photo: Stefan Trosclair (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals system went 3-6. Player of the Day and reigning Florida State League Player of the Week Stefan Trosclair was on base four times, including a triple, scored and plated two in Palm Beach’s win.
Results from the games played Tuesday, August 21st.
The Redbirds opened their three-game road series versus the Baby Cakes with a 5-0 defeat. Thanks to a loss by second-place Nashville (OAK), first-place Memphis’ (76-51) magic number to clinch the American Southern Division title was still reduced to five.
Facing New Orleans for the second straight start, Tyler Lyons (L, 0-1) improved a tad from his prior outing in which he yielded two runs in 3 1/3. This time out all tallies charged to the lefty over 5 1/3 resulted from one three-run home run. The bomb was one of three hits and one walk allowed to go with five strikeouts.
Landon Beck retired the sixth’s final two batters, stranding an inherited runner but rehabbing Dominic Leone was touched for a run on three hits in the seventh. Andrew Morales allowed a triple and sac fly in his inning of work.
The visitors’ offense was limited to six hits, two each by Wilfredo Tovar and Adolis Garcia. Tovar singled and doubled in three at bats while Garcia went 2-for-4, but unsuccessful in his only stolen base attempt. Right fielder Garcia was credited with an outfield assist at third.
Wednesday’s game: at New Orleans (63-63) (MIA), 7:00 pm CT, Jake Woodford (4-3, 4.13)
Springfield 1 at Northwest Arkansas 4
Fourth/last-place Springfield (23-33) kicked off its four-game set at third-place Northwest Arkansas with a 4-1 loss.
Matt Pearce is still looking for his first Double-A win of 2018 after absorbing his sixth loss in as many decisions. The 24-year-old yielded four runs, three earned, on four hits and a base-on-balls through five. Two of the four tallies were generated by a home run. Elniery Garcia, Junior Fernandez and Seth Elledge each tossed a clean frame, with Garcia and Elledge giving up one hit.
Springfield’s entire offense consisted of three singles, two by Johan Mieses, who went 2-for-4 with a run scored. John Nogowski’s RBI single in the ninth spolied the Naturals’ shutout bid.
Wednesday’s game: at Northwest Arkansas (27-29) (KC), 7:05 pm CT, Casey Meisner (1-1, 3.24)
The Beach Birds rallied for a 6-4 win over the Miracle in the series opener at Roger Dean. Third-place Palm Beach (29-28) moved to within 4 ½ games of first-place Charlotte (TB) with the victory.
Down 4-1 at the sixth’s midpoint, the home team pushed across two runs each in the sixth and eighth plus a single seventh-inning score. Player of the Day Stefan Trosclair had a perfect night at the plate, going 3-for-3 with his fourth triple, a run scored and two RBI. The reigning Florida State League Player of the Week was plunked once as well. Justin Toerner also had three hits including a double, run scored and one driven in.
The final PB-Card with a multi-hit performance was Dylan Carlson, who singled and doubled in four at bats, worked a free pass and touched home twice. Three players had one hit apiece.
Will Latcham tossed a clean eighth in his return to Palm Beach from Springfield, picking up his fourth win against three losses. Bryan Dobzanski faced the minimum for his third save.
Evan Guillory pitched the initial six innings, permitting four runs, three earned, on five hits. Jacob Patterson struck out the side in the seventh.
Wednesday’s game: vs. second-place Fort Myers (33-24) (MIN), 6:30 pm ET, Ian Oxnevad (5-6, 5.10)
The Chiefs were mauled by the Cougars on Tuesday, 11-1, in the first of three at Kane County. Peoria (32-24) drops into a second-place tie with Quad Cities (HOU), three games behind Cedar Rapids (MIN).
Zach Prendergast (L, 6-3) allowed two runs on six hits and a free pass over four. But the most damage came off Ben Yokley and Fabian Blanco in the next two frames. Yokley was charged with four tallies on two hits and two walks in just 2/3 of an inning. Blanco recorded the fifth’s last out but did not retire any of the five batters faced the next frame. All of them came around to score, the final two with Patrick Dayton on the mound.
Dayton tossed two innings, permitting two hits and joining Blanco by hitting a batter. Kodi Whitley tossed a clean eighth.
Two of the Chiefs’ four hits came in the fourth and led to their sole score. Rayder Ascanio opened with a single, his only hit in four at bats, then advanced to third on a double by Nolan Gorman. Luken Baker ground out to first, bringing Ascanio home.
Wednesday’s game: at fourth-place Kane County (32-25) (ARI), 6:30 pm CT, Angel Rondon (3-1, 2.22)
State College 1 at Williamsport 8
Jacob Schlesener’s poorest outing of 2018 led to the Spikes’ 8-1 defeat by the Crosscutters. State College (31-32) hold a two-games-to-one series lead with one remaining.
Schlesener (L, 2-4) yielded a season-high five runs on seven hits and three walks in five. One of the seven hits was a two-run long ball in the lefty’s final inning of work.
Troy Montemayor tossed two frames, giving up three runs on five hits. Hector Villalobos allowed a hit in the eighth.
State College mustered just four hits – three singles and a home run by Wadye Infante.
Wednesday’s game: at Williamsport (26-36) (PHI), 7:05 pm ET, Franyel Casadilla (3-1, 1.84)
Burlington 13 at Johnson City 5
Six late tallies broke open a fairly competitive game as the JC-Cards were defeated by the Royals, 13-5, in the home series opener. Johnson City (26-34) remains tied with Greeneville (CIN) for the cellar spot in the West Division.
All three Appy Bird pitchers were scored upon, beginning with Cole Aker (L, 2-2), who was charged with six runs on seven hits and four walks in 4 2/3. Junior Gonzalez went 2 2/3, permitting two tallies on four hits and a base-on-balls. Juan Alvarez allowed five runs on six hits, including a three-run home run, and two walks over 1 2/3.
Johnson City banged out 12 hits, with five players garnering two hits apiece: Leandro Cedeno, Liam Sabino, Zach Jackson, Donivan Williams and Luis Flores. Cedeno’s solo shot was his 11th home run of the season, while Sabino doubled twice in three at bats with a free pass and two RBI. Jackson doubled, scored twice and knocked in one.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Burlington (20-40) (KC), 7:00 pm ET, Kyle Leahy (3-2, 5.21)
GCL Cardinals 10 at GCL Mets 1
The Gulf Cardinals exploded for 16 hits to overwhelm the Mets, 10-1, for their fifth consecutive victory. The East Division Champion Cardinals (37-16) boast a .698 winning percentage, which is the best in the Gulf Coast League and would give them post-season home field advantage.
Seven Gulf Birds generated multi-hit performances. Jhon Torres went 3-for-5 with a run batted in. One of the two hits each by Diomedes Del Rio, Terry Fuller and William Jimenez was a home run. Del Rio and Fuller did it with the bases clean and Jimenez brought home three. Cole Kreuter, Mateo Gil and Zack Gahagan had two hits apiece.
Perry DellaValle fanned five over the first four innings, giving up a hit and base-on-balls. Rodard Avelino (W, 1-0) and Wilfredo Pereira pitched two innings each. Avelino allowed a run on two hits and a free pass while Pereira yielded four hits and a walk. Edgar Escobar tossed a scoreless ninth.
Wednesday’s game: Off
DSL Cardinals Blue 6 vs. DSL Yankees 5 (10 innings)
The C-Blue slipped past the DSL Yankees, 6-5, for a walk-off win in 10. The Cardinals Blue (48-20) remain tied for first with the Twins with four games to go in the regular season.
Diowill Burgos began the home half of the 10th on second and was sacrificed to third by Pablo Guzman. Burgos remained at third while Jose Zapata grounded out, 6-3, but capitalized on a passed ball to race home for the victory.
Darlin Moquete led the 10-hit effort, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run scored and two driven in. Malcom Nunez and Pablo Gomez each went 2-for-4, with Nunez adding a walk and two-run long ball, his third in as many games and 11th of the season, while Gomez crossed home once.
Francis Ventura tossed six solid innings, permitting three runs on eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. Ramon Fernandez (BS, 1) was unable to navigate the seventh successfully, giving up a run on a hit and two free passes in just 2/3 of an inning.
Anthony Trompiz limited the damage by leaving Fernandez’ last two runners on base. The 20-year-old retired six batters, yielding an unearned score on a hit and walk. Leonardo Taveras (W, 5-1) recorded four outs, all on strikeouts, and issued one free pass.
Wednesday’s game: vs. DSL Rockies (22-46), 10:30 am ET, Inohan Paniagua (3-3, 3.93)
DSL Cardinals Red 1 at DSL Rangers2 11
The DSL Cardinals Red (37-30) took one on the chin, falling to the division champion DSL Rangers2, 11-1.
Starter Martin Cordova (L, 7-2) tossed a one-two-three first but exited after surrendering five runs on five hits and a plunked batter with just one batter retired the next frame. Hector De Los Santos allowed three runs on a hit and four free passes over the next three innings but stranded his only inherited runner.
Two of the three tallies charged to De Los Santos scored with Gustavo J. Rodriguez on the mound. Rodriguez gave up a hit and walk in 2 2/3 innings before giving way to Dionys Rodriguez. The latter Rodriguez served up a three-run home run in the eighth.
The Cardinals Red’s sole tally resulted from Joerlin De Los Santos’ lead-off single followed by a two fielding errors sandwiched around a ground out. All five of the C-Red hits were singles generated by five different players.
Wednesday’s game: at DSL Brewers (38-29), 10:30 am ET, TBA
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