photo: Hancel Rincon (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 1-3 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield’s Hancel Rincon, tossed six scoreless, one-hit innings with eight strikeouts. Other standouts include Matt Lloyd, Matt Koperniak, Luis Piño and Jose Suarez.
Results for games played Friday, July 25.
The Triple-A Redbirds beat the Stripers by a 3-1 score at AutoZone Park on Friday.
Spot starter Alex Cornwell pitched 4 2/3 solid innings, gave up one run on three hits, and struck out one.
Cornwell gets his first @LeBonheurChild strikeout!
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— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) July 26, 2025
Roddery Muñoz relieved Cornwell and threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings on just one hit and four strikeouts. Chris Roycroft hurled a scoreless eighth. Matt Svanson tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his first save.
Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning.
Memphis answered with three runs in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead. Luken Baker doubled. Jimmy Crooks singled. Baker scored on a force out by Matt Koperniak as Crooks was out at second. César Prieto doubled. Gavin Collins walked. Matt Lloyd singled to plate Koperniak and Prieto.
Lloyd for the lead!
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— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) July 26, 2025
The offense scored three runs on 12 hits. Lloyd was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Koperniak was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Crooks was 2-for-4. Collins was 2-for-3.
Collins stole his second base of the season.
Memphis is 52-46 overall, 11-14 in the second half. They are tied for eighth place in the IL West, 8.5 games back of IL leader Scranton.
Saturday’s game: vs. Gwinnett, Quinn Mathews LHP (2-4, 4.47) vs. JR Ritchie RHP (1-0, 4.50) 6:35 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals were blanked by the Drillers in Tulsa by the score of 3-0 on Friday.
Springfield starter Hancel Rincon pitched six scoreless innings, allowed one hit, fanned eight and walked one.
Hard to catch up to Hancel tonight.
Hancel Rincon final line in Tulsa: 6.0 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 8 K pic.twitter.com/SBi2oIqw49
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) July 26, 2025
Zane Mills relieved Rincon and threw a scoreless seventh. Luis Gastelum surrendered the only three runs of the game in the eighth and took the loss.
Springfield scattered four hits, singles by Joshua Baez, Dakota Harris, Carlos Linarez and Darlin Moquete. The offense was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.
Moquete stole his fourth base of the season. Baez swiped his fourth bag, but was also picked off first base.
Springfield is 59-35 overall, 16-9 in the second half and is in first place the Texas League North.
Saturday’s game: at Tulsa, Ixan Henderson LHP (6-4, 2.43) vs. Chris Campos RHP (5-4, 4.80) 7:00 CT.
Peoria vs. West Michigan (suspended)
Friday’s game at Dozer Park was suspended in the top of the fifth inning with the Chiefs down 4-0. It will be resumed on Saturday, July 26 prior to the regularly scheduled contest, which is reduced to seven innings.
Peoria is 37-54 overall, 11-15 in the second half, and is in fifth place in the Midwest League West, 4.5 games back of Beloit.
Saturday’s games: vs. West Michigan, TBA vs. TBA (suspended game) 5:00 CT; Braden Davis LHP (0-0, 1.80) vs. Andrew Sears LHP (6-3, 2.85) 7:00 CT.
The Low-A Cardinals lost to the Tortugas in a 12-8 back-and-forth slugfest on Friday. In his second start with Palm Beach, Ruben Menes pitched three innings, gave up two runs on two hits, fanned four and walked two.
All five Beach Birds pitchers were scored upon. Jack Findlay relieved Menes and surrendered three runs, two earned, in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Ernie Day yielded three runs in 1 1/3 innings and took the loss. Alan Reyes allowed three unearned runs in the seventh. Angel Cuenca gave up one run in the eighth.
Palm Beach took the lead in the first inning on a solo home run by Raniel Rodriguez. They added a run in the top of the second to lead 2-0. Jose Suarez singled and scored on a double by Yordalin Pena.
Daytona answered with a run in the home second to cut the lead to 2-1.
Palm Beach responded with a run in the top of the third to lead 3-1. Deniel Ortiz singled, stole second base, and scored on a single by Suarez.
The Tortugas made it 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
The Cardinals added a run in the top of the fourth to increase the lead to 4-2. Sammy Hernandez walked. Jonathan Mejia singled. Christian Martin plated Hernandez on a single.
Daytona put up three runs in the home fourth to go ahead 5-4.
The Cardinals countered with a three-run fifth to regain the lead 7-5. Ortiz walked. Suarez was hit by a pitch. Luis Piño followed with a three-run home run.
The Tortugas continued to score with three runs each in the sixth and seventh to take the lead at 11-7.
Palm Beach posted a final run in the top of the eighth but the scoring ended there. Hernandez singled. Martin walked. Miguel Ugueto drove in Hernandez on a single.
Daytona added one final insurance run in the home eighth for the final tally of 12-8.
The Cardinals scored eight runs on 14 hits. Pena and Ugueto were both 2-for-5 with an RBI. Suarez was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Mejia was 3-for-5. Piño had three RBI. Ortiz scored two runs.
Ortiz stole his 29th base of the season. On defense, Mejia made a throwing error. Hernandez had a fielding miscue.
Palm Beach is 44-46 overall, 13-13 in the second half, and is in third place in the FSL East, 4.5 games back of St. Lucie.
Saturday’s game: at Daytona, TBD (PB) vs. Ovis Portes RHP (2-1, 4.93) 5:35 CT.
DSL Cardinals 3 at DSL NYY Yankees 4 (seven innings)
The Dominican Cardinals were edged by the Yankees by a 4-3 score on Friday. Starter Earle Zulueta secured just one out, and gave up three runs on one hit and walked two. Zulueta took the loss.
Hendrick Cana relieved Zulueta and surrendered one run in 3 2/3 innings. Jesus Garcia tossed the final two scoreless innings.
The Yankees went up 4-0 in the first inning.
The Cardinals put up two runs in the third to cut the lead to 4-2. Yeferson Portolatin walked. Sebastian Dos Santos singled. Dos Santos stole second and Portolatin scored on a wild pitch. Dos Santos came home on a sac fly by Edward Guribe.
The Cardinals added a run in the fourth to shrink the lead to 4-3. Hector Cabrera singled. Portolatin singled and Cabrera scored on a throwing error.
The Cardinals scored three runs on five hits. Cabrera was 2-for-3. Portolatin singled, walked twice and scored.
Dos Santos stole his seventh base of the season. Portolatin swiped two bags.
On defense, Portolatin made a throwing error. Dos Santos had a fielding miscue.
The DSL Cardinals are 19-19 on the season and are in third place in the DSL Southeast Division, four games back of the Marlins.
Saturday’s game: vs. DSL Tigers 2, TBD vs. TBD 9:00 am CT.
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