photo: Hancel Rincón (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-3 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield’s Hancel Rincon, allowed one run in six innings with six strikeouts. Other standouts include Iván Herrera, Leonardo Bernal and Zach Levenson.
Results for games played Friday, July 11.
The Triple-A Redbirds defeated the Knights by a 4-1 score at AutoZone Park on Friday.
Starter Quinn Mathews pitched four scoreless innings, allowed four hits, fanned five and walked two. 44 of his 77 pitches went for strikes.
Quinn's filthy changeup for the first @LeBonheurChild strikeout! pic.twitter.com/4v3uaLaIca
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) July 12, 2025
Jack Ralston relieved Mathews and surrendered one run in 2/3 of an inning. Chris Roycroft threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win. Oddanier Mosqueda hurled a scoreless eighth. Ryan Fernandez tossed a scoreless ninth for his first save.
Memphis took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Bryan Torres and Matt Lloyd singled. Torres scored on a sac fly by Gavin Collins.
The Redbirds added three runs in the third. Michael Siani singled. Iván Herrera doubled to plate Siani. Matt Koperniak singled. Torres drove in Herrera on a double. Koperniak came home on a sac fly by Lloyd.
Herrera hits! pic.twitter.com/3qJlbRWJCF
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) July 12, 2025
Charlotte scored their only run of the game in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-1.
Memphis scored four runs on 11 hits. St. Louis rehabber and designated hitter Herrera was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Torres was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Lloyd was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Nathan Church was 2-for-4.
On the bases, Church was caught stealing.
Memphis is 47-42 overall, 6-10 in the second half. They are in ninth place in the IL West, five games back of division leader Indianapolis.
Saturday’s game: vs. Charlotte, Michael McGreevy RHP (8-2, 3.21) vs. Evan McKendry RHP (2-6, 6 .31) 6:35 CT.
MLB All-Star Futures Game
The 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game will be played at 3:00 p.m. CT today, Saturday, July 12th, at Truist Park in Atlanta. It will be broadcast live on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.TV, MLB.com, and the MLB app.
Memphis shortstop JJ Wetherholt is St. Louis’ only representative.
Springfield 8 at Corpus Christi 1
The Cardinals beat the Hooks in Corpus Christi on Friday by the score of 8-1.
Starter and Cardinals organization June Pitcher of the Month Hancel Rincon went six innings, gave up one run on six hits, and fanned six to earn his third win.
Another stellar outing tonight from Hancel Rincon: 6.0 IP, 6 H, ER, 0 BB, 6 K. pic.twitter.com/Wgo6fNlFlN
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 12, 2025
Nathanael Heredia relieved Rincon and threw two scoreless innings. Ricardo Velez tossed a scoreless ninth.
Springfield went up 1-0 in the first inning. Noah Mendlinger tripled and scored on a throwing error. The Cardinals led 2-0 in the second on a solo home run by Dakota Harris.
In the top of the fifth, Springfield put up three runs to increase the lead to 5-0. Harris was hit by a pitch and stole second base. Ramon Mendoza singled. Mendlinger walked. Leonardo Bernal doubled to score Harris and Mendoza. Bernal came home on a wild pitch.
Leonardo Bernal drops a double on the chalk to drive in a pair. Cardinals up early in Corpus. pic.twitter.com/9gMTvwwUKf
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 12, 2025
Corpus Christi scored their only run of the game in the home fifth.
The Cardinals responded with a three-run sixth to widen the lead to 8-1. Trey Paige walked. Harris singled. Mendlinger singled to drive in Paige. Jordan Walker drew a walk. Bernal was hit by a pitch and Harris came home.
The offense scored eight runs on nine hits. Mendlinger was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Harris was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Bernal had three RBI.
On the bases, Harris stole his 17th run of the season. On defense, Harris made a throwing error. Chase Davis had an outfield assist at third base.
Springfield is 54-31 overall, 11-5 in the second half and is tied with Arkansas for first place the Texas League North.
Saturday’s game: at Corpus Christi, LHP Ixan Henderson (4-4, 2.55) vs. Ethan Pecko RHP (0-5, 5.93) 7:05 CT.
Peoria 3, Cedar Rapids 4 (seven innings, game one)
The High-A Chiefs lost by one run to the Kernels at Dozer Park in the opener of Friday’s twin bill. This game made up Tuesday’s rainout.
Starter Gerardo Salas pitched five innings, gave up four runs on eight hits, fanned four and walked one. Salas took the loss.
Benjamin Arias threw the final two scoreless innings of relief.
Cedar Rapids went up 3-0 in the second inning. Peoria cut the lead to 3-1 with a run in the third. Travis Honeyman and Ian Petrutz singled. Josh Kross doubled to score Honeyman.
Josh Kross puts the Chiefs on the board with an RBI double!
CR 3 | PEO 1 pic.twitter.com/vjETlUdQVv
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) July 11, 2025
The Kernels added a run in the fourth to increase their lead to 4-1. The Chiefs made it 4-2 in the fifth. Tre Richardson singled and scored on a double by Petrutz.
In the sixth, Peoria scored again to pull to within a run. Graysen Tarlow singled. Brayden Jobert grounded into a force out as Tarlow was out at second. Jobert stole second base and came home on a single by Won-Bin Cho.
The offense scored three runs on 12 hits. Petrutz and Kross were both 2-for-4 with an RBI. Cho was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Honeyman was 2-for-4. Tarlow was 2-for-3.
On the bases, Richardson stole his 12th base of the season. Jobert swiped his eighth bag.
Peoria 5, Cedar Rapids 6 (six innings, game two)
The Chiefs lost again by a single run to the Kernels in the rain shortened Game 2 on Friday.
Spot starter Tyler Bradt pitched 2 1/3 innings, gave up three runs on four hits, and fanned four. Bradt took the loss.
Mason Burns surrendered three runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Jawilme Ramirez tossed the final 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
Cedar Rapids scored three runs in the top of the third to take the lead. Peoria answered with two runs in the home third. Jon Jon Gazdar singled. Ian Petrutz walked. Zach Levenson doubled to score Gazdar and Petrutz.
Zach Levenson brings home two in the third inning, with a little help from Mother Nature!
CR 3 | PEO 2 pic.twitter.com/a8GHzG3ats
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) July 12, 2025
In the top of the fourth, the Kernels added three runs to increase the lead to 6-2. The Chiefs responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to shrink the lead to 6-5. Brayden Jobert hit a solo home run. Won-Bin Cho doubled. Michael Curialle singled. Gazdar walked. Levenson walked and Cho scored. Curialle came home on a force out by Ryan Campos.
Peoria scored five runs on nine hits. Levenson was 2-for-2 with three RBI. Chase Adkison was 2-for-3.
Adkison stole his first base of the season. On defense, Curialle made a throwing error.
Peoria is 35-49 overall, 9-10 in the second half, and is in fifth place in the Midwest League West, 2.5 games back of Quad Cities.
Saturday’s game: vs. Cedar Rapids, Darlin Saladin RHP (1-3, 5.03) vs. Ty Langenberg RHP (1-4, 5.74) 7:05 CT.
Palm Beach 3, Dunedin 5 (six innings)
The Low-A Cardinals lost to the Blue Jays in a rain shortened 5-3 contest on Friday at Roger Dean Stadium. Starter Leonel Sequera pitched five innings, gave up five runs, four earned, on seven hits, fanned four and walked two. Sequera took the loss.
Charles Harrison relieved Sequera and threw a scoreless sixth.
The Beach Birds took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Christian Martin doubled. Raniel Rodriguez reached on an error. Cade McGee flied into a sacrifice double play, as Martin came home.
Dunedin put up three runs in the second to take the lead 3-1. Palm Beach added a run in the third to cut the lead to 3-2. Jonathan Mejia singled. Jose Cordoba reached on an error. Mejia stole third base. Martin walked. Rodriguez drove in Mejia on a single.
The Blue Jays increased their lead to 5-2 in the fifth. The Cardinals answered with just one run in the sixth before lightning and the threat of inclement weather came.
Palm Beach scored three runs on six hits. Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Mejia was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored.
On the bases, Mejia stole his 11th base of the season. On defense, Luis Pino made a fielding error.
Palm Beach is 39-43 overall, 7-11 in the second half, and is in last place in the FSL East, 5 games back of St. Lucie
Saturday’s game: vs. Dunedin, RHP Brandt Thompson (2-6, 3.98) vs. TBD 5:00 CT.
Florida Complex League Cardinals – Off
The rookie Cardinals are 18-27 on the season and are in last place in the Florida Complex League East, 12.5 games back of the Astros.
Saturday’s game: at FCL Astros, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 am CT.
DSL Cardinals 6, DSL Phillies 5
The Dominican Cardinals edged the Phillies by a 6-5 score on Friday. Starter Xavier Cruz pitched three innings, gave up four runs, three earned, on five hits, struck out three and walked two.
Branneli Franco and threw two scoreless innings of relief. Hendrick Cana surrendered one run in the final four innings and received the win.
The Cardinals went up 2-0 in the first inning. Yeferson Protolatin tripled. Sebastian Dos Santos walked and stole second base. Portolatin scored on a wild pitch. Cristofer Lebron singled and Dos Santos came home.
The Phillies Red cut the lead to 2-1 in the second. They added three runs in the top of the third to lead 4-2.
The Cardinals tied the game with two runs in the home half third. Portolatin was hit by a pitch. Dos Santos tripled to plate Portolatin. Dos Santos came home on a balk.
The Phillies Red regained the 5-4 lead in the eighth. The Cardinals put up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to win in a walk off 6-4. Jesus Perez walked. Michael Cordero followed with a two-run home run.
The Cardinals scored six runs on eight hits. Dos Santos was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Lebron was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Cordero had two RBI. Portolatin scored two runs.
On the bases, Dos Santos stole his fourth base of the season. Lebron stole two bases. On defense, Portolatin made a throwing error. Cordero had a fielding miscue.
The DSL Cardinals are 16-13 on the season and are in first place in the DSL Southeast Division by one game.
Saturday’s game: at Mets Blue, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 am CT.
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