Daily Farm Report: State College Has A Record Setting Day

Memphis 7 - Las Vegas 5

Notables:

• Greg Garcia (2B): 3-4, 2 R, BB
  
• Randal Grichuk (LF): 2-6, 2B, 2 RBI
• Oscar Taveras (RF): 1-4, R. 2B, RBI, 2 BB
  
• Xavier Scruggs (1B): 1-3, R, 2B, BB
• Stephen Piscotty (PH): 0-1
  
• Boone Whiting (SP): 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jorge Rondon (RP): 2 IP, 1 BB, 2 K
• Dean Kiekhefer (RP): 1 IP, 1 K
  

Notes:

• Boone Whiting made his 2nd start since returning from the DL. He was able to stay out of trouble for the most part, until 2 doubles in the bottom of the 6th ended his night.
  
• Randal Grichuk hit a 2 run double in the bottom of the 11th to break a 5-5 tie.
• Dean Kiekhefer came on in the bottom of the 11th and threw a perfect inning to notch his 1st save for the Redbirds. Kiekhefer has not blown batters away at any level of the Cards system, but his BB% in the high minors has been below 2. He has struck out 22 and walked just 1 in 25.2 innings since being called up to Memphis.
  

Arkansas 4 - Springfield 3

Notables:

• Mike O'Neill (LF): 0-4
• Aledmys Diaz (SS): 1-4, 2B, RBI
  
• Jon Rodriguez (1B): 0-3, BB
  
• Luis Mateo (2B): 2-4, R, 2B, 2 K
  
• Matt Williams (2B): 1-2, R, K
• Travis Tartamella (C): 1-3, R, RBI
  
• Kurt Heyer (SP): 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR
• Chris Thomas (RP): 1 IP, 1 K
  

Notes:

• Springfield trailed most of the game, but made things interesting with a 3 run rally in the 8th. Aledmys Diaz's 2 out double put him in scoring position representing the tying run, but DH Cody Stanley struck out looking to end the inning.
  
• In 4 starts since being sent back down from Memphis Kurt Heyer has struck out 21 and walked only 5 in 23 innings.
• S-Cards reliever Chris Thomas opened the season in Peoria was bumped to Palm Beach and now finds himself in Springfield after striking more than 36% of the batters he faced at his previous two stops.
  

Palm Beach 6 - Bradenton 3

Notables:

• Charlie Tilson (CF): 0-4, K
  
• Ildemaro Vargas (3B): 1-4, R
  
• Breyvic Valera (2B): 1-4, R, K
  
• Luke Voit (1B): 1-2, R, 3B, 2 RBI
  
• Alex Mejia (SS): 0-4, R, K
• Nick Martini (RF): 0-3, R, RBI, BB, K, SB
• Anthony Garcia (LF): 1-4, R, 2B, RBI, 2 K
  
• Nick Petree (SP): 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• Sam Tuivailala (RP): 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Notes:

• Since being called up to Palm Beach Nick Petree's peripherals have looked a lot more like they did last year in State College than they did during his brief stint in Peoria to start the season.
  
• The 1st 2 Palm Beach batters in the 3rd reached base via HBP and error respectively, which sparked a 3 run inning. The rally opened up a 5 run lead that they would not relinquish.
  
• Luke Voit opened the scoring for Palm Beach with a 1st inning 2 run triple. He's now batting .337/.415/.519 in 118 plate appearances in the Florida State League.

Peoria @ Quad Cities - PPD

State College 10 - Batavia 3

Notables:

• Jhohan Acevedo (CF): 3-5, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, K
  
• Danny Diekroeger (2B): 1-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Adam Ehrlich (DH): 0-4
• Alex De Leon (1B): 3-5, 3 R, 3 HR, K
  
• Rowan Wick (RF): 1-3, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB, K
  
• Ronnierd Garcia (3B): 1-4, 2B, RBI, K
  
• Austin Gomber (SP): 2 IP, 1 BB, 1 K
  

Notes:

• 10 games into the New York-Penn League season State College paces the circuit in runs and have more than twice as many homers (18) as the next team on the list Jamestown (8). Rowan Wick has more homers (7) than every team in the league save for Jamestown. 10 games is a very small sample, but State College games have been very fun to watch so far.
• Alex De Leon's 3 homers set a State College franchise record for most individual homers in a game, and the 6 homers the Spikes hit as a team were a franchise record as well.
  

Johnson City 10 - Danville 8

Notables:

• Oscar Mercado (SS): 0-5, R, BB, K
• Blake Drake (RF): 1-4, R, RBI, BB
• Casey Grayson (1B): 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB
  
• Chris Rivera (2B): 2-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
  
• Cole Lankford (3B): 3-5, R, K
• Carlos Torres (CF): 3-5, R, RBI
  
• Dailyn Martinez (SP): 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
  

Today's Probables:

Memphis: Zach Petrick

Palm Beach: Tyrell Jenkins

State College: Luis Perdomo

Johnson City: Jordan DeLorenzo

GCL Cards: Frederis Parra

DSL Cards: TBA

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