photo: Joshua Baez (Peoria Chiefs)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-2 on Tuesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Peoria RF Joshua Baez, was 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, a walk, four RBI and three runs scored. Other standouts include Leonardo Bernal, Zach Levenson, Cade McGee and Sammy Hernandez.
Results for games played Tuesday, May 20.
The Triple-A Redbirds fell to the Jumbo Shrimp by a 6-3 score in Jacksonville on Tuesday. Starter Ian Bedell pitched 3 2/3 innings, gave up five runs on six hits, struck out three and walked two and took the loss.
Michael Gomez relieved Bedell and threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Nick Anderson hurled 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Ryan Fernandez surrendered one run in the seventh. Riley O’Brien tossed a scoreless eighth.
Jacksonville took a 5-0 lead in the fourth inning. Memphis responded with two runs in the fifth. Jimmy Crooks singled. Ryan Vilade followed with a two-run home run to left center field.
Vilade gets us on the board with a @HueysRestaurant home run!
📻: https://t.co/D2E3XGWVGY pic.twitter.com/XUiJa9fREX
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) May 21, 2025
The Redbirds added a run in the third to shrink the lead to 5-3. José Fermín drew a walk and stole second base. He advanced to third on a balk and scored on a single by Crooks.
The Jumbo Shrimp widened the lead to 6-3 in the seventh.
Memphis scored three runs on five hits. Crooks was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Vilade had two RBI.
On the bases, Bryan Torres stole his fourth base of the season. Fermín swiped his 13th bag.
Memphis is 23-21 on the season and is in fifth place in the International League West, 3.5 games back of Indianapolis.
Wednesday’s game: at Jacksonville, Curtis Taylor RHP (1-0, 3.48) vs. TBD (JCK) 6:05 CT.
The Double-A Cardinals beat the Drillers by a 7-4 score in Tulsa on Tuesday.
Starter Pete Hansen pitched six innings, gave up two runs on three hits, struck out four and walked three to earn his second win.
Sean Harney relieved Hansen and surrendered two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Osvaldo Berrios tossed the final 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his first save.
Springfield went up 1-0 in the first inning. Nathan Church doubled and later scored on a sac fly by Leonardo Bernal. The Cardinals added to the lead in the second with a solo home run by Jeremy Rivas.
The Cardinals increased the lead to 3-0 in the third. Church singled and scored on a double by Bernal. In the top of the fourth, the lead widened to 4-0 on a solo home run by Dakota Harris.
In the home fourth, Tulsa cut the lead to 4-2. In the seventh, Springfield put up three runs for a 7-2 lead. Church singled and stole second base. JJ Wetherholt drew a walk. Leonardo Bernal followed with a three-run home run.
Cardinals number six prospect Leonardo Bernal uncorks a no-doubt three-run shot to extend Springfield's lead. pic.twitter.com/zFMn7EfIVT
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) May 21, 2025
The Drillers made it closer with a two-run eighth, but the Cardinals held on to win 7-4.
The offense scored seven runs on 16 hits. Bernal was 3-for-3 with five RBI. Rivas and Harris were each 2-for-5 with an RBI. Church was 3-for-5 with three runs scored. Chase Davis was 2-for-4. Darlin Moquete was 2-for-3.
On the bases, Church stole his fourth base of the season. Moquete was picked off first base. On defense, Hansen and Harris both made fielding errors. Hansen picked a runner off first base.
Springfield is 20-20 on the season and is tied for second place with NW Arkansas in the Texas League North, two games back of first-place Arkansas and Wichita.
Wednesday’s game: at Tulsa, Max Rajcic RHP (1-3, 4.65) vs. Jacob Meador RHP (0-3, 6.45) 7:00 CT.
Peoria 12, Dayton 5 (eight innings)
The High-A Chiefs slayed the Dragons in a rain shortened 12-5 contest at Dozer Park on Tuesday. Starter Jose Davila pitched 4 2/3 innings, gave up two runs on two hits and fanned four.
Tyler Bradt surrendered three unearned runs in 1 1/3 relief innings and received the win. Jawilme Ramirez tossed the final two scoreless innings for his first save.
Peoria took the lead in the first inning on a two-run home run by Ian Petrutz. A Zach Levenson solo home run, and two run long ball by Joshua Baez in the second inning increased the lead to 5-0.
Everybody wants a turn today, Joshua Baez hits a 2-run HR in the 2nd! 🤩
PEO 5 | CR 0 pic.twitter.com/X6KWdULt7x
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) May 20, 2025
Dayton came back to tie the game in the top of the fifth. The Chiefs regained the lead in the home fifth on a solo home run by Baez.
Levenson with a SOLO HOMER in the 6th! What a first day back!!
PEO 7 | DAY 5 pic.twitter.com/NWJugj5SPw
— Peoria Chiefs (@peoriachiefs) May 20, 2025
In the sixth, Levenson thumped his second solo home run to widen the lead to 7-5. The Chiefs blew up the score with five runs in the seventh to lead 12-5. Brayden Jobert hit a solo home run. Miguel Villarroel reached on an error, stole second and third base, then scored on a throwing error. Levenson walked and Tre Richardson followed with a two-run long ball. Trey Paige walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Paige came home on a single by Baez.
Peoria scored 12 runs on 12 hits. Baez was 4-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored. Levenson was 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored. Richardson was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Petrutz had two RBI.
The Chiefs offense hit seven total home runs to break the previous record of six home runs in a game at Dozer Park.
Villarroel stole two bases. Richardson and Petrutz were caught stealing. On defense, Villarroel made a throwing error.
Peoria is 16-23 on the season and is tied for fourth place in the Midwest League West with Wisconsin, 8.5 games back of Quad Cities.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Dayton, Hancel Rincon RHP (1-0, 3.66) vs. Nestor Lorant RHP (0-1, 5.70) 6:35 CT.
The Low-A Cardinals massacred the Tortugas in a 12-3 blowout at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday.
Starter Nolan Sparks pitched 5 1/3 innings, gave up two runs on three hits, fanned seven and walked three to earn his second win of the season.
Ernie Day relieved Sparks and surrendered one run in 2/3 of an inning. Nelfy Ynfante tossed the final three scoreless innings with five strikeouts for his second save.
The Beach Birds went up 5-0 in the second inning. Josh Kross drew a walk. Cade McGee singled. Yordalin Pena plated Kross on a ground-rule double. Sammy Hernandez drove in McGee and Pena on single. Anyelo Encarnacion hit a two-run home run.
BOO YAH💣
Anyelo Encarnacion hits his fourth bomb of the season! pic.twitter.com/Yv6rryNPK4
— Palm Beach Cardinals (@GoPBCardinals) May 20, 2025
Palm Beach added a run in the third to lead 6-0. Kross doubled and later scored on a hit by pitch. The Cardinals blew the game wide open in the fourth with six runs to lead 12-0. Christian Martin, Luis Pino and Kross walked to load the bases. Cade McGee hit a bases clearing double. Pena singled. Jose Suarez walked. Encarnacion walked and McGee scored. Pena came home when Travis Honeyman was hit by a pitch. Suarez scored on a balk.
Daytona finally got on the board with three runs in the sixth to shrink the lead to 12-3.
The Cardinals scored 12 runs on 10 hits. McGee was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Hernandez was 2-for-4 with three RBI. Pena was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Encarnacion drove in three.
On defense, Pino had an outfield assist at second base. Sparks picked a runner off first base.
Palm Beach is 20-20 on the season and is in second place in the Florida State League East, one game back of St. Lucie.
Wednesday’s game: vs. Daytona, RHP Brandt Thompson (1-2, 3.56) vs. Edgar Colon RHP (0-0, 3.86) 5:30 CT.
FCL Cardinals 0, FCL Mets 4 (seven innings)
The rookie level Cardinals were blanked by the Mets by a 4-0 score on Tuesday.
Starter Ruben Menes pitched four scoreless innings, allowed four hits and struck out one.
Andrew Bolivar relieved Menes and surrendered four runs in 2 2/3 innings. Bolivar took the loss. Bruno Lopez secured the final out of the seventh.
The game was scoreless until the Mets scored two runs in the sixth. They added two more runs in the seventh.
The Cardinals managed only two hits, singles by Daniel Rojas. The offense was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
Rojas stole his third base of the season. Yancel Guerrero was caught stealing. On defense, Paulo Asprilla made a throwing error.
The Cardinals are 5-7 on the season and are tied with the Mets for last place in the Florida Complex League East, 2.5 games back of the FCL Astros.
Wednesday’s game: Off
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