Daily Farm Report: Cooney loses a pitcher's duel, five Springfield pitchers combine on a shutout, and Palm Beach lights up Fort Myers for 16 hits

The farm goes 3-1 on the day with pitching carrying the Cardinal affiliates and Palm Beach lighting up the Fort Myers pitching staff.

By Eric M. Johnson Apr 27, 2014, 11:00am EDT

Mizzou product Nick Tepesch threw a gem against the Redbirds: A 5 hit shutout with 6 strikeouts.
Cooney was pitch for pitch with Tepesch through 6.2 innings before allowing a 2 out single to Brent Lillibridge that plated a run. He then allowed a 2 out HR to Jared Hoying in the 7th.
Stoppelman hadn't thrown a pitch in a week prior to Saturday and looked much better in this outing than his previous three.

Aledmys Diaz was lifted in the 6th inning for David Popkins; no injury was reported.
Popkins double was the big hit that led to the 2 runs for Springfield, setting up a 2nd and 3rd situation with nobody out in the 6th inning
Kyle Hald continues to keep hitters at bay, with just 7 hits allowed in his 9.2 innings this year. The 8 walks over that time are a bit of a concern, however.
Cody Stanley allowed 2 SB in this game, one with Hald on the mound and the second with Dean Kiekhefer out there -- which could easily have been ruled defensive indifference as it occurred in the 9th inning of a 2-0 game.

Jones was dominant in his 6 innings, allowing just a pair of hits, but control continues to be an issue for him as the 4 walks demonstrate. I think he's a legit pitching prospect, but he's got to get some handle on where the ball is going.
Sam Tuivailala had his second straight shaky outing after starting the year with 6 straight scoreless appearances. He entered the game in the 9th with a 9-0 lead, and was left in the game to straighten out the mess of his own creation.
Anthony Garcia had just his second multi-hit game of the year; hopefully this is the start of him turning it around as his 4-5 performance finally pushed him over the Mendoza line, but he's still slugging just .282 on the season.

The Chiefs had a field day running on Brian Holberton, the Quad Cities catcher. 5 SB on the day with 2 of those steals leading directly to runs in a 3-2 ballgame.
Jake Stone went 0-2 to drop his batting average below .100 on the year. There was some real hope that his second half in the GCL was going to lead to a breakout in A ball this year. The early returns are in, and they aren't good.
Kyle Barraclough has impressed so far this season after missing nearly all of last year with an injury. He's had only one appearance in which he's allowed a run and has gone more than one inning three times in seven games. He'll be 24 in May, which is a big old for the Midwest League, but there's a possibility that he could move up quickly if he continues to pitch well.

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