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Cardinals Walk Way to Victory

April 11, 2016 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Palm Beach Cardinals News Release


Jupiter, FL - The Palm Beach Cardinals (4-1) collect 7 runs and have eight batters walk as they defeat the Daytona Tortugas (3-2) by a final of 7-3.

The Rundown

Matt Pearce looked very sharp on the mound for the Palm Beach Cardinals as he tossed six innings of one run baseball, the run was unearned. He was able to command the strike zone early and get the Tortuga batters to make contact into outs.

The Cardinals ended up striking early as they scored in the second inning. Grayson reached on a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a gound out by Allen Staton. Orlando Olivera then singled to left allowing runners on the corners with one away. Steve Bean then grounded into a double play to end the inning, but Palm Beach scored on the play as the first baseman touched first then threw to second with a tag out at second base allowing Grayson to score before the tag was applied.

The next two inning were scoreless for both sides and then the Tortugas got on the board in the fifth. Jeff Gelaligh started the frame with a single to right. Chad Tromp then reached on an error by the third baseman, Danny Diekreoger. Blake Butler advanced both runners on a Sac Bunt. Jonathan Reynoso came up to the plate with runners on second and third with one away and grounded out to first allowing Gelalich to just beat out the throw home to the plate. The inning ended on a Pearce strike out of Blake Trahan.

The Cardinals had more opportunities in the fifth as they loaded the bases with one out on three straight singles by Bean, Drake and Tice, but could not get any runs across in the inning.

The sixth inning was when the Cardinals finally took the lead as Danny Diekroeger started the frame off with a double to right center field. He then advanced to third on a ground out by Grayson and later scored on a ground out off the bat of Staton.

Schumacher would then spell Pearce and pitch two scoreless inning and allow the Cardinals to hold on to the 2-1 lead. Nick Howard would come in and pitch the eighth for Daytona and give up five runs on the night on three walks, two wild pitches, and only two hits, not getting a single batter out. Alex Powers came in to relieve Howard and gave up two hits as well before getting out of the inning with his team down 7-1.

Silfredo Garcia got the ball in the ninth and hit the first batter he faced. Angelo Gumbs followed that up with a double down the left field line scoring Aquino. Taylor Sparks then singled in Gumbs making it a 7-3 game. Gelalich then singled to left field allowing Sparks to move to third and Gelialich moved to second on the throw. Garcia hit another batter in the next at bat allowing Daytona to load the bases. He got Blake Butler to ground into a 5 to 2 double play and then struck out Jonathan Reynoso to claim the 7-3 victory of the Tortugas.

Stat of the Game

8 - The Cardinals had eight batters come up to the plate and get a free pass to first base as the showed patience at the plate. A staple throughout the entire Cardinals' organization.

Notes

The Cardinals victory put Palm Beach into sole possession of first place with a 4-3 St. Lucie Mets loss to Dunedin.

The Cardinals scored first in the game for the first time in the 2016 season.

Pearce struck out five in his debut while giving up one unearned run over six innings of work.

Schumacher worked two perfect innings to keep the game close 2-1 while striking out one batter.

The Cardinals had multiple extra base hits in the game for the first time during the 2016.

Mercado ended up stealing two bases on the night.

Quote of the Game

Manager Oliver Marmol on team's patience at the plate, "I thought those guys did a good job. They have been working on it quite a bit during their early work. I thought Bean did a good job, especially against that lefty. He worked the count and drew a walk. We are trying to get better at it."

Next Up

The Cardinals will play the Daytona Tortugas again tomorrow night as they send Ian McKinney to the mound in his 2016 debut. The Tortugas will counter with Jake Paulson as the first pitch is set for 6:30 PM.

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