photo: Josh Kross (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-1 on Tuesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach 1B Josh Kross, hit for the cycle with six RBI and three runs scored. Other standouts were Sem Robberse, Brycen Mautz, Leonardo Bernal and Brayden Jobert.
Results for games played Tuesday, April 15.
The Memphis Redbirds were the victors over the Jumbo Shrimp in a 6-3 win at AutoZone Park on Tuesday.
Starter Sem Robberse pitched five innings, gave up one unearned run on three hits and fanned six to earn his first win of 2025.
Robberse starts the third with a @LeBonheurChild strikeout!
Tune in now on @WMCActionNews5 channel 5.3 pic.twitter.com/XkDShBjrFv
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) April 16, 2025
Riley O’Brien relieved Robberse and surrendered one run in the sixth. Curtis Taylor yielded one run in the final three innings to earn his first save.
Jacksonville took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second before Memphis answered with two runs in the home half. Bryan Torres singled. Gavin Collins drew a walk. Mike Antico singled to score Torres. Collins came home on a wild pitch.
Antico knocks in his first of the year! pic.twitter.com/9yUYYlALS3
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) April 16, 2025
The Redbirds added to their lead with three runs in the fourth. Ryan Vilade doubled. Torres plated Vilade on a single. Collins singled. Torres came home on a sac fly by Antico. José Fermín singled. Matt Koperniak grounded into a force out and Collins scored.
The Jumbo Shrimp cut the lead to 5-2 in the sixth. Memphis made it 6-2 in the eighth. Koperniak walked. Jose Barrero singled. Barrero stole second base and Koperniak scored on a throwing error.
Jacksonville added a final run in the ninth for the final score of 6-3.
The Redbirds offense scored six runs on 10 hits. Antico was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Torres was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Fermín was 2-for-4.
Antico stole two bases. Fermín swiped his third bag. Barrero stole his third base.
On defense, Fermín made a throwing error. Torres had an outfield assist at third base.
The Redbirds are 8-6 on the season.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Jacksonville, Michael McGreevy RHP (2-1, 3.86) vs. Robinson Piña RHP (2-1, 4.63) 6:45 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals fell to the Travelers in a 7-5 contest on Tuesday at Hammons Field.
Starter Brycen Mautz pitched five scoreless innings with one hit allowed, one walk and eight strikeouts.
Brycen Mautz just struck out the first five batters of the game in a row.👀 pic.twitter.com/gawNkPoQO1
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) April 16, 2025
Ryan Shreve struggled, surrendering six runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Shreve took the loss and was tagged with a blown save. Andrew Marrero allowed one run in 1 2/3 innings. Austin Love tossed a scoreless ninth.
The game was scoreless until Springfield got on the board in the fifth on a solo home run by Jeremy Rivas. Arkansas tied the game in the sixth.
The Travelers put up five runs in the top of the seventh to lead 6-1. Springfield answered with two runs in the home half to cut the lead to 6-3. Leonardo Bernal doubled. R.J. Yeager singled to plate Bernal. Ramon Mendoza hit a ground rule double and came home on a throwing error.
Arkansas added a run in the top of the eighth to increase the lead to 7-3. The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the frame with a two-run home run by Bernal to shrink the lead to 7-5.
Leonardo Bernal lifts off with this first home run of 2025. pic.twitter.com/EdKnRaqNtI
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) April 16, 2025
The Cardinals scored five runs on eight hits. Bernal was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Yeager was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Rivas was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
On the bases, Rivas stole his third base of the season. On defense, Rivas made a fielding error. Bernal threw out two runners at second base.
Sixth-ranked prospect Leonardo Bernal has thrown out two would-be base stealers at second tonight. pic.twitter.com/ab4iux5Aes
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) April 16, 2025
Springfield is 7-3 on the season.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Arkansas, Ixan Henderson LHP (1-0, 0.00) vs. Danny Wirchansky LHP (0-0, 4.70) 6:35 CT.
The High-A Chiefs beat the Kernels in a 6-2 contest at Dozer Park on Tuesday. Starter Darlin Saladin pitched 3 1/3 innings, gave up two runs on four hits, struck out three and walked two.
Dionys Rodriguez threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. D.J. Carpenter and Tanner Jacobson each tossed a scoreless inning.
Cedar Rapids took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. In the second, Peoria cut the lead to 2-1. Won-Bin Cho drew a walk. Johnfrank Salazar singled. Brayden Jobert singled. Cho scored on a ground out by Trey Paige.
The Chiefs put up four runs in the third to take a 5-2 lead. Ryan Campos doubled. Zach Levenson was hit by a pitch. Ian Petrutz drove in Campos on a double. Levenson was out at home. Cho and Salazar walked. Jobert plated Petrutz and Cho on a single. Salazar stole home.
Peoria added a run in the seventh to lead 6-2. Miguel Villarroel singled and stole second base. Villarroel stole third base. Villarroel came home on a single by Levenson.
The Chiefs scored six runs on 11 hits. Jobert was 3-for-4 with two RBI. Levenson was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Salazar was 2-for-3.
On the bases, Jobert and Salazar each stole their second base of the season. Villarroel stole two bags. Jobert was caught stealing. Salazar was picked off first base.
Peoria is 3-7 on the season.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, Gerardo Salas RHP (0-2, 7.71) vs. Ty Langenberg RHP (0-1, 7.71) 6:35 CT.
The Cardinals defeated the Threshers by the score of 10-5 in the Jackie Robinson Celebration game at Holman Stadium on Tuesday.
Starter Brandt Thompson pitched five innings, gave up one run on four hits and fanned three to earn his first win as a professional.
Rehabber Joseph King threw a scoreless inning of relief. Yordy Herrera surrendered four runs in 1 1/3 innings. Samuel Fabian tossed the final 1 2/3 scoreless frames.
The Beach Birds went up 3-0 in the first inning. Nathan Church walked. Travis Honeyman singled. Josh Kross tripled to score Church and Honeyman. Kross came home on a balk.
Clearwater cut the lead to 3-1 in the fourth. Palm Beach widened the lead to 7-1 in the sixth. Jose Cordoba and Honeyman each drew a walk. Kross followed with a three-run home run to right field. Yordalin Pena singled and later scored on a single by Sammy Hernandez.
2-R Triple ✅
3-R Home Run ✅
RBI Single ✅
Ground Rule Double ✅1B Josh Kross (A) has HIT FOR THE CYCLE as part of a 4-for-5, 6 RBI night! @GoPBCardinals pic.twitter.com/GAMfiVYquG
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) April 16, 2025
The Cardinals made it 10-1 in the seventh. Honeyman singled, stole second base and went to third on a wild pitch. Kross plated Honeyman on a single. Pena walked. Cade McGee walked. Luis Pino drove in Kross and Pena on a double.
The Threshers rallied for four runs in the eighth to tighten the score to 10-5.
Palm Beach scored 10 runs on 10 hits. While completing the cycle, Kross was 4-for-5 with six RBI and three runs scored. Honeyman was 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Pino had two RBI.
Honeyman stole his first base of the season. Jonathan Mejia was caught stealing.
Kross made a fielding error.
Palm Beach is 7-3 on the season.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Clearwater, RHP Leonel Sequera (0-0, 1.17) vs. TBD 5:30 CT.
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