photo: Brendan Donovan and Chandler Redmond (Trevor Travis/Peoria Chiefs)
The St. Louis Cardinals system was 3-2 on Saturday. Peoria played a doubleheader. Our Players of the Day are outfielders Chandler Redmond and Tyler Reichenborn, who both had a big night for Peoria.
Redmond went 4-for-4 with a three run home run, three runs scored and three RBI, while Reichenborn was 3-for-4 with a three run home run and four RBI in Peoria’s win in Game 2 of its doubleheader sweep.
Results for games played on May 29.
The Redbirds (9-14) beat the Stripers on Saturday night in the fifth game of the six game series in Gwinnett, breaking Memphis’ four-game losing skid.
St. Louis reliever Andrew Miller took the mound on a rehab appearance, his third, and pitched one scoreless inning to start the game. The left hander allowed no hits, struck out two and walked one. Miller was relieved by Connor Thomas, who tossed the next five innings and earned the win.
Memphis got on the board in the second inning on a leadoff walk by Conner Capel, a single by Tyler Heineman, and a sac fly from Kramer Robertson. The Redbirds increased their lead with a four run fourth inning highlighted by a three run home run off the bat of Clint Coulter.
We see you, Clint Coulter 👀 👀
His second homer tonight gives him 5️⃣ RBIs for the game ‼️ pic.twitter.com/ZxzsnoX6tv
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) May 30, 2021
The Stripers scored a run in both the fourth and fifth innings off Thomas. Memphis added a sixth run in the sixth inning on a walk by John Nogowski, a hit by pitch of Connor Capel, a single by Heinemann, and a sac fly from Coulter. Nogowski thumped a solo home run to left field in the eighth and Coulter smashed his second long ball, a solo shot, to left field in the ninth.
Reliever Jesus Cruz surrendered a run to the Stripers in the eighth, but Seth Elledge shut it down with a scoreless ninth.
Heinemann went 3-for-4 in the game with an RBI. Nogowski was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Coulter was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and five RBI and added to his big day with an outfield assist at first base.
Sunday’s game: at Gwinnett, Angel Rondon RHP (0-2, 6.41) v. Kyle Wright RHP (0-2, 5.03) 12:05 CT.
It was a night for big offense in the Cardinals system and the game between the Cardinals (6-16) and the Wind Surge was no exception. Unfortunately, the Wind Surge’s offense was slightly bigger.
Wichita surged to a seven run lead with two runs in the third inning and five more in the fourth off Cardinals starter Domingo Robles and reliever Grant Black, who replaced Robles with no outs in the fourth inning.
Springfield’s offense went to work in innings five through nine. Alec Burleson led off with a solo home run the fifth and Imeldo Diaz also plated a run on a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-2. Burleson hit a two run single in the sixth and a third run scored on a hit by pitch with the bases loaded.
The Cardinals were behind 7-5 and the offense continued to chip away with one run in the seventh on an RBI single by Nolan Gorman and the tying run came home in the eighth on a fielding error.
In the top of the ninth Springfield took the lead on a two run home run by Juan Yepez. Meanwhile, reliever Jacob Bosiokovic tossed a scoreless eighth and the Cardinals entered the bottom of the ninth with a 9-7 lead. Edgar Escobar entered to pitch the ninth and surrendered two home runs, a two run blast and a solo shot to give the Wind Surge the walk off win. Escobar was tagged with a blown save and the loss.
Burleson went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Gorman and Justin Toerner each had two hits. Toerner and Nick Raposo each snatched their first base of the season. Diaz was caught stealing. Gorman made a fielding error.
Sunday’s game: at Wichita, Kyle Leahy vs. Bryan Sammons (0-3, 5.89) 1:05 CT.
Peoria 8 at Beloit 1 (Game 1 seven innings)
The Chiefs (9-14) sailed past the Snappers in the first game of a twin bill on Saturday. Starter Nick Trogrlic-Iverson earned his first Peoria win with a pitching gem of six innings, one run allowed on eight hits, three strikeouts and no walks.
Beloit scored first on Trogrlic-Iverson in the bottom of the first inning, but that would be the only score of the game for the Snappers.
Peoria’s offense would respond in the top of the second to tie the game at 1-1. Brady Whalen reached on an error to begin the inning and Brendan Donovan followed with a single. Back to back groundouts by Francisco Hernandez and Tyler Reichenborn would bring Whalen home.
The Chiefs would score big in the top of the fourth. Pedro Pages hit a leadoff single, Donovan walked, and Hernandez singled. Leandro Cedeno then hit a grand slam to left center field to give Peoria the 5-1 lead. Two more runs scored in the inning on a single by Cristhian Longa and consecutive doubles by Jhon Torres and Malcom Nunez.
The Chiefs would score once more in the fifth on a Hernandez RBI double. Five players had two hits each, Torres, Nunez, Donovan, Hernandez, and Longa. Cedeno had four RBI. Trogrlic-Iverson and reliever Nathanael Heredia kept Beloit off the board after the first inning.
Torres had three outfield assists, two at second base and one at first base.
Peoria 11 at Beloit 9 (Game 2 seven innings)
The Chiefs were well on their way to a total rout of the Snappers until the bottom of the seventh in this Saturday night contest.
The game was well in hand at 11-0 in favor of Peoria. A bullpen meltdown in the final inning almost cost the Chiefs a win, but the team pulled it out in the end in this second game of a twin bill.
Peoria starter Jack Ralston pitched a gem on the way to his first High-A win. The right hander tossed six scoreless innings, allowed only two hits, fanned nine and walked one. The game was handed over to reliever Evan Sisk in the seventh and the Beloit offense, held down for six innings, went to town.
Sisk coughed up seven runs before he exited with two outs in favor of Enmanuel Solano. Solano surrendered two more before getting the 12th batter to the plate to strike out and end the carnage. With two runs to spare, Peoria had the victory and the sweep of the doubleheader.
Chiefs’ left fielder Chandler Redmond had a tremendous night at the plate, going 4-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Six of Peoria’s 11 runs came via the long ball with Redmond hitting a three run shot in the fifth inning and Tyler Reichenborn doing the same in the seventh. Reichenborn had an RBI single in the fourth as well.
Reichenborn was 3-for-4 with four RBI. Leandro Cedeno and Francisco Hernandez were each 2-for-4. All 11 runs scored in the final four innings of the game.
Reichenborn stole his first base of the season. Matt Chamberlain was caught stealing. Reichenborn, Malcom Nunez and Brendon Donovan each made a fielding error. Zade Richardson had a passed ball.
Sunday’s game: at Beloit, Connor Lunn RHP (1-0, 3.78) v. TBD 2:05 CT.
The Cardinals (6-17) were defeated by the Marauders by the score of 4-2 on Saturday. The Beach Birds fell behind 2-0 in the early innings and were unable to come back.
Bradenton scored two runs in the first two innings and a third in the fifth inning off Palm Beach starting pitcher Ludwin Jimenez. Five walks did not help the right hander’s cause and he was replaced with two outs in the fifth inning by G.J. Rodriguez, who finished the game and surrendered one additional run. The two pitchers were able to punch out 10. Jimenez was tagged with his third loss of the season.
The Cardinal offense scored two runs in the contest and both came on two solo home runs by Todd Lott. The lack of timely hitting otherwise doomed the Beach Birds as they scattered four singles and were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.
Palm Beach 1B @toddlott9 tallied the first multi-HR game of his professional career last night. 💪 pic.twitter.com/8gMdEPOoDS
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) May 30, 2021
Infielder Jacob Buchberger made his third error of the season on a throw. Right fielder Terry Fuller had an assist at third base.
Sunday’s game: at Bradenton, John Beller vs. Adrian Florencio RHP (0-1, 0.82) 12:05 CT.
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