Cards Take Down Best in West
Randy
Leek (4-2) pitched seven innings, earning his second straight
victory as the Springfield Cardinals picked up a win on the road
over the Midland RockHounds, winning on Monday night by a final
score of 6-2. The Cardinals improve to 20-24 with the win,
while the first place RockHounds fall to 28-16.
Leek carried a shutout into the seventh inning before Midland
got anything going offensively. He allowed an infield single to
Andre Ethier, then a two-run homer to Brant Colamarino, making
it 6-2. Leek would retire the final three men he faced, going
seven total innings, adding to his league-leading total of 65.2
innings pitched.
Leek carried a shutout into the seventh inning before Midland got
anything going offensively. He allowed an infield single to Andre
Ethier, then a two-run homer to Brant Colamarino, making it 6-2.
Leek would retire the final three men he faced, going seven total
innings, adding to his league-leading total of 65.2 innings pitched.
Cards reliever Anthony Ferrari would work the final two innings
in relief, holding on to the four-run advantage.
The Cards took the early lead in the second inning against
Midland starter Steven Bondurant. Travis Hanson led off the inning
with a triple off the right field wall. One out later, Papo
Bolivar's double down the right field line made it 1-0. Bolivar
would steal third and eventually score on Juan Diaz' two-out single,
giving the Cards a 2-0 lead.
Springfield added three in the third, as Bondurant (3-3) walked
the bases loaded with just one out. Robinson Cancel's sac fly to
right plated Shaun Boyd for a 3-0 lead. With runners at second and
third and two outs, Bolivar delivered a two-out, two-run single,
making it 5-0.
In the fifth, Bondurant issued his fifth and final walk of the
night, issuing the walk to Robinson Cancel with one out. Reliever
Kyle Crowell came out of the Midland bullpen and struck out Papo
Bolivar for the second out of the inning. But with Cancel at third
base, Aaron Herr collected a two-out, run-scoring single, making it
6-0.
The Cards look to make it two straight, sending Stuart Pomeranz
to the mound for his Double-A debut on Tuesday night. The
RockHounds will counter with Steven Obenchain. Pomeranz was 2-5 for
the Palm Beach Cardinals and was just recently called up to replace
the roster spot opened when Josh Kinney was promoted to Triple-A
Memphis. Game time from Midland on Tuesday night is 6:30. The
Cardinals return home to Hammons Field on Monday, May 30th to take
on the Midland RockHounds. Tickets are available by calling (417)
863-2143 or online at
www.springfieldcardinals.com.
