photo: Trey Paige (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-1 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, 1B Trey Paige, had two hits, a walk and two RBI, including the walkoff winner for Springfield. Other standouts include Zach Plesac, Mike Antico, Blaze Jordan, Pete Hansen, Won-Bin Cho and Ramon Mendoza.
Results for games played Friday, August 29.
The Triple-A Redbirds fell to the Comets by the score of 7-5 on Friday, snapping their road winning streak at eight.
Fresh off the Development List, starter Zach Plesac was sharp, pitching four scoreless, no-hit innings, fanning eight and walking three.
Gerson Moreno relieved Plesac and threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Oddanier Mosqueda surrendered three runs, two earned, in just 1/3 of an inning. Chris Roycroft yielded two unearned runs in two innings. Roddery Muñoz allowed two runs in the eighth and took the loss.
Memphis took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Matt Koperniak walked and later scored on a walk by Michael Siani.
The Redbirds added a run in the fifth. Koperniak walked, advanced on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt, and scored on a single by Blaze Jordan.
Oklahoma City put up a five-run sixth inning to grab the lead at 5-2.
Memphis answered with three runs in the seventh to re-tie the game. Matt Lloyd, Noah Mendlinger and Siani walked. Brody Moore was hit by a pitch and Lloyd scored. Mike Antico plated Mendlinger and Siani on a single.
ANTICO TIES IT! pic.twitter.com/TEdJfXwjLp
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) August 30, 2025
The Comets retook the lead at 7-5 in the eighth. The Redbirds were unable to answer.
Memphis scored five runs on eight hits. Antico was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Jordan was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Koperniak scored two runs.
On the bases, Bryan Torres and Antico were caught stealing. On defense, Lloyd and Jordan each made a throwing error.
Memphis is 69-59 overall, 28-27 in the second half. They are 11 games back of Scranton in the IL.
Saturday’s game: at Oklahoma City, Quinn Mathews LHP (3-5, 3.74) vs. TBD (OKC) 7:05 CT.
Springfield 5, Midland 4 (11 innings)
The Double-A Cardinals beat the RockHounds in a 5-4 walk off in extra innings on Friday. Starter Pete Hansen pitched seven innings, gave up four runs, three earned, on five hits, fanned nine and walked one.
Austin Love relieved Hansen and threw a scoreless eighth. Luis Gastelum hurled two scoreless innings. Jack Ralston tossed a scoreless 11th to earn the win.
Midland went up 2-0 in the top of the second inning.
Springfield tied the game in the home half. Jeremy Rivas and Trey Paige singled. Ramon Mendoza singled to plate both runners.
The game remained tied until the RockHounds scored two runs in the top of the seventh to go up 4-2.
The Cardinals cut the lead to 4-3 in the home seventh. Dakota Harris singled then and advanced twice on wild pitches. Rivas walked. Harris scored on a single by Paige.
Springfield tied the game in the eighth. Zach Levenson walked. Miguel Ugueto singled. Levenson came home on a wild pitch.
The game remained tied through regulation and went into extra innings. Neither team scored in the 10th. Midland failed to score in the top of the 11th.
The Cardinals walked off the win in the home 11th. Ugueto started on second and stole third base. Harris and Rivas were intentionally walked to load the bases. Paige plated Ugueto on a sac fly.
YESSIR! Trey Paige calls game and Springfield is just three wins away from a new franchise record! pic.twitter.com/FOKejBBV1w
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) August 30, 2025
The Cardinals scored five runs on six hits. Paige was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Mendoza had two RBI. In his first rehab game, St. Louis center fielder Victor Scott went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
On the bases, Rivas stole his 18th base. Paige swiped his sixth bag. Ugueto stole his eighth.
On defense, Harris made a fielding error. Gastelum picked a runner off first base.
Springfield is 77-47 overall, 34-21 in the second half and is in first place in the Texas League North.
Saturday’s game: vs. Midland, Ixan Henderson LHP (9-6, 2.44) vs. James Gonzalez LHP (3-3, 4.36) 6:35 CT.
The High-A Chiefs edged the Cubs by a 5-4 score at Dozer Park on Friday, their fourth win in four tries vs. South Bend. Starter Jose Davila pitched just 1 2/3 innings, gave up two runs on three hits, struck out two and walked five.
Benjamin Arias relieved Davila and threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. Jawilme Ramirez surrendered two runs in three innings. Zack Showalter tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his first save.
Peoria took the lead in the first inning on a two-run home run by Won-Bin Cho. South Bend answered with two runs in the second to tie the game.
Won-Bin Cho 2-run HOMER to start off the game!!!
PEO 2 | SB 0 pic.twitter.com/isaAIEcKFN
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) August 30, 2025
The Chiefs responded with two more runs in the third to regain the lead 4-2. Jose Cordoba singled, stole second and advanced to third on a ground out by Cho. He came home on a sac fly by Christian Martin. Travis Honeyman tripled and scored on a single by Deniel Ortiz.
In the sixth, Peoria extended the lead to 5-2 on a solo home run by Tre Richardson. The Cubs put up two runs in the seventh to shrink the lead to 5-4. The Chiefs held on to win.
The offense scored five runs on nine hits. Cho was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Ortiz and Richardson were both 2-for-3 with an RBI. Cordoba was 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
Cordoba stole his fourth base of the season. Cho swiped his 22nd bag. Ortiz stole his sixth. Richardson was caught stealing.
On defense, Ortiz was tagged for interference. Cordoba had an outfield assist at home plate.
Peoria is 48-74 overall, 22-35 in the second half, and is fifth place in the Midwest League West, 10 games back of Beloit.
Saturday’s game: vs. South Bend, Tanner Franklin RHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. Kenten Egbert RHP (6-8, 4.41) 7:05 CT.
Palm Beach at Jupiter (postponed)
Friday night’s game at Roger Dean was postponed due to inclement weather. It will be made up on Saturday, August 30 as one game of a doubleheader.
Palm Beach is 58-63 on the season, 26-30 in the second half, and is in last place in the FSL East, 12.5 games back of St. Lucie.
Saturday’s games: at Jupiter, RHP Ty Van Dyke (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBD 3:30 CT (game one); at Jupiter, TBD vs. TBD (game two).
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