allowing one run, none earned on three hits while striking out six to earn his second win this season.  Samuel Fabian pitched 2 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on three hits while striking out four.  The Cardinals gave up one run, none earned, on seven hits while walking none and striking out 11.

The FCL Cardinals are off on Sundays.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 24, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-4 on Thursday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis RH Michael McGreevy, threw a one-run complete game with 11 strikeouts. Other standouts include Ramon Mendoza, Bryan Torres, Osvaldo Tovalin, Dionys Rodriguez, Miguel Villarroel, Ruben Menes and Yancel Guerrero.

Results from games played on Thursday, May 23.

Memphis 0 at Durham 1

On Thursday, the Memphis Redbirds (25-23) were shut out by the Durham Bulls (20-28, TBR) 1-0  at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  Starter Michael McGreevy threw a complete game while taking his fifth loss this season, throwing eight innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out 11.

Michael McGreevy

The game’s lone run came in the fifth when McGreevy threw a wild pitch that plated the runner on third.

Gavin Collins was 1-for-2 with a double.  Jordan Walker went 1-for-4 with a double.  Thomas Saggese was 1-for-4.  The Redbirds totaled no runs on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts while hitting 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Friday’s game: at Durham, RHP Adam Kloffenstein (1-4, 4.84) vs. Nathan Wiles RHP (4-2, 6.21) 5:35 CT.

Springfield 3, Tulsa 9

The Springfield Cardinals (23-19) were crushed by the Tulsa Drillers (19-22, LAD) 9-3 on Thursday at Hammons Field.  Starter Ian Bedell took his second loss this season, pitching five innings, allowing seven runs on six hits while walking two and striking out six.

The Drillers broke the game open in the top of the second with two three-run homers for the early 6-0 lead.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom half of the inning with a two-RBI double from Ramon Mendoza.

Ramon Mendoza

A solo home run from Tulsa in the third extended their lead to 7-2.

Jacob Buchberger’s RBI single in the eighth brought the deficit to four.

The Drillers added two more insurance runs with an RBI double and an RBI single in the ninth while reliever Jack Ralston was pitching.

St. Louis rehabber Keynan Middleton threw one inning, allowing no runs and no hits while walking three and striking out one.  Ralston threw three innings, giving up two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out one.  Springfield yielded nine runs on 10 hits while walking six and striking out eight.

Bryan Torres

Leadoff man Bryan Torres was on base all five times, going 3-for-3 with two walks, raising his average to .328 on the season.  R.J. Yeager went 4-for-5 with a double and a run scored.  Mendoza was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on 12 hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts while stranding 10 men on base.

Friday’s game: vs. Tulsa, RHP Tink Hence (3-2, 3.18) vs. Justin Wrobleski LHP (2-1, 2.45) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 5, Cedar Rapids 8

The Peoria Chiefs (14-28) were at the wrong end of a perfect game until the ninth inning and lost to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (26-15, MIN) 8-5 on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Starter Brycen Mautz took his fifth loss against no wins this season, pitching 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out six.

A two-RBI single from the Kernels in the fifth gave them a 2-0 lead, ending Mautz’s night on the mound. Reliever Roy Garcia took over the bump and gave up a three-run longball to right field in the sixth. Garcia was left in the game for in the seventh as Cedar Rapids’ two-RBI single and RBI single extended their lead to 8-0.

The Chiefs first broke up the perfect game and then the no-hitter in the ninth with Joshua Baez’ walk and William Sullivan’s single. The late rally continued with Zach Levenson’s RBI forceout, then Alex Iadisernia reached on an error that plated Sullivan and Osvaldo Tovalin hit a two-RBI double. Darlin Moquete’s RBI single brought the score to within three, but it was not enough to take down the Kernels.

Osvaldo Tovalin

Sullivan went 1-for-3 with a run scored.  Tovalin was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and scored once.  Moquete hit 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled five runs on three hits with two walks and 12 strikeouts. All nine Chiefs batters fanned at least once.

Dionys Rodriguez

Garcia pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing six runs, five earned, on six hits while walking one and striking out two.  Dionys Rodriguez threw 2 2/3 innings, giving up no runs on two hits while walking one and striking out five.  Peoria yielded eight runs, seven earned, on 12 hits while walking four and striking out 13.

Friday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, LHP Quinn Mathews (0-0, 1.29) vs. Christian Macleod LHP (0-0, 2.84) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 3 at Lakeland 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals (24-18) fell to the Lakeland Flying Tigers (27-15, DET) 6-3 on Thursday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.  Starter Ixan Hernandez threw four innings, allowing three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out six.

Lakeland struck first in the first with an RBI single.

The Cardinals responded in the top of the second with Jose Cordoba’s solo moonshot to left field to tie the game at one apiece.

Another RBI single in the bottom of the second gave the Flying Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Miguel Villarroel

Palm Beach took the lead with Miguel Villarroel’s two-RBI single to center field in the third.

The Flying Tigers tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single.

Reliever Benjamin Arias took the mound in the fifth, and in the sixth, he allowed a two-run shot to left field. Yordy Herrera took over in the eighth and allowed a sacrifice fly extending the Flying Tigers’ lead to 6-3.

Arias took his first loss this season, pitching three innings, and yielding two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out two.  Herrera gave up one run on no hits in one inning while walking two.  The Cardinals allowed six runs on eight hits while walking five and striking out eight.

Villarroel went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a stolen base.  Cordoba hit 2-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, and a run scored.  Chase Davis was 2-for-4 with a double and scored once.  Palm Beach totaled three runs on eight hits with a walk and 11 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Lakeland, RH José Dávila (2-3, 3.78) vs. TBA 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 9, FCL Nationals 1

On Thursday, the Florida Complex League Cardinals (8-7) dominated the Nationals (5-8, WAS) 9-1 at the Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Ruben Menes threw four innings, allowing no runs on two hits while walking two and striking out four.

Ruben Menes

The Cardinals struck in the second with Felix Taveras’s solo homer to left field.  They continued to add insurance with Yancel Guerrero’s RBI triple and Alejandro Loaiza’s RBI single. Yordalin Pena reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Loaiza, and Jose Suarez’s RBI single capped off an early five-run inning.

Yancel Guerrero

Guerrero’s RBI triple in the third tallied an extra insurance run for the Cardinals and made the score 6-0.

Yordalin Pena’s two-run bomb to left field in the sixth extended their lead to 8-0.

The shutout was ruined when reliever Antoni Cuello allowed a solo shot to left field in the top of the eighth inning.

Guerrero’s RBI single earned that run back in the bottom half of the inning.

Guerrero went 4-for-5 with two triples, three RBI, and a run scored.  Pena hit 1-for-4 with a homer, a walk, two RBI, and scored once.  Suarez was 2-for-3 with two walks and an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled nine runs on 14 hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Alexander Beltre earned his first win this season, throwing one scoreless inning, and yielding one hit while striking out two.  Cuello pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up a run on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  Victor Villanueva threw 1 1/3 innings, allowing no runs or hits while striking out one.  The Cardinals gave up a run on five hits while walking three and striking out eight.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 20, 2024

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Behind 31 runs scored, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-1 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach SS Miguel Villarroel, doubled and hit a grand slam. Other standouts include Cesar Prieto, Matt Lloyd, Nathan Church, Luis Rodriguez, Trey Paige and Johnfrank Salazar.

Results from games played on Sunday, May 19.

Memphis 7, Gwinnett 6

On Sunday, the Memphis Redbirds (24-21) secured a narrow 7-6 victory over the Gwinnett Stripers (21-24, ATL) at AutoZone Park.  Pitching seven-plus innings, starter Sem Robberse received his fifth win this season despite allowing six runs on six hits while walking four and striking out six. The hits included a three-run home run in the third.

The Redbirds struck first in the second on Thomas Saggese’s RBI groundout and Matt Koperniak’s RBI double.

Matt Koperniak

After the three-run homer to right-center field in the third, the Stripers added an insurance run in the top of the sixth with an RBI single.

Memphis tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with RBI doubles by César Prieto and Luken Baker.

Luken Baker

The home team recaptured the lead in the seventh on Arquímedes Gamboa’s RBI single. José Fermín’s and Prieto’s RBI singles added two insurance runs.

César Prieto

Gwinnett brought the score to within one with two RBI singles in the eighth.

Connor Thomas received his second save this season despite allowing both runners inherited from Robberse to score. The lefty threw two scoreless innings on four hits while striking out two.  Memphis gave up six runs on 10 hits while walking four and striking out eight.

Prieto went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Baker was 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI, and scored once.  Fermín was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled seven runs on 11 hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

The Redbirds took five of the seven games against Gwinnett during their now-completed set.  Memphis will play the Durham Bulls (18-27, TBR) this week.

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

Springfield 12, Midland 6

The Springfield Cardinals (22-16) dominated the Midland Rockhounds (25-14, OAK) 12-6 on Sunday at Hammons Field.  Starter Wilfredo Pereira threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the first with Matt Lloyd’s two-run moonshot to left field.

Matt Lloyd

Springfield continued to extend the lead in the second with Luis Rodriguez’s RBI single, Nathan Church’s RBI single, and an error that plated Rodriguez.

The Rockhounds cut the lead in half with a three-run double in the fifth.

Ryan Shreve took over the mound after the double. In the top of the sixth, he allowed an RBI single and a two-run homer as the Rockhounds took a one-run lead.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the sixth with Church’s RBI single and Lloyd’s RBI double. Chandler Redmond reached on a catcher’s interference that brought home Lloyd, and Rodriguez rapped a two-run single. All were scored against former Cardinal Seth Elledge, who took the loss.

Nathan Church

Church’s sacrifice fly in the seventh added an insurance run to make it 11-6.

Redmond’s RBI single in the eighth made the score 12-6.

Luis C. Rodriguez

Church went 2-for-3 with a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Lloyd hit 3-for-4 with a homer, a double, three RBI, and scored twice.  Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a walk, three RBI, and one run scored.  The Cardinals totaled 12 runs on 15 hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Shreve received his second win this season, throwing 1 2/3 innings, and allowing three runs on three hits.  St. Louis rehabber Keynan Middleton pitched an inning, yielding no runs and no hits while walking two.  Just seven of his 17 pitches went for strikes. Matt Svanson threw two scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks while striking out two.  Springfield allowed six runs on 10 hits while walking five and striking out six.

Springfield took just two of the six home games against the Rockhounds.  The Cardinals will continue their homestand this week against the Tulsa Drillers (16-21, LAD).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Tulsa, RHP Trent Baker (2-2, 6.75) vs. Kendall Williams RHP (1-4, 9.45) 6:35 CT.

Peoria 2, West Michigan 4

The Peoria Chiefs (13-26) extended their third long losing streak of the year to five games as they fell to the West Michigan Whitecaps (20-19, DET) by a 4-2 score on Sunday at Dozer Park.  Starter Cooper Hjerpe took his second loss this season, pitching three innings, and allowing three runs on three hits while walking one and striking out six.

The Whitecaps struck first in the third with a three-run longball to left field to take an early 3-0 lead. Inohan Paniagua replaced Hjerpe in the fourth and gave up a solo homer to the first batter he faced.

The Chiefs earned one back in the sixth with Won-Bin Cho’s RBI double.

Won-Bin Cho

Darlin Moquete’s solo bomb to left field in the eighth cut the deficit to 4-2.

Darlin Moquete

Moquete went 1-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Cho was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Graysen Tarlow was 1-for-3 and scored once.  The Chiefs totaled two runs on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.

In long relief, Paniagua threw four innings, allowing one run on one hit while walking three and striking out five.  Tanner Jacobson threw two scoreless innings, yielding no hits and two walks while striking out four.  Peoria gave up four runs on four hits while walking six and striking out 15.

Peoria dropped five of their six games to West Michigan in the first half of their homestand.  The Chiefs will continue their homestand against the Cedar Rapids Kernels (24-14, MIN).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, LHP Pete Hansen (0-3, 4.42) vs. TBA 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 10, St. Lucie 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals (23-16) ended the series with a win over the St. Lucie Mets (NYM, 13-26) on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  In his Palm Beach debut, starter Hunter Kublick pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out five.

The Cardinals opened the scoring in the first with Chase Adkison’s RBI single and Jose Cordoba’s RBI double. Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI double in the second extended their lead to 3-0.

Two RBI singles from the Mets and an RBI triple in the top of the fourth tied the score.

Palm Beach roared back with an RBI single from Salazar and Miguel Villarroel’s grand slam to take a five-run lead.

Miguel Villarroel

Hunter Hayes took over mound duties with two outs in the fourth and allowed an RBI single in the fifth.

Trey Paige led off the sixth with a solo shot to center.

Trey Paige

The Mets kept the game close with an RBI force out in the top of the seventh.

The home team added another run in the bottom half of the inning on Adari Grant’s bases-loaded walk.

Henry Gomez closed out the game in the ninth after allowing an RBI single for the final score of 10-6.

Hayes received his first win, pitching 2 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out one.  Zack Showalter threw 1 2/3 innings, yielding no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Gomez gave up a run on two hits in the inning he threw while walking none.  The Cardinals allowed six runs on 17 hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Villarroel went 2-for-5 with a grand slam, a double, four RBI, and two runs scored.  Paige went 2-for-2 with a home run, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Salazar was 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI, and scored once.  Palm Beach totaled 10 runs on 12 hits with five walks and six strikeouts.

Palm Beach won five of the six games in their home series with St. Lucie.  The Cardinals will now play the Lakeland Flying Tigers (25-14, DET) in a six-game road series.

Tuesday’s game: at Lakeland, TBA vs. TBA 5:30 CT.

Florida Complex League Cardinals – off Sunday

The 6-5 rookie league Cardinals play their 12th game of the 2024 season on Monday at Roger Dean against the Mets (6-4, NYM).

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 19, 2024

photo: Quinn Mathews (Palm Beach Cardinals)

The St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-2 on Saturday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Peoria LH Quinn Mathews, threw seven one-run innings on three hits with 11 strikeouts. Other standouts include Adam Kloffenstein, Luken Baker, Tink Hence, Mike Antico, Chen-Wei Lin and Miguel Villarroel.

Results from games played on Saturday, May 18.

Memphis 6, Gwinnett 1

The Memphis Redbirds (23-21) defeated the Gwinnett Stripers (21-23, ATL) 6-1 Sunday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein earned his first win this season, pitching six innings, and allowing a run on three hits while walking one and striking out three.

Adam Kloffenstein

The Redbirds took the lead in the fourth with back-to-back bombs from José Fermín and Luken Baker.

José Fermín

The Stripers responded with a solo home run in the fifth to cut their deficit in half.

Baker’s two-run blast and Jared Young’s RBI single extended their lead to 5-1.

Luken Baker

Matt Koperniak’s solo moonshot in the eighth added an extra insurance run to make the score 6-1.

Matt Koperniak

Fermín hit 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Baker was 2-for-4 with his 10th and 11th homers this season, three RBI, and two runs scored.  Koperniak went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double, an RBI, and scored once.  The Redbirds totaled six runs on 10 hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Jacob Bosiokovic threw a scoreless inning, allowing no hits and two walks.  Kolton Ingram threw an inning, yielding no runs, no hits, and one walk while striking out two.  Ryan Loutos closed the game, giving up no runs and no hits while walking two and striking out one.  Memphis allowed a run on three hits while walking six and striking out six.

Sunday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, RHP Sem Robberse (4-2, 2.64) vs. TBA 1:05 CT.

Springfield 3, Midland 2

The Springfield Cardinals walked it off against the Midland Rockhounds 3-2 on Saturday at Hammons Field.  Starter Tink Hence threw six innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out nine.

Tink Hence

The Rockhounds struck first in the top of the second with a sacrifice fly.

Mike Antico’s RBI single in the bottom of the second tied the game at one apiece.

Mike Antico

The Cardinals took the lead on Ramon Mendoza’s sacrifice fly in the third.

Hence gave up a solo homer to left-center field to lead off the top of the sixth.

Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single brought R.J. Yeager home to score and walked it off, giving Springfield the 3-2 win.

Noah Mendlinger

Antico went 2-for-5 with an RBI.  Mendlinger hit 1-for-4 with an RBI, his 20th this season.  Mendoza was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  The Cardinals totaled three runs on nine hits with five walks and five strikeouts.

Leonardo Taveras threw two innings, allowing no runs on one hit while striking out three.  Andre Granillo earned his fourth win, pitching an inning, yielding no runs and no hits while striking out two.  Springfield gave up two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out 14.

Sunday’s game: vs. Midland, RHP Tekoah Roby (2-2, 6.75) vs. Blake Beers RHP (2-2, 5.71) 1:05 CT.

Peoria 2, West Michigan 3

On Saturday, the Peoria Chiefs (13-25) blew an early lead against the West Michigan Whitecaps (19-19, DET) to lose 3-2 at Dozer Park.  In his Peoria debut, starter Quinn Mathews threw seven innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking one and striking out 11.

Quinn Mathews

The Chiefs struck first in the first with Leonardo Bernal’s two-RBI single.

Leonardo Bernal

The Whitecaps earned their first run in the sixth with a sacrifice fly.

Reliever Roy Garcia came into the game in the eighth.  He allowed a runner to score on a wild pitch to tie the game and allowed a solo shot to center to give up the lead.

Garcia took his first loss this season, throwing one inning, and allowing two runs on one hit while walking one and striking out three.  Tyler Bradt pitched an inning, yielding no runs and no hits while striking out three.  The Chiefs gave up three runs on four hits while walking two and striking out 17.

Bernal went 1-for-4 with two RBI.  Michael Curialle was 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  Joshua Baez was 2-for-3 with a HBP.  Peoria totaled two runs on nine hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts while stranding seven men on base.

Sunday’s game: vs. West Michigan, LHP Cooper Hjerpe (0-1, 3.57) vs. Colin Fields RHP (1-2, 2.64) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 13, St. Lucie 1

The Palm Beach Cardinals (22-16) dominated the St. Lucie Mets (13-25, NYM), winning 13-1 on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin earned his third win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing no runs on one hit while walking two and striking out five.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Miguel Villarroel’s RBI double and added a second run when Villarroel scored on a wild pitch later in the inning.

Miguel Villarroel

Palm Beach extended their lead in the fourth with Sammy Hernandez’s RBI single and Trey Paige’s RBI walk.

The home team broke open the game in the sixth with Adari Grant’s RBI single, Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI single, Brayden Jobert’s RBI forceout, Villarroel’s RBI double, Chase Davis’s two-RBI single, Hernandez’s two-RBI double, and Paige’s RBI double to cap off the nine-run inning.

Luis Gastelum replaced Lin in the seventh, and he allowed an RBI single that put the Mets on the board.

Gastelum earned his first save this season, pitching three innings, allowing a run on two hits while walking one and striking out seven.  The Cardinals gave up a run on three hits while walking three and striking out 12.

Villarroel went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Paige was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two RBI, and scored once.  Palm Beach totaled 13 runs on 15 hits with six walks and nine strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, RH Hunter Kublick (Palm Beach debut) vs. Franklin Gomez LHP (1-0, 2.92) 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 1, FCL Marlins 4

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (6-5) fell to the FCL Marlins (9-1, MIA) 4-1 on Saturday at the Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Leonel Sequera took his first loss this season, throwing four innings, and allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Marlins took the lead in the fourth with an RBI double and added an insurance run after a fielding error by third baseman Samil De La Rosa allowed a run to score.

Reliever Samuel Fabian yielded an RBI single in the eighth. Juan Severino replaced Fabian in the top of the ninth and gave up an RBI single for a Marlins 4-0 lead.

The Cardinals earned a run in the bottom of the ninth when Yordalin Pena’s RBI groundout plated Jonathan Mejia.

Arfeni Batista went 1-for-3.  Pena was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Mejia went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled a run on three hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts.

Randel Clemente threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits, a walk, and striking out three.  Fabian pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits while walking one and striking out one.   Severino threw an inning, yielding a run on two hits while walking one and striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed four runs, three earned, on 10 hits while walking four and striking out nine.

The FCL Cardinals are off Sunday.

Monday’s game: vs. FCL Mets, TBA vs. TBA 11:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 17, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 2-3 as The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield SS Jeremy Rivas, had three hits including a home run and three RBI. Other Thursday standouts include Michael McGreevy, Thomas Saggese, Mike Antico, Hancel Rincon, Jason Savacool and Yadiel Batista.

Results from games played on Thursday, May 16.

Memphis 2, Gwinnett 4

The Memphis Redbirds (21-21) were defeated by the Gwinnett Stripers (21-21, ATL) 4-2 on Thursday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Michael McGreevy threw six innings, allowing two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.

Michael McGreevy

Gwinnett struck first in the top of the first with an RBI forceout. The Redbirds responded in the bottom of the first with Thomas Saggese’s RBI double.

Thomas Saggese

McGreevy gave up a solo shot to right-center in the third to conclude a seven-pitch at-bat. Memphis tied it in the fifth with Saggese’s sacrifice fly to plate José Fermín.

Nick Raquet took over the mound in the seventh and allowed a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give the Stripers the lead. The Stripers added an insurance run in the ninth with another sacrifice fly.

Raquet took his first loss this season, yielding two runs on five hits while striking out three.  Memphis allowed four runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out seven.

Saggese was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Jared Young was 2-for-4 with a double.  Fermín went 0-for-2 with a walk, an HBP, and two runs scored.  The Redbirds totaled two runs on nine hits with two walks, six strikeouts, and 10 players left on base while going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Friday’s game: vs Gwinnett, RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.50) vs. Allan Winans RHP (3-2, 3.27) 7:05 CT.

Springfield 7, Midland 8

On Thursday, the Springfield Cardinals (20-15) fell to the Midland Rockhounds (24-12, OAK) 8-7 at Hammons Field.  Starter Max Rajcic took his third loss this season, throwing 2 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on five hits while walking three and striking out two.

On the third pitch of the game, Rajcic allowed a solo shot to left-center field. Rajcic gave up another solo longball on the third pitch in the top of the second inning.

The Cardinals responded in the bottom half of the inning with Mike Antico’s RBI single and Jeremy Rivas’s two-RBI single to take the lead.

Midland took back the lead in the top of the third with an RBI double that tied it, a balk from Rajcic that scored a runner, another RBI double, and a walk that brought home another runner.

R.J. Yeager’s RBI double in the bottom of the third brought the game back to within striking distance.

R.J. Yeager

Wilfredo Pereira replaced Rajcic after the bases-loaded walk in the third.  He allowed a two-RBI single to extend Midland’s lead to 8-4 in the top of the fifth.

Matt Lloyd grounded into an RBI forceout in the bottom of the fifth. Antico’s solo homer to left field brought the game to within two and gave him his sixth RBI of the series.

Mike Antico

Rivas’s solo moonshot to left-center field made the score 8-7.

Jeremy Rivas

Yeager was 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Antico was 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and scored twice.  Rivas went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on 13 hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.

St. Louis rehabber Keynan Middleton threw an inning, allowing no runs and no hits.  Jack Ralston covered two innings, yielding no runs and no hits while striking out three.  Andre Granillo pitched one inning without allowing a hit.  Springfield gave up eight runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out seven.

Friday’s game: vs. Midland, RHP Ian Bedell (1-1, 6.75) vs. Wander Guante RHP 6:35 CT.

Peoria 3, West Michigan 5

The Peoria Chiefs (13-23) blew a late lead to lose to the West Michigan Whitecaps (17-19, DET) 5-3 on Thursday at Dozer Park.  Starter Hancel Rincon pitched six innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking one and striking out three.

Hancel Rincón

The Chiefs struck first in the third with Alex Iadisernia’s RBI double.

Alex Iadisernia

The Whitecaps tied it in the top of the fourth with an RBI groundout, but Peoria took back the lead with Brody Moore’s RBI single. Moore added insurance in the seventh with his solo moonshot to left field.

Brody Moore

Zane Millis replaced Rincon in the seventh, and in the eighth, he walked in two runs to tie the game at three apiece.

Nathanael Heredia took over for Mills after the two walks, and in the ninth, he gave up a two-RBI single to put the Chiefs down 5-3. The Peoria offense was unable to answer in the home ninth.

Millis threw 1 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits while walking three and striking out two.  Heredia took his second loss this season, pitching 1 2/3 innings, yielding two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking one and striking out five.  The Chiefs gave up five runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking five and striking out 10.

Moore went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Iadisernia doubled in four at-bats with an RBI.  Leonardo Bernal was 2-for-4 with a triple and scored once.  Peoria totaled three runs on seven hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. West Michigan, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-3, 7.03) vs. Jaden Hamm RHP (0-0, 0.94) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 8, St. Lucie 2

On Thursday, the Palm Beach Cardinals (21-15) dominated the St. Lucie Mets (12-24, NYM) 8-2 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool threw five innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking three and striking out six.

Jason Savacool

The Cardinals took an early lead in the first on Chase Adkison’s RBI groundout but the Mets tied it in the third with a solo shot to left field.

Ixan Henderson relieved Savacool and allowed an RBI single in the top of the seventh to give St. Lucie a 2-1 lead.

A balk in the bottom half of the inning allowed Luis Pino to score.  Miguel Villarroel’s two-RBI double took the lead.  Jose Cordoba’s RBI single, a throwing error on a pickoff that scored Adkison, and Ross Friedrick’s two-run bomb to right ended the seven-run inning.

Ross Friedrick

Villarroel went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored.  Adkison was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Friedrick one hit in four at-bats was a homer which drove in two.  The Cardinals totaled eight runs on eight hits with six walks and 10 strikeouts.

Henderson earned his third win this season, throwing two innings, yielding a run on two hits while walking three and striking out four.  Henry Gomez pitched two innings, giving up no runs on two hits while striking out two.  Palm Beach allowed two runs on six hits while walking six and striking out 12.

Friday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, RH José Dávila (2-2, 3.38) vs. Jack Wenninger RHP (1-1, 5.34) 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 4 at FCL Mets 0

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (6-3) shut out the FCL Mets (5-4, NYM) 4-0 on Thursday at St. Lucie Sports Complex.  Starter Yadiel Batista threw four innings allowing no runs on four hits while walking one and striking out four.

Yadiel Batista

The Cardinals struck first in the second when Arfeni Batista stole third and scored on a throwing error from the catcher.  They added pressure with Yancel Guerrero’s RBI single and Anyelo Encarnacion’s two-run home run.

Anyelo Encarnacion

Encarnacion was 1-for-5 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored.  Guerrero went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Jonathan Mejia was 2-for-3 with a walk.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on four hits with six walks and 15 strikeouts. All nine of the Cardinals starting hitters struck out once or twice.

Yordy Herrera earned his fourth win this season, pitching two innings, giving up no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out three.  Antoni Cuello threw two scoreless innings, yielding no runs and no hits while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed no runs on six hits while walking three and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: at FCL Astros (1-8, HOU), LH Packy Naughton (Memphis rehab) vs. TBA 11:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 13, 2024

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The St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-3 as The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Peoria 3B Michael Curialle, had four hits including three home runs and drove in seven. Other Sunday standouts include Luken Baker, Nathan Church and Trey Paige.

Results from games played on Sunday, May 12.

Memphis 5, Norfolk 8

On Sunday at AutoZone Park, the Memphis Redbirds (18-18) fell to the Norfolk Tides (19-18, BAL) 8-5 with the longball playing a major factor.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein threw seven innings, allowing four runs on four hits including three home runs while walking one and striking out seven.

The Tides opened the scoring in the first with a two-run long ball.

Alfonso Rivas III and Jordan Walker’s RBI singles tied the game at two apiece in the third.

Jordan Walker

A solo homer for Norfolk allowed them to take a one-run lead in the top of the fifth.

Walker re-tied the game with his sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth.

Another solo homer for the Tides in the sixth gave them a one-run lead again.

Memphis tied it in the seventh with Luken Baker’s blast to left center.

Luken Baker

Connor Thomas replaced Kloffenstein in the eighth, and he allowed a solo home run to the first batter he faced.  He later yielded a two-RBI single and an RBI single to give the Tides an 8-4 lead.

Memphis tried to regain the momentum in the ninth on Baker’s RBI double, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.

Baker went 3-for-4 with a homer, two doubles, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored.  Rivas III was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Walker was 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and two RBI while extending his hitting streak to eight games.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on 12 hits with a walk and 14 strikeouts.

Thomas took his first loss this season, pitching one inning and allowing four runs on five hits while striking out two.  Jacob Bosiokovic threw a scoreless inning, yielding no hits and no walks while striking out two.  Memphis gave up eight runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out 11.

The Redbirds dropped the series, winning only two of the six games against the Norfolk Tides.  Memphis will begin a home series at AutoZone Park against the Gwinnett Stripers (19-19, ATL) on Tuesday.

Memphis will play a doubleheader on Tuesday against Gwinnett due to a game originally postponed on April 21.

Tuesday’s games: vs. Gwinnett, RH Gordon Graceffo (3-3, 4.93) vs. Dylan Dodd LHP (2-3, 4.35) 5:05 CT (Game 1). at Gwinnett, RH Sem Robberse (4-1, 2.81) vs. Zach Logue LHP (0-3, 2.73).

Springfield 5 at NW Arkansas 11

The Springfield Cardinals (20-12) were crushed by the NW Arkansas Naturals (16-15, KCR) 11-5 on Sunday at Arvest Ballpark.  Starter Tink Hence took his second loss this season, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing nine runs, none earned, on six hits while walking three and striking out one.

The Naturals scored three in the first on a sacrifice fly and two RBI singles to take the early lead. They were unearned due to a fielding error by second baseman Ramon Mendoza, just back from Memphis.

The Cardinals chipped away at the deficit, as Mendoza’s two-RBI double cut the Naturals’ lead to 3-2.

Ramon Mendoza

Springfield tied the game in the third with Jimmy Crooks’ RBI single.

Jimmy Crooks

Bryan Torres’s sacrifice fly allowed the Cardinals to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the fourth.

However, NW Arkansas put the game out of reach in the bottom of the fourth.  Hence committed a throwing error on a fielders’ choice that allowed the first runner to score.  An RBI single, an RBI forceout, and another RBI single ended Hence’s day on the mound and brought in Andrew Marrero.  Marrero didn’t stop the bleeding as he allowed a two-RBI double and a two-run bomb to right field to make the score 11-4.

Nathan Church’s RBI double in the seventh was the only offense Springfield could generate after the eight-run fourth inning.

Nathan Church

Church went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Mendoza was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBI, and scored once.  Mike Antico was 2-for-4 and scored once.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on 12 hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Marrero threw 2 1/3 innings, charged with two runs, none earned, on two hits with two strikeouts.  Jack Ralston pitched two scoreless innings, yielding a hit and two walks while striking out one.  Springfield gave up 11 runs, none earned, on nine hits while walking five and striking out four.

The Cardinals lost four of the six games in their series against the NW Arkansas Naturals.  Springfield will begin a homestand at Hammons Field on Tuesday against the Midland Rockhounds (21-12, OAK).

Tuesday’s game: vs. Midland, RH Tekoah Roby (2-1, 5.97) vs. TBA 11:15 CT.

Peoria 9 at Beloit 3

The Peoria Chiefs (12-21) dominated the Beloit Sky Carp (17-15, MIA) 9-3 on Sunday at ABC Supply Stadium led by Michael Curialle’s three-home run day.  Starter Wilfredo Pereira threw four innings, allowing no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out three.

Curialle’s three-run bomb in the top of the first opened the scoring.

Osvaldo Tovalin’s third-inning single plated the eventual game-winning run.  Curialle extended the lead with a two-run homer to center and Anyelo Encarnacion’s RBI triple added another insurance run.

In the fifth, Curialle’s two-run moonshot made it 9-0.

Michael Curialle

Reliever Roy Garcia pitched the seventh and eighth.  In the eighth, he allowed an RBI forceout to make the score 9-1. Tyler Bradt took the ninth and gave up two RBI singles to cut Peoria’s lead to 9-3.

Tanner Jacobson earned his first win this season, pitching two innings, and allowing no runs on one hit while striking out three.  Garcia gave up one run on two hits while striking out three.  Bradt yielded two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two.  The Chiefs allowed three runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out 11.

Curialle went 4-for-5 with three homers, seven RBI, and three runs scored.  Tovalin was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.  Encarnacion hit 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  Peoria totaled nine runs on 14 hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts.

The Chiefs won four of the six games against the Beloit Sky Carp.  Peoria begins a homestand at Dozer Park against the West Michigan Whitecaps (15-18, DET) on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s game: vs. West Michigan, LHP Cooper Hjerpe (0-1, 4.34) vs. TBA 11:05 CT.

Palm Beach 4 at Jupiter 6

The Palm Beach Cardinals (18-15) lost to the Jupiter Hammerheads (21-12, MIA) 6-4 on Sunday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits while walking four and striking out none.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals took an early lead in the second on Chase Adkison’s RBI groundout and Trey Paige’s RBI single.

Trey Paige

The Hammerheads earned one back in the fourth when Lin walked in a run.

A wild pitch in the fifth allowed Lizandro Espinoza to cross the plate to make it 3-1.

Jupiter tied the game in the sixth with an RBI double and an RBI groundout.

A passed ball in the top of the seventh scored Miguel Villarroel to give the Cardinals the lead.

Augusto Calderon replaced Lin in the sixth and continued pitching into the bottom of the seventh when he gave up an RBI double.  Zach Showalter took over and allowed an RBI single and a sacrifice fly as the Hammerheads assumed the lead.

Calderon took his fourth loss this season, throwing one inning, and allowing two runs on one hit while hitting a batter and striking out one.  Showalter pitched 1 2/3 innings, yielding one run on three hits while walking two and striking out four.  The Cardinals gave up six runs, five earned, on seven hits while walking six and striking out five.

Paige went 3-for-4 with his sixth double this season and an RBI.  Espinoza was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored.  Johnfrank Salazar was 1-for-4 with a double and scored once.  Palm Beach totaled four runs on 10 hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Palm Beach split the series with Jupiter at three games apiece.  The Cardinals will begin a homestand on Tuesday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium against the St. Lucie Mets (12-21, NYM).

Tuesday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, RH Gerardo Salas (1-1, 1.80) vs. TBA 4:00 CT.

Florida Complex League Cardinals – off Sunday and Monday

The 4-3 rookie league Cardinals play their eighth game of the 2024 season on Tuesday at Roger Dean against the Mets (3-2, NYM).

Tuesday’s game: at FCL Mets, RH Nelfy Ynfante (0-0, 4.50) vs. TBA 11:00 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 12, 2024

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On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach RH Jose Davila, tossed six scoreless innings on three hits. Other standouts include Andre Pallante, Thomas Saggese, Mike Antico and Brody Moore.

Results from games played on Saturday, May 11.

Memphis 3, Norfolk 2

The Memphis Redbirds (19-18) edged the Norfolk Tides (19-19, BAL) 3-2 on Saturday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Andre Pallante threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking two and striking out two.

Andre Pallante

The Tides struck first in the top of the third with a groundout into a double play that brought home a run.

Thomas Saggese responded with a bomb to left field that tied the game at one apiece.

Thomas Saggese

The Redbirds took the lead in the sixth with Nick Raposo’s RBI single to left field.

Memphis added an insurance run in the seventh with Luken Baker’s blast to center.

Luken Baker

An eighth-inning sacrifice fly yielded by reliever Ryan Loutos allowed the Tides to bring the game within one, but they could not capitalize further.

In his Memphis debut, Alex Cornwell earned the win, pitching two innings, allowing no runs on one hit while walking and striking out one.  Loutos earned his fourth save, throwing two innings, yielding one run on one hit while walking two and striking out one.  The Cardinals gave up two runs on six hits while walking five and striking out four.

Baker went 1-for-3, a homer, a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Saggese was 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Alfonso Rivas III was 2-for-4 with a run scored.  Springfield totaled three runs on 12 hits with three walks and four strikeouts while going 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Sunday’s game: vs. Norfolk, RHP Adam Kloffenstein (0-4, 5.35) vs. Cade Povich LHP (3-1, 1.11) 1:05 CT.

Springfield 5 at NW Arkansas 6 (11 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (20-11) lost a close one to the NW Arkansas Naturals (15-15, KCR) 6-5 in 11 innings on Saturday at Arvest Ballpark.  Starter Ian Bedell threw five innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out six.

Mike Antico drove one deep on the game’s third pitch to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.

Mike Antico

The Cardinals added another run in the top of the third with R.J. Yeager’s RBI single.

The Naturals came back in the bottom of the third with a sacrifice fly, an RBI fielder choice, and a three-run bomb.

Springfield cut the deficit to one in the fourth with Jeremy Rivas’s RBI single and Jacob Buchberger’s RBI groundout.

Matt Lloyd’s sacrifice fly in the eighth tied the game at five.

Matt Svanson came in to pitch the 11th and allowed an RBI walk off single.

Ryan Shreve

Ryan Shreve threw three innings, allowing no runs on three hits while striking out four.  Andre Granillo pitched two innings, yielding no runs and no hits while walking one and striking out four.  Svanson took his first loss this season, pitching 1/3 of an inning, giving up one run, none earned, on one hit while striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed six runs, five earned on 11 hits while walking three and striking out 15.

Antico went 2-for-5 with a homer, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Rivas was 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Buchberger went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  Springfield totaled five runs on nine hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at NW Arkansas, RHP Tink Hence (3-1, 3.60) vs. Noah Cameron LHP (2-1, 2.97) 2:05 CT.

Peoria 6 at Beloit 3

The Peoria Chiefs (11-21) defeated the Beloit Sky Carp (17-14, MIA) 6-3 on Saturday at ABC Supply Stadium.  Starter Brycen Mautz pitched four innings, allowing two runs on two hits while walking three and striking out six.

The Chiefs opened the scoring in the first with Leonardo Bernal’s bases-loaded hit by pitch, and they added insurance when the opposing pitcher balked in a run.  Brody Moore’s three-RBI double cleared the bases and William Sullivan’s RBI single drove in Moore to make it 6-0.

Brody Moore

The Sky Carp pulled closer in the third with a two-RBI double. A solo home run from Beloit in the sixth made the score 6-3.

Dionys Rodriguez earned his first win this season, pitching three innings while allowing one run on two hits while striking out four.  Nathaneal Heredia threw two innings, giving up no runs on one hit while walking two and striking out two to earn his first save this season.  Peoria yielded three runs on five hits while walking five and striking out 12.

Moore went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.  Bernal was 2-for-3 with a double, an HBP, an RBI, and scored once.  Sullivan went 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled six runs on five hits with three walks. Leadoff man Zach Levenson went 0-for-5 with four of Peoria’s 17 strikeouts.

Joshua Baez stole his 11th base this season while Bernal was caught stealing and Dakota Harris was picked off.

Sunday’s game: at Beloit, LHP Cooper Hjerpe (0-1, 5.28) vs. Alex Williams RHP (1-1, 7.00) 1:05 CT.

Palm Beach 2 at Jupiter 0

The Palm Beach Cardinals (18-14) shut out the Jupiter Hammerheads (20-12, MIA) on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jose Davila earned his second win this season, throwing six innings, and allowing no runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two.

José Dávila

The Cardinals struck first in the sixth with Kade Kretzschmar’s sacrifice fly that drove in Johnfrank Salazar.

Palm Beach added an insurance run when the opposing pitcher balked in the eighth to allow Sammy Hernandez to score.

Miguel Villarroel went 3-for-3 with a walk.  Kretzschmar was 1-for-2 with an RBI and an HBP.  Salazar hit 1-for-4 with a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled two runs on five hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Gustavo J. Rodriguez

Gustavo Rodriguez earned his third save this season, pitching three innings, and allowing no runs on three hits while striking out two.  Palm Beach gave up no runs on six hits while walking two and striking out four.

Sunday’s game: at Jupiter, RH Chen-Wei Lin (2-2, 1.65) vs. Jake Brooks RHP (3-0, 1.04) 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 0 at FCL Houston 2

The Florida Complex League Cardinals (4-3) were shut out on one hit by the Astros (1-4, HOU) 2-0 on Saturday at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches Complex.  Starter Hunter Kublick took his first loss this season, pitching four innings, allowing two runs on two hits while walking none and striking out six.

Kublick allowed a two-run homer in the third which represented the only and winning runs.

Hunter Hayes threw two innings, allowing no runs and no hits while walking one and striking out two.  Samuel Fabian pitched two innings, giving up no runs on a hit while striking out four.  The Cardinals yielded two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out 12.

Jonathan Mejia went 1-1 with the only hit tallied by the Cardinals in Saturday’s game, but he was replaced in the bottom of the second.  Felix Taveras went 0-for-3 with a walk and was the only player with more than one at-bat who did not strike out.  The Cardinals totaled one hit with three walks and 14 strikeouts.

Taveras stole his second bag this season, and in the field, Kublick and Arfeni Batista committed a throwing error.

Sunday and Monday are off days for the FCL Cardinals.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 10, 2024

photo: Ixan Henderson (Palm Beach Cardinals)

On Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 5-1. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach’s Ixan Henderson, tossed five scoreless innings on one hit with five strikeouts. Other standouts include Cesar Prieto, Jimmy Crooks, Edwin Nuñez and Benito Garcia.

Results from games played on Thursday, May 9.

Memphis 3, Norfolk 2

The Memphis Redbirds (18-17) defeated the Norfolk Tides (18-18, BAL) 3-2 in walk-off fashion on Thursday at AutoZone Park.  Starter Zach Thompson threw three innings, allowing one run on no hits while walking seven and striking out four.

The Redbirds struck first in the second with a bomb to left field from Gavin Collins.

Gavin Collins

In the third, Thompson threw a wild pitch allowing the runner on third to score to tie the game.

In the fifth, rehabber Matt Carpenter’s solo moonshot to right field gave Memphis a one-run lead.

Brandon Komar took over the mound in the fourth.  The Tides lined out, and a throwing error from Arquímedes Gamboa allowed a runner to score from third.

In the ninth, César Prieto’s RBI single scored Victor Scott II and walked it off with a score of 3-2.

César Prieto

Carpenter went 1-for-4 with a homer, an RBI, a run scored, and two strikeouts.  Collins hit 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, an RBI, and scored once.  Prieto was 2-for-5 with a triple and an RBI.  The Redbirds totaled three runs on six hits with five walks and 12 strikeouts.

Komar pitched four innings and allowed one run on three hits while walking three and striking out two.  Jacob Bosiokovic earned his second win this season, throwing two innings, giving up no runs on one hit while striking out two.  Memphis yielded two runs on four hits while walking 10 and striking out eight.

Friday’s game: vs. Norfolk, RHP Michael McGreevy (2-3, 4.62) vs.  Garrett Stallings RHP (0-1, 5.17) 12:05 CT.

Springfield 6 at NW Arkansas 3 (Game 1,  7 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (19-9) won their first game of the doubleheader 6-3 over the NW Arkansas Naturals (13-14, KCR) on Thursday at Arvest Ballpark.  Starter Tekoah Roby earned his second win this season, throwing 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, one earned on five hits while walking three and striking out four.

The Cardinals struck first in the first with Jimmy Crooks’ RBI double.  They extended their lead in the second with Bryan Torres’s two-RBI single.

Bryan Torres

The Naturals brought the game to within one in the third with a two-run home run to left-center.

Springfield broke open the game in the fifth with Mike Antico’s RBI single and Noah Mendlinger’s two-RBI double to make the score 6-2.

Noah Mendlinger

NW Arkansas earned one run in the sixth when Roby gave up a solo shot to center.

Andre Granillo earned his fourth save pitching 1 2/3 innings, giving up no runs on no hits while walking three and striking out two.  The Cardinals yielded three runs, one earned, on five hits while walking six and striking out six.

Crooks went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Mendlinger hit 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two RBI.  Antico was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Springfield totaled six runs on nine hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.

Springfield 0 at NW Arkansas 1 (Game 2, 7 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (19-10) were shut out 1-0 by the NW Arkansas Naturals (14-14) in the second half of their doubleheader on Thursday at Arvest Ballpark.  Starter Edwin Nuñez pitched four innings, allowing no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out five.

Edwin Nuñez

The Naturals’ walk and two singles loaded the bases and walked it off when a wild pitch from reliever Trent Baker allowed the runner from third to score.

Baker took his second loss this season, throwing 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking two and striking out four.  The Cardinals gave up one run on five hits while walking three and striking out nine.

Nathan Church went 1-for-3.  Matt Lloyd hit 1-for-3.  Mike Antico was 1-for-2.  Springfield totaled no runs on three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts.

Church and Antico were both caught stealing in today’s game, leaving Lloyd as the only baserunner to be stranded at the end of an inning.

Friday’s game: at NW Arkansas, RHP Max Rajcic (3-2, 7.71) vs. Tyson Guerrero LHP (0-1, 5.54) 7:05 CT.

Peoria 4 at Beloit 3

The Peoria Chiefs (9-21) beat the Beloit Sky Carp (17-12, MIA) 4-3 on Thursday at ABC Supply Stadium.  Starter Pete Hansen threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, one earned, on seven hits while walking three and striking out four.

Pete Hansen

The Chiefs struck first in the third with Alex Iadisernia’s sacrifice fly to drive in Joshua Baez.

The Sky Carp responded in the fifth with an RBI forceout and an RBI single to take a 2-1 lead.

Peoria regained the lead in the top of the sixth with Michael Curialle’s RBI single and Osvaldo Tovalin’s RBI single.

Tyler Bradt replaced Hansen in the bottom of the sixth after Hansen allowed runners to reach first and second.  Bradt allowed an RBI single that tied the game.

Leonardo Bernal’s groundout in the eighth allowed Dakota Harris to score after a throwing error by the Sky Carp’s first baseman.

Curialle went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Baez hit 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.  Zach Levenson was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on eight hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Bernal stole his third, Levenson stole his fourth, and Baez stole his eighth base this season.

Benito Garcia

Bradt threw 1 1/3 innings for his first win this season, allowing no runs on one hit while walking two and striking out one.  Benito Garcia earned his first save, pitching two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Peoria yielded three runs, one earned, on 10 hits while walking six and striking out five.

Friday’s game: at Beloit, RHP Hancel Rincon (1-3, 5.76) vs. Karson Milbrandt RHP (1-1, 3.42) 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 4 at Jupiter 3 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (17-13) topped the Jupiter Hammerheads (19-11, MIA) 4-3 in extra-innings on Thursday at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool threw five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out two.

The Hammerheads opened the scoring in the third with an RBI single, and Savacool threw a wild pitch that allowed another runner to cross the plate.

Tre Richardson’s sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth brought the score to 2-1.

Jupiter added an insurance run in the bottom half of the inning with a leadoff single followed by an RBI double.

Chase Davis reached on a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded in the sixth, and a throwing error from their first baseman allowed two runs to score to tie the game.

The Cardinals took the lead in the 10th with Kade Kretzschmar’s sacrifice fly scoring Lizandro Espinoza, who started on second.

Kretzschmar went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  Jose Cordoba hit 2-for-4 with a walk.  Miguel Villarroel was 2-for-5 with a double and scored once.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on eight hits with three walks and eight strikeouts while going 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Villarroel and Richardson each swiped one base during Thursday’s game.

Ixan Henderson

Ixan Henderson improved his record to 2-1 with his win, throwing five innings, yielding no runs on one hit while walking one and striking out five.  Palm Beach allowed three runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out six.

Friday’s game: at Jupiter, LH Quinn Mathews (3-0, 0.74) vs. Thomas White LHP (0-1, 4.58) 5:30 CT.

FCL Cardinals 7, FCL Mets 4

The FCL Cardinals (3-2) defeated the FCL Mets (2-2, NYM) 7-4 on Thursday at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium Complex.  Starter Ruben Menes threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking three and striking out two.

In the top of the second, Menes gave up a two-out RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.

The Cardinals took the lead back in the bottom half of the inning with Arfeni Batista’s RBI single and a wild pitch that brought home Heriberto Caraballo from third.

The Mets hit two triples to lead off the top of the third to tie the game, and an RBI groundout allowed them to take the lead.

Yordalin Pena’s RBI triple tied the game for the Cardinals in the bottom of the third, and Felix Taveras’s single drove in Pena for the lead.

After Menes allowed two runners to score in the third, Juan Severino replaced him.  Severino allowed an RBI single in the fourth to tie the game at four apiece.

A wild pitch in the fifth allowed Samil De La Rosa to score for the lead, and Jonathan Mejia scored on another wild pitch later in the inning to add insurance.

Caraballo’s RBI single in the eighth extended the Cardinals’ lead to 7-4.

Pena went 1-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.  Taveras was 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI, and scored once.  Caraballo was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled seven runs on five hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts while going 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

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Ronny Oliver earned his first win of the season, throwing three innings and yielding no runs on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts.  Jovi Galvez took home his first save of 2024, pitching two innings and giving up no runs on one hit while walking and striking out one.  The Cardinals allowed four runs on eight hits while walking five and striking out nine.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 6, 2024

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On Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-2 as Peoria and Palm Beach were shut out. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Moisés Gómez, had two singles, a double, scored twice and made a game-saving catch. Other standouts include Adam Kloffenstein, Jordan Walker, Thomas Saggese and Chen-Wei Lin.

Results for the games played on Sunday, May 5.

Memphis 7 at Charlotte 6 (10 innings)

The Memphis Redbirds (17-15) defeated the Charlotte Knights (13-19, CWS) 7-6 on Sunday at Truist Field to extend their winning streak to five games.  Starter Adam Kloffenstein threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking four and striking out three.

Adam Kloffenstein

In the top of the first, Jordan Walker’s two-RBI double gave the Redbirds the early lead.

Jordan Walker

The Knights cut that lead in half in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot to right field.

In the sixth, Connor Thomas replaced Kloffenstein, and against his first batter, he was struck on the left elbow by an infield chopper single and left the game. Brandon Komar walked his first batter, then allowed an RBI single, a sacrifice fly, and another RBI single to give the Knights a 4-2 lead.

Memphis did not go away silently in the ninth as Moisés Gómez singled, and Nick Dunn doubled to put runners in scoring position.  Gavin Collins’s RBI groundout and a wild pitch tied the game at four and sent the game to extras.

The Redbirds kept that momentum in the top of the 10th with Thomas Saggese’s RBI single to give Memphis the lead.  Alfonso Rivas III walked, and a wild pitch and a passed ball scored the decisive run.

Thomas Saggese

Charlotte tried to claw back, but they fell short, scoring one run on a throwing error by shortstop Arquimedes Gamboa in the bottom of the 10th. A good catch up against the left field wall by Gómez narrowly averted a walk off loss for Memphis.

Moisés Gómez

Gómez went 3-for-5 with a double and scored twice.  Walker was 1-for-2 with a double, two RBI, and three walks.  Saggese was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Redbirds totaled seven runs on 11 hits with six walks and three strikeouts.

Komar threw three innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking one and striking out one.  Jacob Bosiokovic earned his first win this season, pitching two innings while yielding one run, none earned, on no hits while walking one and striking out three.  Memphis gave up six runs, five earned, on eight hits while walking six and striking out seven.

Memphis won five of the six games in their home series with the Knights.

Tuesday’s game: vs. Norfolk (16-17, BAL), TBA vs. TBA 6:45 CT.

Springfield at Tulsa (postponed)

Due to inclement weather, Springfield’s (18-8) Sunday game at Tulsa (11-14, LAD) was postponed.  It will be made up as part of a double-header later in the season.

The Cardinals took four of the five games against Tulsa in their week-long series while narrowly outscoring them 28-26.

Tuesday’s game: at Northwest Arkansas (12-13, KCR), TBA vs. Noah Cameron LHP (1-1, 3.20) 11:05 CT.

Peoria 0 at Cedar Rapids 6

The Peoria Chiefs (8-19) offense recorded just two hits in a 6-0 loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (15-11, MIN) on Sunday at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Starter Brycen Mautz took his third loss this season, throwing three innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out two.

The Kernels struck first in the second with a solo bomb to left and extended their lead in the third with a leadoff double and an RBI single.

In the seventh, reliever Tyler Bradt walked two batters and allowed an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to double Cedar Rapids’ lead.

Joseph King took over in the eighth.  He walked a batter and then allowed a two-run homer to left to give the Kernels a 6-0 lead.

Zane Mills threw two innings, allowing no runs on two hits while walking one and striking out two.  Bradt pitched two innings, yielding two runs on one hit while walking three and striking out one.  The Chiefs gave up six runs on nine hits while walking seven and striking out seven.

Zach Levenson went 1-for-4 with a double.  Joshua Baez was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Peoria totaled two hits, two walks, and eight strikeouts.

Slumping Peoria lost five of the six games in their series at Cedar Rapids.

Tuesday’s game: at Beloit (15-11, MIA), TBA vs. TBA 6:05 CT.

Palm Beach 0, Daytona 5

The Palm Beach Cardinals (15-12) were shut out 5-0 by the Daytona Tortugas (17-10, CIN) on Sunday at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Chen-Wei Lin took his second loss this season, throwing 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, one earned, on two hits while walking two and striking out five.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Tortugas opened the scoring in the fourth with a leadoff double and two errors by third baseman Trey Paige that each allowed a run to score.

In the sixth, Lin walked his second batter, ending his day on the mound. Augusto Calderon allowed a single and a sacrifice fly to extend Daytona’s lead to 3-0.

Randel Clemente replaced Calderon in the eighth and immediately walked three batters.  Gustavo Rodriguez took over with the bases loaded and gave up two sacrifice flies to make the score 5-0.

Calderon threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on two hits while walking one.  Rodriguez pitched two scoreless innings while yielding one hit.  Palm Beach gave up five runs, three earned, on five hits with six walks and five strikeouts.

Miguel Villarroel went 2-for-4.  Maikel Hernandez was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Brayden Jobert was 1-for-3 with a walk.  The Cardinals totaled no runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts while hitting 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position while stranding eight runners.

Daytona won the series five games to one after the Cardinals took the prior series four games to two.  These two teams will meet again from June 11th-16th in Daytona.

Tuesday’s game: at Jupiter (18-9, MIA), TBA vs. TBA 5:30 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 5, 2024

photo: Luken Baker (Memphis Redbirds)

On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Luken Baker, doubled, homered and drove in five. Other standouts include Michael McGreevy, Nick Raposo, Noah Mendlinger, Leonardo Bernal, Sammy Hernandez and Justin Guerrero.

Results for the games played on Saturday, May 4.

Memphis 9 at Charlotte 2

The Memphis Redbirds (16-15) dominated the Charlotte Knights (13-18, CWS) 9-2 to reach a four-game winning streak on Saturday at Truist Field.  Starter Michael McGreevy earned his second win of the year throwing six innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out six.

Michael McGreevy

The Redbirds opened the scoring in the third with two walks and a hit-by-pitch that loaded the bases.  Luken Baker’s bases-clearing double produced a 3-0 lead.

Luken Baker

A double from Matt Koperniak followed by an RBI double from Nick Raposo in the top of the fourth which extended the Redbirds lead to 4-0.

Nick Raposo

The Knights cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double and an RBI groundout.

Memphis continued to pull away with Baker’s two-run long ball to left field.  After the homer, two singles and an error loaded the bases for Raposo whose two-run double stretched the lead to six.

In the seventh, Koperniak reached on a forceout.  He came around to score after the opposing pitcher gave up a single to Jared Young and then threw two wild pitches to make the score 9-2.

Baker went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, five RBI, a walk, and a run scored.  Raposo hit 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI, and a walk.  Young was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once.  The Redbirds totaled nine runs on nine hits with seven walks and 11 strikeouts.

Victor Santos took home his first save this season, throwing three innings and allowing no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out four.  Memphis gave up two runs on six hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Charlotte, RHP Adam Kloffenstein (0-4, 5.93) vs. TBD 12:05 CT.

Springfield 6 at Tulsa 5 (10 innings)

The Springfield Cardinals (18-8) won a back-and-forth game in extras over the Tulsa Drillers (11-14, LAD) on Saturday at ONEOK Field.  Starter Ian Bedell threw five innings, allowing four runs on three hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

The Cardinals struck in the top of the first with a two-RBI single from Mike Antico and Noah Mendlinger’s RBI single to take a 3-0 lead.

Noah Mendlinger

The Drillers responded in the second with three straight walks to load the bases, an RBI forceout, and a three-run moonshot to take a 4-3 lead.

Springfield tied it in the third when Matt Lloyd and Antico walked to set up Mendlinger for his second RBI single of the game.

The visitors regained the lead in the fifth with an RBI groundout from Mendlinger to drive in Antico.

Piggyback starter Alex Cornwell took over the mound in the sixth and protected the lead until the bottom of the ninth.  In the ninth, he allowed three consecutive singles for Tulsa to tie the game and send it to the 10th.

In the 10th, Lloyd singled to drive in Chris Rotondo who started the inning on second and to give the Cardinals a 6-5 lead.

Matt Lloyd

Rehabber Matt Carpenter went 0-for-4 with a HBP, a run scored, and two strikeouts.  Mendlinger was 2-for-4 with three RBI.  Antico was 2-for-4 with two RBI, a walk, and scored once.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on seven hits with six walks and eight strikeouts.

Bryan Torres stole second and third for his 11th and 12th stolen bases this season, but he was caught stealing (at second) for just the second time this season.

Cornwell threw four innings to earn his third win, allowing one run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts.  Andre Granillo earned his third save, throwing one inning, giving up no runs on no hits.  Springfield yielded five runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out 11.

Sunday’s game: at Tulsa, RHP Tink Hence (3-0, 2.10) vs. Justin Wrobleski LHP (1-1, 4.76) 1:00 CT.

Peoria 4 at Cedar Rapids 7

The Peoria Chiefs were defeated by the Cedar Rapids Kernels 7-4 on Saturday at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Starter Hancel Rincon took his third loss this season, pitching 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

The Kernels struck in the home first with an RBI single and an RBI forceout.  They continued to add to their lead in the second with another RBI single.

In the sixth, Rincon was taken out after allowing a walk and a single. Reliever d Nathanael Heredia immediately threw a wild pitch that scored a runner, and after walking the next batter, he threw another wild pitch that allowed another runner to come. Peoria was down 5-0.

Roy Garcia took over the mound in the seventh and gave up a two-run blast to make the score 7-0.

The Chiefs attempted a comeback in the eighth.  Leonardo Bernal’s two-RBI single with the bases loaded fueled the rally.  Dakota Harris and Osvaldo Tovalin contributed RBI singles to make the score 7-4, but it was not enough.

Leonardo Bernal

Harris went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Bernal hit 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  Tovalin was 1-for-4 with an HBP and an RBI.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on five hits with four walks and 13 strikeouts.

Heredia threw 2/3 of an inning, charged with no runs on one hit with a walk, a strikeout, and two wild pitches.  Garcia pitched two innings, giving up two runs on two hits with a walk and three strikeouts.  Peoria yielded seven runs on nine hits with seven walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Cedar Rapids, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-2, 7.79) vs. Jordan Carr LHP (1-1, 7.11) 1:05 CT.

Palm Beach 5, Daytona 7

The Palm Beach Cardinals (15-11) fell to the Daytona Tortugas (16-10, CIN) 7-5 with 28 total strikeouts by both teams on Saturday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jose Davila took his second loss this season to drop his record to 1-2, allowing five runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out seven.

The Tortugas led off with two singles and a sacrifice fly in the first to take an early 1-0 lead.

An RBI double and an RBI single in the second, along with another RBI single in the top of the fourth made the score 4-0 for the visitors.

In the bottom of the fourth, Jose Cordoba’s RBI double to left drove in Miguel Villarroel to put Palm Beach on the board and bring the deficit down to three.

Daytona added another insurance run in the sixth with an RBI single to center.  Benjamin Arias took over to finish off the sixth and pitched through the seventh.  The Tortugas continued to pull away in the top of the seventh with a two-run bomb to right field that brought in the eventual game-winning run.

Down 7-1, Palm Beach attempted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh.  After a single and a walk, Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single scored Luis Piño.  Another walk loaded the bases for Sammy Hernandez, whose two RBI double continued the rally.  Cordoba’s sacrifice fly closed the gap to 7-5 but the scoring ended there.

Sammy Hernandez

Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Cordoba was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI.  Espinoza went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled five runs on seven hits with eight walks and 15 strikeouts.

Ettore Giulianelli threw an inning, allowing no runs on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts.  Angel Cuenca pitched one inning, giving up no runs and no hits with a strikeout.  Palm Beach yielded seven runs on 11 hits with four walks and 13 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Daytona, RH Chen-Wei Lin (2-1, 1.64) vs. TBD 11:00 CT.

FCL Cardinals 6, FCL Mets 4

On Saturday’s Opening Day, the Florida Complex League Cardinals (1-0) defeated the FCL Mets (0-1, NYM) 6-4 at the Roger Dean Stadium Complex.  Starter Leonel Sequera threw three innings, giving up two runs on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

The Mets struck first in the third with two singles and a walk to load the bases.  A groundout and a sacrifice fly drove in two runs.

Justin Guerrero’s three-run homer to left in the fourth gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.  The Cardinals added an extra insurance run in the fifth.  Yancel Guerrero doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a wild pitch.

Justin Guerrero

Reliever Samuel Fabian entered the game in the sixth and allowed a solo home run in the top of the seventh to cut the Cardinals lead to one.

Yordalin Pena’s double brought Ramos home to regain the two-run lead.

Hunter Hayes took over in the top of the eighth, and after allowing runners to reach the corners, a pickoff attempt and a throwing error from first baseman Justin Guerrero, allowed the runner on third to come home.  The home team took the insurance run back in the bottom half of the eighth.  Justin Guerrero singled, Arfeni Batista pinch-ran for him, and Samil De La Rosa’s RBI double brought him home.

Justin Guerrero went 2-for-4 including a home run, three RBI, and a run scored.  De La Rosa was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Pena was 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled six runs on eight hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts.

In the field, Heriberto Caraballo allowed a runner to reach first on a catcher’s interference.  De La Rosa and Justin Guerrero committed a fielding error.

Yordy Herrera earned the win, pitching one inning, allowing no runs and no hits while walking one and striking out three.  Ronny Oliver threw a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and two walks while striking out one.  Hayes earned his first save, throwing two innings, yielding one run, none earned, on one hit while walking one and striking out two.  The Cardinals allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits with five walks and 10 strikeouts.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – May 3, 2024

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On Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Sem Robberse, threw six one-run innings with six strikeouts. Other standouts include Dylan Carlson, Cesar Prieto, Nick Dunn, Cade Winquest and Johnfrank Salazar.

Results for the games played on Thursday, May 2.

Memphis 5 at Charlotte 1

The Memphis Redbirds (14-15) defeated the Charlotte Knights (13-16, CWS) 5-1 on Thursday at Truist Field.  Starter Sem Robberse continued his dominant season, collecting his fourth win while throwing six innings, allowing one run on six hits while walking one and striking out six.

Sem Robberse

The Redbirds opened the scoring in the second.  Nick Dunn hit a two-out triple followed by Nick Raposo’s RBI double.

Memphis added three insurance runs in the third.  Luken Baker’s RBI double was followed up by César Prieto’s two-run bomb to left field to extend their lead to 4-0.

César Prieto

The visitors added one more run in the top of the fifth.  Rehabber Dylan Carlson’s solo homer extended the Redbirds lead to 5-0.

Dylan Carlson

The Knights earned one run back when Robberse allowed a solo home run to right field to make the score 5-1.

Carlson went 2-for-3 with an RBI, an HBP, and scored once.  Prieto was 1-for-3 with a walk, two RBI, and a run scored.  Dunn was 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, a walk, and scored once.  The Redbirds totaled five runs on seven hits with six being extra-base hits, while walking six times and striking out four times.

Thomas Saggese and Prieto were both caught stealing second base.

Jacob Bosiokovic threw one perfect inning, with two strikeouts.  Connor Thomas pitched an inning, yielding no runs on one hit while walking none and striking out one.  Ryan Loutos threw one scoreless inning, giving up one hit with no walks and two strikeouts.  Memphis allowed one run on eight hits while walking one and striking out 11.

Friday’s game: at Charlotte, LHP Zack Thompson (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Nick Nastrini, 6:04 CT.

Springfield at Tulsa (postponed)

Due to inclement weather, Thursday’s away game between Springfield (15-8) and Tulsa (11-11, LAD) was postponed.  It will be made up as part of a double-header on Friday, May, 3.

As a result, the first rehab game by St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter was delayed. The designated hitter was placed third in the batting order.

Friday’s games: at Tulsa, RHP Max Rajcic (2-2, 8.04) vs. Orlando Ortiz-Mayer RHP (1-1, 5.59) 5:00 CT (Game 1).  at Tulsa, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-1, 8.44) vs. Kendall Williams RHP (1-1, 7.04).

Peoria 1 at Cedar Rapids 4

The Peoria Chiefs (8-16) were defeated by the Cedar Rapids Kernels (12-11, MIN) 4-1 on Thursday at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Starter Cade Winquest threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits while walking three and striking out one.

Cade Winquest

The Kernels took the lead in the third without recording a hit.  Two walks and an RBI forceout scored the first run of the game.

The Chiefs responded in the fifth to tie the game at one apiece.  Zach Levenson’s single to left field allowed Brody Moore to cross the plate.

Cedar Rapids regained the lead in the sixth.  Benito Garcia replaced Winquest, and after recording the first out, he allowed a solo blast to right field, and two doubles to give the Kernels a 3-1 lead.  Another solo homer in the seventh extended their lead to 4-1.

Levenson went 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Alex Iadisernia hit 2-for-3 with a walk.  Moore was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled one run on six hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts while not recording a single extra-base-hit.

Iadisernia stole his fourth and fifth bases on the basepaths this season, and Moore stole his sixth.  Levenson was picked off while attempting to steal second.

Garcia took his first loss this season, throwing two innings while yielding three runs on four hits while striking out one.  Dionys Rodriguez pitched one inning, allowing no runs and no hits while walking one.  Peoria gave up four runs on seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Cedar Rapids, LHP, Pete Hansen (0-3, 7.58) vs. Zebby Matthews RHP (3-0, 2.30) 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 2, Daytona 4

The Palm Beach Cardinals (14-10) fell to the Daytona Tortugas (15-9, CIN) 4-2 on Thursday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.  Starter Jason Savacool took his second loss this season, allowing four runs on two hits with five walks and two strikeouts over five innings.

The Tortugas led off the game with two walks.  A three-run shot to right field plated the game-winning run early.  In the fourth, Daytona had a walk and a fielding error that put runners on the corners, and a double steal allowed one runner to cross home to extend their lead to 4-0.

The Cardinals scored twice in the bottom of the fourth.  Johnfrank Salazar’s RBI double, followed by Lizandro Espinoza’s RBI single each plated one runner and brought the score to 4-2.

Johnfrank Salazar

Salazar went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and scored once.  Chase Davis was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once.  Espinoza was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  The Cardinals scored two runs on seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Adari Grant was picked off on the basepaths while trying to steal second.

In the field, Savacool made an error on a pickoff attempt and Salazar made a fielding error.  Savacool also picked off two runners.

Ixan Henderson threw three innings of relief, giving up no runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Randel Clemente pitched one hitless inning, yielding no runs and one walk while striking out one.  Palm Beach allowed four runs on six hits while walking eight and striking out seven.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – April 29, 2024

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On Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-3. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach right-hander Chen-Wei Lin, threw seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Other standouts include Michael McGreevy, Matt Lloyd, Leonardo Bernal and Lizandro Espinoza.

Results for the games played on Sunday, April 28.

Memphis 3, Jacksonville 5

The Memphis Redbirds (12-14) bullpen could not hold onto the lead against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (16-11, MIA), losing 5-3 at AutoZone Park on Sunday.  In the process, the Redbirds dropped the series, four games to two.

Starter Michael McGreevy pitched five innings, allowing one run on seven hits while walking one and striking out four.

Michael McGreevy

The Jumbo Shrimp struck first in the top of the fourth with a solo homer.  The Redbirds responded in the bottom of the inning with two.  Luken Baker led off the inning with a solo bomb to left field, with an impressive 109.4 mph exit velocity.  With two out, Jared Young struck a solo longball to left center for the 2-1 lead, for his second home run in two games.

Jared Young

The Redbirds extended their lead to 3-1 in the seventh.  Victor Scott II doubled and Jordan Walker’s two-out RBI single followed.

Jordan Walker

Victor Santos replaced McGreevy in the sixth and continued to pitch into the eighth, when Jacksonville took a 5-3 lead.  After a leadoff single, he gave up an RBI double, an RBI triple, a sacrifice fly and a solo dinger to left.

Santos threw 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  He took the loss, his fourth against one win as his ERA rose to 8.06. Chris Roycroft threw 1 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on no hits with a walk and two strikeouts.  Redbirds pitching gave up five runs on 11 hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Walker went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  Baker was 1-for-2 with a homer, an RBI, a walk, a HBP, and scored once.  Young hit 1-for-4, also with a home run, an RBI, and scored once.  Memphis totaled three runs on six hits with five walks and four strikeouts.  The team stranded nine runners while going 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

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

Springfield 8, Arkansas 15

The Springfield Cardinals (14-7) failed to cash in on a seven-run comeback against the Arkansas Travelers (13-8, SEA) on Sunday at Hammons Field.  The once-hot Double-A Cardinals have lost four in a row and dropped the home series, four games to two.

Starter Alex Cornwell threw three-plus innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

The Travelers opened the scoring in the top of the first.  Four straight singles gave them an early 2-0 lead.  The Cardinals cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first.  Bryan Torres walked, and Nathan Church singled.  R.J. Yeager’s RBI single drove in Torres.

In the third, Arkansas put up five.  A walk, RBI double, RBI single and a three-run home run increased the lead to 7-1.

Arkansas added an insurance run in the top of the fourth.  Cornwell loaded the bases with no outs and was pulled. A run came home on a groundout induced by reliever Leonardo Taveras.

The Cardinals came roaring back with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Church plated a run on a ground out. Later, Matt Lloyd’s grand slam brought the lead to within two.  Jacob Buchberger went back-to-back with a bomb of his own to bring the score to 8-7.

Matt Lloyd

In the home eighth, Noah Mendlinger’s sacrifice fly brought home pinch-runner Mike Antico to erase the entire seven-run Travelers’ lead.

The Travelers put up seven in the ninth to put this game out of reach.  Ian Bedell replaced Taveras in the fifth and was still pitching in the ninth.  He allowed a double, an intentional walk, and a single to load the bases.  A sacrifice fly gave Arkansas the lead.  After another intentional walk, a double cleared the loaded bases.  A single brought home another run, and a two-run longball extended the lead to 15-8.

Bedell threw five innings, allowing seven runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts to take his first loss this season.  Taveras threw an inning, yielding no runs on no hits with no walks.  The Cardinals gave up 15 runs on 13 hits with six walks and nine strikeouts.

Lloyd went 1-for-5, a grand slam for four RBI and a run scored.  Yeager was 2-for-4 with one run driven in, a walk, and a run scored.  Church hit 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.  Springfield totaled eight runs on 12 hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.

Tuesday’s game: at Tulsa, TBD vs. TBD 6:00 CT.

Peoria 6, Wisconsin 14

The Peoria Chiefs (7-14) fell to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (15-6, MIL) 14-6 at Dozer Park on Sunday.  It was Peoria’s fifth consecutive loss as they won only the opener of the six-game set.

Starter Inohan Paniagua pitched four innings while allowing three runs on four hits while walking two and striking out four.

Paniagua’s struggles started in the first without a hit.  Two hit batters, a walk and a wild pitch gave the Timber Rattlers a 1-0 lead.

The Chiefs took back the lead in the second.  Leonardo Bernal’s lead-off moonshot tied the game at one.  Anyelo Encarnacion’s sacrifice fly scored Osvaldo Tovalin to give Peoria the lead.  Luis Rodriguez’s groundout plated Dakota Harris to extend the lead to 3-1.

Leonardo Bernal

The Timber Rattlers cut the lead to 3-2 on a triple and RBI single.  In the bottom half of the inning, Bernal’s double allowed Won-Bin Cho to cross the plate to regain that two-run lead.

A solo home run from Wisconsin in the top of the fourth made it a one-run game again.  In the bottom of the fourth, Darlin Moquete added an insurance run with a single to left to plate Rodriguez and extend the lead to 5-3.

Wilfredo Pereira replaced Paniagua in the top of the fifth and gave up two runs to tie the game on a sacrifice fly and an RBI double.

In the bottom of the fifth, Peoria regained the lead, 6-5 as Harris’ sacrifice bunt scored Bernal.

Nathanael Heredia relieved in the sixth and yielded two runs on forceouts to give the Timber Rattlers a 7-6 lead.

It fell apart against Tanner Jacobson in the eighth. Single runs scored on a sacrifice fly and a double before a three-run home run extended Wisconsin’s lead to 12-6.

Benito Garcia yielded the final runs in the ninth on a two-run double to give the visitors a 14-6 edge.

Chiefs pitching allowed 14 runs, 13 earned, on 14 hits while walking nine and striking out five.

Bernal went 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBI, and scored twice.  Tovalin was 2-for-4 with a double and scored once.  Harris hit 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  Peoria totaled six runs on nine hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

Tuesday’s game: at Cedar Rapids, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-2, 7.30) vs Andrew Morris RHP (1-1, 2.75) 6:35 CT.

Palm Beach 4 at Fort Myers 0

The Palm Beach Cardinals (14-7) shut out the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (8-13, MIN) 4-0 on Sunday at Lee Health Sports Complex.  The Beach Birds took the set, four games to two.

Starter Chen-Wei Lin pitched seven innings, allowing no runs on three hits while walking none and striking out seven to earn his second win this season. In the process, the 22-year-old right-hander lowered his ERA to 1.64.

Chen-Wei Lin

The Cardinals scored first in the fifth as Lizandro Espinoza singled to center to drive in Luis Piño.

Palm Beach added three insurance runs in the seventh on Piño’s solo homer and Espinoza’s two-run bomb.

Lizandro Espinoza

Pino went 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and two runs scored.  Chase Adkison went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, and scored once.  Espinoza hit 2-for-4, also with a homer, three RBI, and a run scored.  The Cardinals totaled four runs on 10 hits while walking twice and striking out 10 times. They were just 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position, however.

Henry Gomez closed the game, pitching two innings, giving up no runs on two hits while walking one batter and striking out one.  Palm Beach yielded no runs on five hits while walking one and striking out eight.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – April 28, 2024

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On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-3. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach catcher Sammy Hernandez, went 4-for-5 and scored twice. Other standouts include Jared Young, R.J. Yeager, Matt Lloyd, Joseph King and Augusto Calderon.

Results for the games played on Saturday, April 28.

Memphis 10, Jacksonville 1

The Memphis Redbirds (12-13) dominated the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (15-11, MIA) 10-1 on Saturday at AutoZone Park.  In his 2024 Memphis debut, starter Andre Pallante threw three-plus innings, allowing one run on two hits with four walks and two strikeouts.

The Redbirds broke open the scoring in the first.  Alfonso Rivas III and Moisés Gómez singled.  Jared Young hit a three-run bomb to left-center field to give the Redbirds the lead.

Jared Young

To open the fourth, Pallante allowed two walks that ended his day on the mound.  Zack Thompson gave up a single to score a run.  Matt Koperniak’s solo moonshot to left field added an insurance run to make the score 4-1.

In the fifth, Memphis added to their lead.  Nick Dunn walked, Victor Scott II reached first on a force-out, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error.  Thomas Saggese’s single to center drove in Scott.

Memphis added five more in the sixth.  Koperniak walked, and Young doubled.  Nick Raposo singled to right field to drive in Koperniak and Young.  Dunn doubled to put two runners in scoring position.  César Prieto singled to drive in both runners.  Rivas III doubled to increase the lead to 10-1.

Prieto went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  Koperniak was 1-for-2 with an RBI, two walks, and two runs scored.  Young hit 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, three RBI, and two runs scored.  The Redbirds totaled 10 runs on 14 hits with three walks and six strikeouts.

Thompson earned his first win, throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit with three walks and three strikeouts.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched 1 1/3 innings, yielding no runs on one hit with one walk and two strikeouts.  Josh James threw one hitless inning, giving up no runs and two walks.  Memphis pitching allowed one run on four hits with 10 walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, RHP Michael McGreevy (1-3, 5.54) vs. TBD 1:05 CT.

Springfield 4, Arkansas 10

The Springfield Cardinals (14-6) lost to the Arkansas Travelers (12-8, SEA) on Saturday at Hammons Field, their third consecutive defeat.  Starter Max Rajcic pitched three innings, allowing six runs, four earned, on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts to take his second loss this season.

The Travelers opened the scoring in the first.   A walk and a fielding error put runners on the corners.  A balk from Rajcic brought home one.  In the second, two two-out singles put two on and a bases-clearing double gave the Travelers a 3-0 lead.

In the fourth, Arkansas had a lead-off homer.  A walk and a single put runners on the corners.  A fielding error from Jeremy Rivas allowed another runner to cross home.  Another free pass ended Rajcic’s day and brought in Nick Raquet.  He gave up a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-0.

The Cardinals posted their first run in the fifth.  Rivas walked, and Bryan Torres singled.  R.J. Yeager singled to make the score 6-1.

R.J. Yeager

Arkansas extended the lead in the seventh.  Andrew Marrero replaced Raquet and walked his first batter.  He walked two more after getting two outs to load the bases.  A fourth free pass brought home a run to increase the Travelers’ lead to 7-1.

In the eighth, Springfield mounted a rally.  Nathan Church and Yeager singled.  Matt Lloyd doubled to clear the bases.  Noah Mendlinger singled to drive home Lloyd and make the score 7-4.

Matt Lloyd

Jack Ralston took over for Marrero in the ninth and walked the leadoff batter.  A single and a three-run home run made the score 10-4.

Raquet threw three scoreless innings, allowing three hits with one walk and two strikeouts.  Marrero pitched two innings, yielding one run on no hits with four walks and four strikeouts.  Ralston threw one inning, giving up three runs on two hits with a walk.  The Cardinals allowed 10 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits with 10 walks and 10 strikeouts.

Yeager went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.  Lloyd went 1-for-4 with two RBI and scored once.  Mendlinger was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk.  The Cardinals totaled seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: vs. Arkansas, LHP Alex Cornwell (2-0, 2.84) vs. Logan Evans RHP (1-1, 1.86) 1:05 CT.

Peoria 4, Wisconsin 5

At Dozer Park on Saturday, the Peoria Chiefs (7-13) were defeated by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (14-6, MIL) 5-4, for their fourth consecutive loss.  Starter Pete Hansen took his third loss this season, throwing 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on eight hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

The Chiefs opened the scoring in the second.  Anyelo Encarnacion walked, and William Sullivan singled.  Brody Moore singled to left field to plate Encarnacion.

The Timber Rattlers took the lead in the top of the third.  A single and two walks loaded the bases for a bases-clearing double to give them a 3-1 lead.  In the bottom half, Darlin Moquete doubled and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt.  Zach Levenson’s sacrifice fly to center scored Moquete to cut the lead to 3-2.

Peoria retook the lead in the fifth.  Levenson singled, and Leonardo Bernal walked.  Osvaldo Tovalin singled to bring Levenson home.  A passed ball allowed Bernal to cross the plate and give the Chiefs a 4-3 lead.

In the sixth, Fort Myers took the lead and kept it.  A single and a double put two runners in scoring position.  A groundout scored one and a single brought home the game-winning run to make it 5-4.

Moquete went 2-for-5 with a run scored.  Bernal was 1-for-2 with two walks and scored once.   Levenson hit 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  The Chiefs totaled four runs on 10 hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Joseph King

Out of the pen, Joseph King pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out four.  Tyler Bradt threw one hitless inning, striking out one.  Peoria yielded five runs on 10 hits while walking two and striking out 10.

Sunday’s game: vs. Wisconsin, RHP Inohan Paniagua (1-1, 4.05) vs. Edwin Jimenez RHP (3-0, 4.50) 2:05 CT.

Palm Beach 6 at Fort Myers 8

The Palm Beach Cardinals (13-7) fell to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (8-12, MIN) 8-6 at Lee Health Sports Complex on Saturday.  Starter Jose Davila threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out four. The right-hander took his first loss of 2024.

The Mighty Mussels opened the scoring in the first with a single, a walk, and another single to load the bases.  A single drove in two, advancing a runner to third.  A sacrifice fly drove in another run. Two consecutive RBI doubles made the score 5-0.

The Cardinals cut into the lead in the top of the third.  Sammy Hernandez singled and Kade Kretzschmar doubled.  Jose Cordoba grounded out to drive in a run.  Miguel Villarroel reached on an error to plate another.  Chase Davis doubled to bring Villarroel home and cut the lead to 5-3.

In the bottom of the third, Fort Myers added an insurance run.  Three singles drove in a run to make the score 6-3 and end Davila’s night on the mound.

In the sixth, the Cardinals took that insurance run back.  Hernandez and Kretzschmar singled and a wild pitch moved them to second and third.  Cordoba grounded out to score Hernandez and make the score 6-4.

Sammy Hernandez

Palm Beach earned another one in the top of the seventh.  Brayden Jobert was hit by a pitch, Johnfrank Salazar singled, and Tre Richardson advanced them with a sacrifice bunt.  Trey Paige grounded out to allow Jobert to cross the plate and make the score 6-5.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Mighty Mussels added two insurance runs.  A walk and a single started the inning.  With two outs, a bases-clearing double added two more to the run total.

The visitors’ comeback fell short in the ninth.  Jobert walked, and Salazar reached on an error.  Ross Friedrick scored Jobert with a groundout.

Hernandez went 4-for-5 with two runs scored.  Kretzschmar was 4-for-5 with a double and a run scored.  Jobert hit 1-for-3 with a walk and scored twice.  Palm Beach totaled six runs on 16 hits with two walks and six strikeouts while going just 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position.

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Augusto Calderon threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit with four strikeouts.  Ettore Giulianelli pitched 1 2/3 innings, yielding two runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  The Cardinals gave up eight runs on 13 hits with three walks and 13 strikeouts.

Sunday’s game: at Fort Myers, RH Chen-Wei Lin (1-1, 2.40) vs. Ty Langenberg RHP (0-1, 6.30) 11:05 CT.

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Cardinals Minor League Notebook – April 26, 2024

photo: Kade Kretzschmar (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

On Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 1-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach’s Kade Kretzschmar, reached base five times, drove in two and scored three runs. Other standouts include Thomas Saggese, Nick Raposo, Dakota Harris, Joshua Baez and Chase Adkison.

Results for the games played on Thursday, April 25.

Memphis 5, Jacksonville 9

The Memphis Redbirds (10-13) lost by a 9-5 score to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (15-9, MIA) at AutoZone Park on Thursday for their third consecutive defeat in the six-game set.  Starter Gordon Graceffo threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out two. The right-hander yielded two runs in the first and two in the sixth.

The Jumbo Shrimp opened the scoring in the first.  A walk and a double put two runners in scoring position and a single brought both home.

The Redbirds got one back in the second on Moisés Gómez’s leadoff longball to left field.

In the fifth, Nick Raposo doubled and Victor Scott II reached on an error.  Thomas Saggese’s single drove in Raposo to tie the game at two apiece.

Thomas Saggese

Jacksonville led off the next inning with a homer.  A walk, steak and single brought home another runner.  This ended Graceffo’s evening on the mound in favor of Kyle Leahy.

Memphis took the lead in the bottom of the sixth.  Matt Koperniak and Gómez walked.  Raposo’s three-run dinger to left field gave the Redbirds a 5-4 lead.

Nick Raposo

Another solo home run in the seventh enabled Jacksonville to re-tie the score.  In the eighth, three consecutive hits drove in two and a two-run bomb increased their lead to 9-5.

Leahy threw two innings, allowing five runs on five hits while striking out one to take his second loss of the year.  Chris Roycroft pitched 2/3 of an inning, giving up one hit and no runs.  Josh James closed the game, throwing one inning, yielding no runs, no hits, and no walks while striking out one.  The Redbirds allowed nine runs on 13 hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

Raposo went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and scored twice.  Gómez was 1-for-3 with a homer, an RBI, a walk, and a run scored.  Koperniak went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.  Memphis totaled five runs on seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, RHP Sem Robberse (3-0, 1.59) vs. TBD 11:05 CT.

Springfield 4, Arkansas 2 (suspended, fourth inning)

The Springfield Cardinals (14-3) led 4-2 over the Arkansas Travelers (9-8, SEA) heading into the bottom of the fourth inning at Hammons Field on Thursday before it was delayed and postponed to Friday because of inclement weather.   Starter Tekoah Roby had thrown four innings, allowing two runs on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts before the delay.

Tekoah Roby

In the top of the second, a double and a single put two Travelers on base.  After Roby retired the next two batters, he gave up a two-run double to give the visitors the lead.

In the bottom of the second, Matt Lloyd doubled and Aaron McKeithan singled.  Jacob Buchberger grounded out to drive in Lloyd and Jeremy Rivas’s single brought home McKeithan to tie the game at two apiece.

Springfield took the lead in the third.  Noah Mendlinger walked.  R.J. Yeager’s two-run bomb to left field gave Springfield a 4-2 lead.

R.J. Yeager

The game was stopped as they were heading into the fourth inning and will be made up as a doubleheader on Friday at 5:15 CT.

Friday’s game: (Game 2) vs. Arkansas, RHP Edwin Nuñez (0-1, 7.56) vs. Juan Mercedes RHP (0-0, 3.21) 6:35 CT.

Peoria 3, Wisconsin 5

The Peoria Chiefs (7-11) fell to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (12-6, MIL) 5-3 at Dozer Park on Thursday.  Starter Cooper Hjerpe pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits while walking two and striking out four.

The Chiefs broke the ice in the bottom of the second.  Dakota Harris’s solo homer to left-center field gave Peoria an early 1-0 lead.

Dakota Harris

However, that lead was short-lived as Wisconsin came back in the third.  Hjerpe walked two batters and gave up a single to load the bases.  He then hit a batter to score one.  He forced a batter to ground into a forceout as another run came home.  Finally, a wild pitch allowed the final run of the inning to make the score 3-1.

In the home fifth, Brody Moore singled.  Joshua Baez’s two-run moonshot to left-center field tied the game at three.

Joshua Baez

Cade Winquest entered in relief in the fourth inning and pitched the rest of the game.  The Timber Rattlers took the lead again in the top of the seventh.  Winquest allowed two singles and a walk to load the bases and walked the next batter. He then yielded a single to bring home a second runner to give Wisconsin a 5-3 lead.

Winquest pitched 5 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts to take his second loss of the year.  The Chiefs allowed five runs on seven hits while walking five and striking out nine.

Baez went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and scored once.  Harris was 2-for-4 also with a home run, an RBI, and a run scored.  Moore went 1-for-3 with one run scored.  Peoria totaled three runs on seven hits with no walks and eight strikeouts.

Friday’s game: vs. Wisconsin, RHP Hancel Rincon (1-1, 3.07) vs. Brett Wichrowski RHP (0-1, 1.64) 7:05 CT.

Palm Beach 13 at Fort Myers 9 (10 innings)

The Palm Beach Cardinals (12-6) came back from a nine-run deficit to top the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (7-11, MIN) in extras at Lee Health Sports Complex on Thursday.  Starter Jason Savacool threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Mighty Mussels took the lead in the bottom of the first.  A single and two walks loaded the bases.  A grand slam followed.  They continued to add to their lead in the third with a leadoff homer.  A single ended Savacool’s day. Reliever Benjamin Arias gave up a single and a bases-clearing double for two runs.  Three singles plated two more runs to make the score 9-0.

The Cardinals earned two back in the fourth.  Jose Cordoba doubled and Kade Kretzschmar singled.  Johnfrank Salazar reached first on an error to score Cordoba and Kretzschmar.

Palm Beach generated another two runs in the top of the eighth.  Kretzschmar walked and Salazar singled.  Chase Adkison singled to right field to drive home Kretzschmar.  Tre Richardson reached on an error to bring Salazar home and make the score 9-4.

Kade Kretzschmar

In the ninth, the Cardinals tied it to send it to extras.  Luis Piño reached on catcher’s interference, Miguel Villarroel walked, and Brayden Jobert singled to load the bases.  Kretzschmar reached on a fielder’s choice to bring Piño home.  Ross Friedrick walked to plate Villarroel.  Adkison singled to drive in Jobert.  Richardson grounded into a forceout to get Adkison out at second, but a throwing error by the second baseman allowed Richardson to advance and two runners to cross home to tie the game at nine apiece.

Chase Adkison

The Cardinals proceeded to take a four-run lead in the 10th without recording a hit.  Sammy Hernandez started on second, and Piño, Villarroel, Jobert, and Kretzschmar walked to plate two runs.  Two wild pitches allowed two more runners to come home to give Palm Beach a 13-9 lead.

Adkison went 3-for-6 with two RBI.  Kretzschmar was 2-for-3 with three walks, two RBI, and scored three times.  Villarroel was 2-for-5 with a triple, a walk, and two runs scored.  The Cardinals totaled 13 runs on 12 hits while walking and striking out nine times.  The Cardinals went just 3-for-20 with runners in scoring position.

Alec Willis threw two innings, allowing one hit, no runs, one walk, and struck out four.  Randel Clemente pitched two innings, yielding no runs on one hit while walking none and striking out two to earn his first win of the season.  Henry Gomez threw one inning, giving up no runs on no hits with one strikeout.  Palm Beach allowed nine runs on eleven hits with three walks and 14 strikeouts.

Friday’s game: at Fort Myers, LH Quinn Mathews (1-0, 0.75) vs. Charlee Soto (0-0, 2.70) 6:05 CT.

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