Cardinals Minor League Notebook – September 25, 2025

photo: Dakota Harris (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)

The St. Louis Cardinals minor league system was 1-0 on Wednesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield 1B Dakota Harris, was 3-for-3 with a double plus a walk, two runs and four RBI in the Cardinals’ Texas League Championship Series victory. Other standouts include Leonardo Bernal, Zach Levenson, Jon Jon Gazdar, Brycen Mautz and Ramon Mendoza.

Results for Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

Springfield Cardinals 13 at Midland RockHounds 1 (Championship Series Game Three)

The Cardinals routed the Midland RockHounds by the score of 13-1 to win the Texas League Championship Series.

Starter Brycen Mautz pitched six innings and allowed one run on five hits, two walks, and three strikeouts. Mautz earned his second playoff win.

Brycen Mautz

Austin Love relieved Mautz and threw a scoreless seventh frame. Hunter Hayes hurled a scoreless eighth. Zane Mills tossed a scoreless ninth to clinch the Texas League Championship.

Springfield’s bats were hot early with a three-run top of the first inning.

Jon Jon Gazdar singled. Noah Mendlinger doubled. Leonardo Bernal was intentionally walked to load the bags with one out. Dakota Harris singled to score Gazdar and Mendlinger to put the Cardinals in front 2-0. Zach Levenson plated Bernal with a single for a 3-0 lead.

Zach Levenson

Midland scored a run in the bottom of the second. The Cardinals added to their lead with two runs in the fourth.

Gazdar singled. Mendlinger walked. Mendlinger and Gazdar advanced to second base and third base, respectively, on a wild pitch. Bernal drove in Gazdar and Mendlinger on a single to extend the Cardinals’ lead to 5-1.

Leonardo Bernal

Springfield increased the lead to 6-1 in the fifth. Jeremy Rivas singled. Gazdar was hit by a pitch. Mendlinger singled home Rivas and was thrown out at second on the play to end the frame.

The Cardinals added on with two runs in the sixth to move ahead by seven.

Bernal walked. Harris singled. Levenson brought Bernal home with a second consecutive single. Ramon Mendoza laid down a sacrifice bunt, with Harris home on the play for an 8-1 lead.

Springfield had a big inning in the seventh, posting a five-run inning to run up the score to 13-1.

Gazdar singled. Joshua Baez singled. Bernal plated Gazdar on a single. Harris doubled home Baez and Bernal to put Springfield ahead by double digits at 11-1.

Dakota Harris

Levenson followed with a single. Mendoza hit a double to score Harris and Levenson to stretch the lead to 13-1.

Ramon Mendoza

Springfield tallied nine hits in scoring position and never trailed as they won their first Texas League Championship since 2012.

The Springfield Cardinals scored 13 runs on 19 hits. Harris was 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, two runs scored, and four RBI. Bernal was 2-for-4 with two walks, three runs scored, and three RBI. Levenson was 4-for-5 with a walk, a double, and two RBI. Gazdar was 4-for-5 with three runs scored. Mendlinger was 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored. Mendoza doubled and drove in three runs.

Springfield is 2-1 in the Championship Series and are the 2025 Texas League Champions.

 Thursday’s game: No game, the 2025 Springfield Cardinals season was completed with a celebration.

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