photo: Rainiel Rodriguez and Leonardo Bernal (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-3 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach catcher Rainiel Rodriguez, homered and drove in three. Other standouts include Andy Yerzy, Matt Lloyd, Josh Kross and Jalin Flores.
Results for games played Friday, August 15.
Memphis 7 at Charlotte 5 (10 innings)
On Friday in Charlotte, the Redbirds defeated the Knights in extra innings by the score of 7-5. Starter Ian Bedell pitched three innings, gave up three runs on three hits, struck out three and walked two.
Oddanier Mosqueda relieved Bedell and surrendered two runs in 2/3 of an inning. Zack Weiss threw two scoreless innings. Nick Raquet hurled 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Anthony Veneziano tossed the final two scoreless innings to earn the win.
Leading off the game, third baseman JJ Wetherholt hit a solo home run. Charlotte tied the game in the home half of the first.
The Redbirds regained the lead 3-1 in the second. Matt Lloyd singled and scored on Andy Yerzy’s home run. The Knights knotted it up again in the third.
Yerzy hits DINGERS!@HueysRestaurant HOMER! pic.twitter.com/bPqik9cCoK
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) August 15, 2025
Memphis scored again in the top of the fourth to lead 4-3. César Prieto doubled and came home on a single by Bryan Torres. Charlotte answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to lead 5-4.
Lloyd hit a solo home run in the sixth to tie the game at 5-5.
Another @HueysRestaurant homer for Lloyd! pic.twitter.com/3N27sNaWQn
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) August 16, 2025
The game eventually went into extras, and in the 10th, the Redbirds put up two runs to lead 7-5. Nathan Church started the inning at second base. Matt Koperniak reached on a fielder’s choice and Church scored on a throwing error. Koperniak came home on a single by Prieto.
The offense scored seven runs on 13 hits. Yerzy was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Lloyd was 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Torres was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Prieto was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Koperniak was 2-for-5.
On the bases, Yerzy stole his first base. Prieto swiped his 12th bag. Koperniak was picked off first base.
On defense, Yerzy had a passed ball.
Memphis is 62-54 overall, 21-22 in the second half. The Redbirds are nine games back of Scranton and Syracuse who are tied for first place in the IL.
Saturday’s game: at Charlotte, Aaron Wilkerson RHP (5-3, 3.77) vs. Duncan Davitt RHP (0-3, 4.88) 5:05 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals fell to the Wind Surge by a 7-2 score at Hammons Field on Friday. Starter Cade Winquest six innings, gave up four runs on eight hits, fanned four and walked one. Winquest took the loss.
Zane Mills relieved Winquest and surrendered one run in two innings. Jack Ralston yielded two runs in the ninth.
Wichita took a 3-0 lead in the third inning and added a run in the top of the sixth.
Springfield answered with two runs in the home sixth. Brody Moore reached on an error and stole second base. Jeremy Rivas drove in Moore on a single. Leonardo Bernal plated Rivas on a double.
Leonardo Bernal drops one in the corner for a double and Springfield has trimmed the lead in half. pic.twitter.com/RCtryRqZ2K
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) August 16, 2025
The Wind Surge increased their lead to 5-2 in the sixth and made it 7-2 in the ninth.
The Cardinals scored two runs on six hits. No Cardinal had multiples. Doubles by Bernal and Chase Davis were the only extra bas hits.
On the bases, Moore stole his fifth base of the season. On defense, Davis had an outfield assist at home plate. Bernal had a passed ball.
Springfield is 72-40 overall, 29-14 in the second half and is in first place in the Texas League North.
Saturday’s game: vs. Wichita, Pete Hansen, LHP (7-3, 3.59) vs. Sam Armstrong RHP (0-1, 10.00) 6:35 CT.
The High-A Chiefs were edged by the Captains in a 6-5 road loss on Friday. Starter Braden Davis pitched four innings, gave up two runs, one earned, on four hits, fanned eight and walked three.
D.J. Carpenter relieved Davis and surrendered one run in 1 1/3 innings. Zeke Wood yielded two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Dominic Picone allowed one run in the eighth and took the loss.
Lake County took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Peoria scored three runs in the fourth to take the lead 3-2. Deniel Ortiz walked. Andrew Sojka singled. Josh Kross followed with a three-run home run.
And just like that we take the lead, thanks to a 3 run-HR by Josh Kross in the top of the 4th!!
PEO 3 | LC 2 pic.twitter.com/JP2hyOfSpy
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) August 16, 2025
The Chiefs added two runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead to 5-2. Sojka doubled. Kross was hit by a pitch. Ian Petrutz singled. Won-Bin Cho walked and Sojka scored. Kross came home on a double play by Anyelo Encarnacion.
The Captains cut the lead to 5-4 with two runs in the home sixth. Lake County added on with single runs in the seventh and eighth to prevail 6-5.
The Chiefs scored five runs on nine hits. Kross had three RBI and two runs scored. Sojka was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Ryan Campos was 2-for-4. Petrutz was 2-for-4.
On the bases, Jon Jon Gazdar stole his 16th of the season. Cho swiped his 17th bag.
On defense, Campos had a passed ball.
Peoria is 43-67 overall, 17-28 in the second half, and is fifth place in the Midwest League West, eight games back of Beloit.
Saturday’s game: at Lake County, Frank Elissalt RHP (0-1, 5.40) vs. LHP Josh Hartle (9-2, 2.50), 6:00 p.m. CT
The Low-A Cardinals defeated the Marauders by a 7-5 score at Roger Dean Stadium on Friday.
Starter Ty Van Dyke pitched three scoreless innings, allowed one hit, struck out one and walked one.
Bobby Olsen relieved Van Dyke and surrendered two runs in 2 1/3 innings to earn the win. Jack Findlay allowed one unearned run in 1 2/3 innings. Edwin Nuñez threw a scoreless eighth. Hunter Kublick yielded two runs in the ninth.
Bye bye birdie🐦
Rainiel Rodriguez hit his 8th homerun of the season, sending the Beachbirds into flight with a 2-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/7G4U9Ewhcz
— Palm Beach Cardinals (@GoPBCardinals) August 15, 2025
The Beach Birds went up in the first inning on a two-run home run by Rainiel Rodriguez. Palm Beach added a run in the third as Jalin Flores singled and scored on a triple by Jose Cordoba.
In the top of the fourth, Bradenton cut the lead to 3-1. The Cardinals answered with three runs in the home half of the inning. Ryan Weingartner singled. Yordalin Pena grounded into a force out with Weingartner out at second. Matthew Miura singled. Jack Gurevitch walked. Rodriguez walked and Pena scored. Flores doubled to plate Miura and Gurevitch.
Palm Beach widened the lead to 7-1 in the fifth. Chase Heath singled. Weingartner walked. Pena eliminated Weingartner again on a force out. Heath came home on a force out by Miura.
The Marauders added two in the sixth and two in the ninth to bring the final score to 7-5.
The Cardinals scored seven runs on eight hits. Flores was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Rodriguez had three RBI. Miura scored two runs.
Miura stole his fifth base of the season. He was also picked off first base.
On defense, Flores made a fielding error.
Palm Beach is 53-56 on the season, 22-23 in the second half, and is in third place in the FSL East 10.5 games back of St. Lucie.
Saturday’s game: vs. Bradenton, RHP Nelfy Ynfante (4-5, 5.40) vs. TBD 3:00 CT
DSL Cardinals 2 at DSL Phillies Red 3 (10 innings)
The Dominican Cardinals were walked off by the Phillies Red by a 3-2 score in 10 innings on Friday.
Starter Xavier Cruz pitched four innings, gave up one run on one hit, fanned eight and walked two.
Jesus Garcia relieved Cruz and threw two scoreless innings. Briam Reyes surrendered one run in three innings. Michael Correa yielded one unearned run in the final 2/3 of an inning and took the loss.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Sebastian Dos Santos doubled and scored on a fielding error. The Phillies Red tied the game in the third.
The Cardinals regained the lead 2-1 in the sixth as Dos Santos doubled and scored on a single by Christian Saez.
The Phillies Red tied the game again in the seventh. The game went into extra innings, and the Phillies Red scored the winning run in the 10th.
The Cardinals scored two runs on 10 hits. Dos Santos was 2-for-5 with two runs scored. Brayan Amoroso was 2-for-3. Jhonny Chaparro was also 2-for-3.
Yeferson Portolatin stole his 20th base of the season. Amoroso was caught stealing.
The Cardinal are 27-26 on the season and are in third place in the DSL Southeast, six games back of the Marlins.
Saturday’s game: vs. DSL Marlins, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 am CT.
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