photo: Moises Castillo (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
On a rough 1-6 Tuesday across the St. Louis Cardinals system, first place State College won as shortstop Moises Castillo doubled in the lead run and scored an insurance tally in the 10th inning. Memphis was blown out at home again, and Springfield and Palm Beach opened the second half with a trio of defeats. Five Peoria Chiefs appeared in the Midwest League All-Star Game.
Results from games played Tuesday, June 18th.
Yet another subpar outing by Alex Reyes led to a 12-1 Redbirds drubbing by Las Vegas (40-32) and the visitors’ four-game sweep over the Redbirds (29-43), during which Memphis was outscored, 46 to 19.
Reyes (L, 1-3) struck out nine over five frames but surrendered 10 hits and three walks generating six runs. The right-hander threw 95 pitches, 59 for strikes, including a wild pitch. His Memphis ERA is now 7.67.
Chris Ellis, the first of three Memphis relievers, gave up a run on two hits and three free passes in 1 2/3. Chasen Shreve retired all four batters faced, leaving Ellis’ last runner aboard. But Chris Beck surrendered a grand slam, part of the four hits and two walks he allowed.
The home team’s offense managed nine hits but went a dismal 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 10 on base. Randy Arozarena and Conner Capel each had two hits. Arozarena scored his team’s only run and Capel’s double accounted for the Redbirds’ only extra-base hit. Defensively, Arozarena was credited with an outfield assist at home.
Wednesday’s game: off
Springfield (0-1) kicked off its second half with a 4-2 loss at Midland, evening the series at one game each with one on tap. The defeat snapped the S-Cards’ five-game winning streak.
Johan Oviedo (L, 1-4) struck out nine in five innings but allowed four runs on nine hits and a free pass. Bryan Dobzanski tossed two frames of shutout ball before Roel Ramirez faced the minimum in the ninth.
The visitors garnered six hits with Dylan Carlson and Justin Toerner producing all of the results. Carlson singled and doubled in five at bats and scored both runs. The leadoff hitter was driven in twice by Toerner, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI groundout.
Wednesday’s game: at Midland (1-0) (OAK), 6:30 pm CT, Angel Rondon (2-0, 3.31)
Jupiter 5 at Palm Beach 3 (7) – Game 1
Jupiter 4 at Palm Beach 2 (7) – Game 2
Palm Beach (0-2) opened the second half of its 2019 season with a double-header loss to Jupiter, 5-3 and 4-2.
In the opener, the Beach Birds held a 3-2 lead through five but Mitchell Osnowitz (L, 1-3) (BS, 1) yielded three runs including two home runs comprising two of the three hits and two walks issued in 1 2/3 innings. C.J. Saylor retired his only batter to leave a runner aboard.
Starter Griffin Roberts permitted a two-run first via a hit batsman, RBI double and sac fly but settled down to limit the Hammerheads to two more hits plus a free pass over the next four innings. The righty plunked two batters.
The home team’s seven hits were scattered among seven players with the youngsters at the bottom of the order doing the most damage. Francisco Hernandez, Luis Montano and Franklin Soto – all fresh from the GCL roster – each doubled once in three at bats. Hernandez and Montano both knocked in one while Hernandez and Soto scored a run apiece.
The PB-Cards trailed the entire way in the nightcap. Kyle Leahy’s Florida State League debut lasted just three innings, as the righty yielded three runs, two earned, on seven hits. Leahy (L, 0-1) did not walk a batter and threw 47 of his 70 pitches for strikes.
Zach Prendergast pitched the fourth and fifth, allowing a tally on two hits and a base-on-balls. Ramon Santos tossed two one-two-three frames.
Left fielder Nick Plummer reached base three times, going 2-for-2 with a walk, double and one knocked in. The only other Beach Bird with more than one of the team’s seven hits was catcher Julio Rodriguez, who singled twice in four at bats, touching home once.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Jupiter (2-0) (MIA), 6:30 pm ET, Perry DellaValle (2-3, 2.51)
Peoria – off – MWL West All-Stars 3 at East 3
The 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game took place Tuesday evening at Four Winds Field in South Bend, Indiana, home of the South Bend Cubs.
The contest ended regulation with a 3-3 tie, triggering a sudden death Home Run Derby which was won by the East squad after Chris Betts (TB) out blasted the West’s Blaze Alexander (ARI), two long balls to one. (Betts had also won the individual Home Run Derby on Monday.)
The Chiefs’ Brady Whalen and Nolan Gorman were starters for the West, batting seventh and third, respectively. While Whalen was hitless in two at bats, Gorman began the fourth by working a free pass after flying out to center in his first at bat. The third baseman scored after Jerar Encarnacion (MIA) went yard, closing the gap to 3-2.
Whalen and Gorman departed during the West’s wholesale defensive substitutions in the bottom of the fifth. Reserve Delvin Perez took over at second at that point and went 0-for-2 but manufactured a run all on his own after reaching via a force out in the eighth. Perez ended up at second on the play due to a throwing error, stole third and scored when a throw to third by the East’s catcher went awry.
Peoria’s Diego Cordero, who was originally named to the West squad, was not available after being promoted to Palm Beach. The righty was replaced on the roster by Edgar Escobar who tossed a one-two-three seventh with two strikeouts. The final Peoria All-Star, Alvaro Seijas, allowed a walk and fanned one in the ninth.
Wednesday’s game: Off
State College 4 at Williamsport 2 (10)
Back-to-back 10th-inning doubles catapulted the Spikes over the Crosscutters, 4-2, in the first of the two teams’ three-game away-and-home series. State College (4-1) leads the Pinckney Division, a game in front of Mahoning Valley (CLE).
Moises Castillo’s second double of the game and of the young season drove in Edwin Figuera, who began the 10th at second and broke a 2-2 tie. Carlos Soto doubled home Castillo for the insurance run. Both hits came with two away.
After a less than stellar stint with Class-A Peoria to begin the season, Jacob Schlesener is regrouping at State College. The lefty blanked Williamsport on two hits and two walks over five innings with eight strikeouts.
But Junior Gonzalez (BS, 1) surrendered two tallies in his second inning of work, knotting the contest at two all. Eli Kraus (W, 1-1) tossed two scoreless innings before handing the ball off to Fabian Blanco, who hit his first batter then struck out his next three opponents for his second save.
The Spikes generated seven hits with Dariel Gomez joining Castillo and Soto with two hits apiece. Gomez went 2-for-4 with a solo blast while Castillo’s two doubles in five at bats plated two. Soto singled and doubled in four at bats with a walk and the aforementioned RBI.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Williamsport (2-3) (PHI), 7:05 pm ET, Inohan Paniagua (0-0, 5.79)
Johnson City vs. Pulaski – postponed
Johnson City’s season and home opener versus Pulaski was postponed due to wet grounds. The contest has been rescheduled as part of a double-header consisting of two seven-inning contests on Wednesday, June 19th.
Wednesday’s games: vs. Pulaski (0-0) (NYY). Game one – 5:00 pm ET, TBA/TBA
DSL Cardinals Blue 4 at DSL Phillies Red 5 (10)
Four unearned runs allowed proved to be the difference maker as the Cardinals Blue suffered a 5-4 walk-off loss to the Phillies Red in 10 innings. With the defeat, the C-Blue (8-4) fell a game in back of the Phillies Red and Rockies in the South Division.
Three of the unearned scores were charged to starter Luis Ortiz, who gave up a run in the fourth plus two more then next inning. The native of San Pedro de Macoris permitted five hits and a free pass in 4 2/3 frames.
Dionys Rodriguez recorded the fifth’s last out but not before allowing Ortiz’ last runner to cross home. Rodriguez gave up two hits and a base-on-balls resulting in one tally of his own while retiring four. William Miranda tossed two clean innings but Nelson Prada (L, 2-1) allowed an unearned run in his second inning on the bump.
The Cardinals Blue banged out nine hits with right fielder Gustavo A. Rodriguez and second baseman Elvin De Jesus both going 2-for-5. Rodriguez doubled twice with a run scored and RBI. The final C-Blue with more than one hit was catcher Jose Zapata, who singled twice in four at bats with one driven in. On the base paths, De Jesus was one of three Cardinals Blue to successfully steal a base.
Wednesday’s games: vs/at DSL Twins (6-7), 10:30 am ET, Gustavo J. Rodriguez (0-0, 1.00)/TBA
DSL Brewers 8 at DSL Cardinals Red 6
The Cardinals Red could not hold a 4-2 lead through six, and went on to drop an 8-6 decision to the DSL Brewers. It was the third straight loss for the C-Red (6-9), who are in a three-way tie for sixth with the Brewers and Rangers2, four games behind the D-backs2 and Phillies White in the San Pedro Division.
Four of the visitors’ final six scores were unearned due to two of the Cardinals Red’s three miscues. Starter Edgar Manzo held his opponents to two tallies on seven hits including a solo shot in his fifth and final inning of work. The 18-year-old Mexico native struck out nine and did not issue a free pass.
But Hansel Rincon was saddled with two unearned runs on three hits and a base-on-balls over two innings. Two of the four tallies allowed by Augusto Calderon (L, 0-2) (BS, 2) in 1 1/3 frames were unearned, the righty yielding two hits, two walks and plunking two batters. Larimel Soriano recorded the ninth’s final two outs, stranding an inherited runner.
Right fielder Diowill Burgos led the team’s 11-hit effort, going 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, a run scored and three RBI. It was the third consecutive multi-hit performance for the 18-year-old and fourth in his last five games.
Third baseman Luis Andujar and first baseman Roblin Heredia had two hits apiece in four and five at bats, respectively. Andujar doubled twice with two knocked in while Heredia smashed his first triple, touched home twice and drove in one. Defensively, Burgos, Heredia and second baseman Sander Mora each committed a bobble.
Wednesday’s game: at DSL Brewers (6-9), 10:30 am ET, tandem – Miguel Yedis (0-0, 10.38)/Yonael Dominguez (0-1, 12.60)
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