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Thursday’s opponents: Florida Marlins

Friday’s opponents: New York Mets (Memphis and Springfield at Port St. Lucie with Palm Beach and Quad Cities at home)

Memphis lost to New Orleans, 10-4

Memphis pitchers

Justin Fiske 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

Hyang-Nam Choi   2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER

Shaun Garceau took the loss, 1.2 IP 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Matt Scherer 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 K’s

Charlie Manning 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER

Marco Gonzalez 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

Memphis hitters

Mark Hamilton, 2-for-4 with two doubles

Brandon Yarbrough, 2-for-3 with double and run scored

Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-run double

Nick Stavinoha was 1-for-4, and was the catcher today.

Springfield lost to Jacksonville, 7-1

Springfield pitchers

Ryan Bird started and took the loss, 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Ryan Kulik, 2 IP, 2 H, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 K’s

Elvis Hernandez, 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K’s

Davis Bilardello 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

Ken Maiques, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER

Sam Freeman threw one perfect inning with two K’s

Springfield hitters

Steve Hill, 2-for-3 with a HR

Andrew Brown, 1-for-4 with a double

Tyler Henley and Donovan Solano each had a base hit

Palm Beach defeated Jupiter, 3-2

Palm Beach pitchers

Brian Broderick, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s

J.D. Stambaugh, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Pete Parise, two perfect innings with one K

Wayne Daman threw a scoreless inning, allowing one hit

Matt Spade was the winner, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 runs

Casey Mulligan with the save, one perfect inning, one K

Palm Beach hitters

Francisco Rivera, 2-for-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI

Jon Edwards, 2-for-4, run scored, RBI

Blake Murphy RBI double in his only AB

Adron Chambers, Brian Cartie, Jermaine Curtis were all 1-for-3

Aaron Luna, 1-for-2

Oliver Marmol, Curt Smith, Charlie Kingrey were 1-for-4

Quad Cities 1 lost to Greensboro, 10-1

QC1 pitchers

Deryk Hooker was the loser, 1+ IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB

Jameson Maj, 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER

Zach Pitts 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K’s

Gary Daley, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Jason Buursma, 2 IP, 2 H, 3 unearned runs

Jose Rada struck out the side in his only inning of work

QC1 hitters

Domnit Bolivar 2-for-3 with an RBI

Osvaldo Morales, Frederick Parejo and Chris Swauger had the only other hits with a single apiece

Quad Cities 2 defeated Marlins 5^th team, 9-6

QC2 pitchers

Brett Zawacki, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s

Mike Blazek, 2 IP, 3 H, 1 unearned run

Reynier Gonzalez, 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER

Josh Hester, two perfect innings, two K’s

QC2 hitters

Roberto De La Cruz, 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a walk

Jairo Martinez, 2-for-4 with a HR

Michael Swinson, 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs

Edwin Gomez, 2-for-4

Yunior Castillo, 1-for-2, with a run scored

Nick Vera, singled and had two walks in his three PA’s

These reports are provided through the courtesy of the St. Louis Cardinals by Director of Minor League Operations John Vuch.