photo: Royelny Strop (St. Louis Cardinals)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-3 on Tuesday. TCNs Player of the Day is DSL CF Royelny Strop, who hit for the cycle with eight RBI, including a grand slam, and scored three runs in the Cardinals rout of Colorado on the final day of their season. Other standouts include Ixan Henderson, Jesus Baez, Yordalin Pena and Branneli Franco.
Results for games played Tuesday, August 19.
The Triple-A Redbirds were defeated by the Stripers in a 7-1 loss at AutoZone Park on Tuesday, snapping Memphis’ five-game winning streak. Starter Quinn Mathews pitched five innings, gave up two runs on three hits, fanned five and walked one. Mathews took the loss.
Rehabbing St. Louis lefty John King relieved Mathews and surrendered two unearned runs in the sixth. Gerson Moreno threw a scoreless seventh. Osvaldo Berrrios yielded three runs in the eighth. Skylar Hales tossed a scoreless ninth.
Gwinnett scored single runs in the first and the second to lead 2-0.
Memphis scored their only run of the game in the home half of the second. Gavin Collins doubled and came home on a single by Michael Siani.
The Stripers extended their lead to 4-1 in the sixth, then put up a three-run eighth to win handily, 7-1.
The Memphis offense scored one run on five hits. No Redbird had multiple hits. The double by Collins was the only extra base hit. The team was 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
On the bases, César Prieto was caught stealing. Playing shortstop, Prieto made two errors, one fielding and one throwing.
Memphis is 64-55 overall, 21-22 in the second half. They are 9.5 games back of Scranton in the IL.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, Max Rajcic RHP (0-1, 4.03) vs. Carlos Carrasco RHP (4-2, 3.27) 6:45 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals blanked the Travelers by a 4-0 score on Tuesday.
Starter Ixan Henderson pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowed one hit, fanned six and walked three to earn his ninth win.
Reigning Texas League Pitcher of the Week and Cardinals no. 15 prospect Ixan Henderson tonight: 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K.
His season ERA is down to 2.31. pic.twitter.com/t1lBPBPy1t
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) August 20, 2025
Hunter Hayes relieved Henderson and threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Jack Ralston hurled a scoreless eighth. Michael Watson tossed a scoreless ninth.
Springfield scored one run in the third to take the lead. Brody Moore and Chase Davis singled. Leonardo Bernal grounded into a force out as Davis was out at second. Joshua Baez singled to score Moore.
The Cardinals added two runs in the fourth to extend the lead to 3-0. Dakota Harris doubled. Trey Paige singled. Moore plated Harris and Paige on a double.
Brody Moore drives one down the line and into the corner to plate a pair! pic.twitter.com/MUJAxi3H9m
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) August 20, 2025
Springfield made it 4-0 in the fifth. Zach Levenson doubled and scored on a single by Jeremy Rivas.
The Cardinals scored four runs on 11 hits. Moore was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Harris was 3-for-4.
On the bases, Harris stole his 21st base of the season. On defense, Henderson picked a runner off second base.
Springfield is 73-42 overall, 30-16 in the second half and is in first place the Texas League North.
Wednesday’s game: at Arkansas, Brycen Mautz LHP (6-2, 2.92) vs. Adam Seminaris LHP (5-6, 2.67) 6:35 CT.
The High-A Chiefs were routed by the Dragons in a 14-3 blowout on Tuesday. Starter Nate Dohm pitched 2 1/3 innings, gave up four runs on three hits. fanned four and walked two. Dohm took the loss.
D.J Carpenter relieved Dohm and threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Gerardo Salas yielded eight runs in two innings. Christian Worley allowed two runs in the final three innings.
The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Ryan Campos doubled and scored on a single by Travis Honeyman.
The Dragons answered with three runs in the home first to take a 3-1 lead. Dayton added one run in the third.
The Dragons continued to extend their lead with two runs in the fifth and six in the sixth to lead 12-1. Peoria put up one run in the seventh on a solo home run by Jon Jon Gazdar to cut the lead to 12-2.
Dayton added two more runs in the eighth to widen the gap to 14-2. The Chiefs tacked on one more run in the ninth on a solo home run by Won-Bin Cho for the final score of 14-3.
The offense scored three runs on 11 hits. Jesus Baez was 4-for-4. Cho was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Gazdar was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Peoria is 44-69 overall, 18-30 in the second half, and is fifth place in the Midwest League West, nine games back of Beloit.
Wednesday’s game: at Dayton, Mason Molina LHP (0-0, 4.70) vs. Luke Hayden RHP (2-7, 4.45) 6:05 CT.
The Low-A Cardinals fell to the Mets by an 8-5 score at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday. Starter Leonel Sequera pitched four innings, gave up seven runs on eight hits, fanned five and walked three. The reigning Florida State League Pitcher of the Week took the loss.
Hunter Kublick relieved Sequera and surrendered one run in two innings. Zack Showalter hurled two scoreless innings. Alan Reyes tossed a scoreless ninth.
St. Lucie took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Beach Birds tied the game in the fourth on a solo home run by hot-hitting Rainiel Rodriguez. The catcher has hit in nine straight games with three home runs and 10 RBI.
The Mets put up seven runs in the fifth inning to jump to an 8-1 lead. The Cardinals scored two runs in the sixth to cut the lead to 8-3. Jonathan Mejia and Sammy Hernandez walked. Yordalin Pena tripled to score both runners.
Palm Beach added two more runs in the eighth to shrink the lead to 8-5. Hernandez reached on catcher interference. Pena followed with a two-run home run.
The Cardinals scored five runs on eight hits. Pena was 2-for-4 with four RBI. Jalin Flores was 2-for-5.
Mejia stole two bases. Ryan Weingartner swiped his second bag.
On defense, Pena had an outfield assist at third base. Showalter picked a runner off third base.
Palm Beach is 55-58 on the season, 23-25 in the second half, and is in third place in the FSL East 10.5 games back of St. Lucie.
Wednesday’s game: vs. St. Lucie, RHP Andrew Dutkanych (0-1, 4.35) vs. TBD 5:30 CT
DSL Cardinals 19 at DSL Colorado 2
The Dominican Cardinals pounded Colorado by a 19-2 score in their final game of the season on Tuesday.
Starter Branneli Franco pitched four perfect innings with five strikeouts. It was 12 up and 12 down for the 18-year-old right-hander.
Gabrial Chinchilla relieved Franco and surrendered two runs in four innings. He received the win. Jesus Garcia tossed a scoreless ninth.
The Cardinals scored in the first inning on a three-run home run by Royelny Strop. They added five runs in the second to increase the lead to 8-0. Hector Cabrera and Michael Cordero were each hit by a pitch. Kenly Hunter singled. Strop hit a bases clearing triple. Juan Rujano followed with a two-run home run.
OF Royelny Strop had a memorable performance in the DSL Cardinals final game of the regular season this afternoon.
The 17-year-old hit for the CYCLE and clubbed his first professional homer run (a grand slam) as part of a 4-for-6, 8 RBI game in the team's 19-2 win at Colorado. pic.twitter.com/g4eiCuZih3
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) August 19, 2025
The Cardinals extended the lead to 13-0 with five runs in the fifth inning. Sebastian Dos Santos singled. Cabrera was hit by a pitch. Cordero singled. Dos Santos scored on a sac fly by Lucas Takahashi. Hunter singled. Strop followed with a grand slam.
Christian Saez thumped a solo home run in the sixth to increase the lead to 14-0. The Cards added a run in the top of the seventh to make it 15-0. Cordero walked. Hunter doubled. Cordero came home on a wild pitch.
Colorado finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh with two runs to cut the lead to 15-2.
The Cardinals responded with a four-run eighth inning to widen the lead to 19-2. Saez walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Dos Santos and Yeferson Portolatin walked. Cabrera walked and Saez scored. Cordero plated Dos Santos and Portolatin on a double. Strop drove in Cabrera on a double.
The Cardinals scored 19 runs on 13 hits. Strop was 4-for-6, a cycle, with eight RBI and three runs scored. Dos Santos was 2-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Cordero was 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored. Hunter was 3-for-5 with three runs scored. Rujano had two RBI. Cabrera scored three runs. Saez scored two runs.
On defense, Strop made a fielding error.
The Cardinals are 30-26 on the season and finished in third place in the DSL Southeast, four games back of the Marlins.
Wednesday’s game: No game, season has concluded.
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