SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME #30 HOME GAME #18 AWAY GAME #12 TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021 6:35PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (8-21) VS. ARKANSAS TRAVELERS (14-15) St. Louis Cardinals Seattle Mariners Today’s Starters: Springfield – RHP Dalton Roach (1-3, 5.32) Arkansas – RHP Alejandro Requena (2-1, 4.56) Upcoming Probables: Wednesday, 6:35pm – SPR LHP Domingo Robles (0-1, 3.42) vs. ARK RHP Adam Hill (0-1, 7.47) Thursday, 7:05pm – SPR RHP Kyle Leahy (0-4, 13.29) vs. ARK LHP Ian McKinney (2-0, 2.77) Friday, 7:05pm – SPR LHP Tyler Pike (0-1, 24.55) vs. ARK TBA Saturday, 6:05pm – SPR RHP Andre Pallante (2-1, 2.51) vs. ARK TBA Sunday, 6:05pm – SPR RHP Dalton Roach (1-3, 5.32) vs. ARK TBA Pitcher Profile – Dalton Roach (1-3, 5.32) High Strikeouts – 6 Most Hits Allowed – 6 Longest Outing – 5.0 Most Runs Allowed – 4 Shortest Outing – 1.1 (relief) HR Allowed (Season) – 3 After opening season in bullpen (0-2, 8.25 ERA, 12.0 IP, 4G), has started last two appearances going 1-1, 1.80 ERA, 10.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 11 K Made first Double-A start on 5/28 in WCH, getting the win with 5.0 shutout innings, striking out six with just three hits and one walk Before this season, Roach had started all 12 Minor League games in which he’d appeared from Rookie – Low-A since signing with St. Louis in 2019 Struck out a career-high 10 in a July 25, 2019 start for State College at Mahoning Valley (5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 10 K) Tossed 5.0+ innings in 10 of 12 starts in 2019 with back-to-back 7.0-inning outings to end the season with Peoria (2 GS, 14.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K) Played with River City Rascals in independent Frontier League from 2018-19, going 4-0, 1.13 ERA, 5 GS, 37 Ks in 32.0 IP in 2019 before signing with St. Louis. Located in O’Fallon, Missouri, River City is just over 30 miles from St. Louis Finished senior season at Minnesota State-Mankato with an 8-2 record and 3.30 ERA, striking out 86 in 71 innings Finished his career as a Maverick as the program’s all-time wins leader with 30 and strikeouts with 371, going 30-7 with a 2.49 ERA. He received the Tomko Award in 2017, given to the best pitcher in NCAA Division II, after finishing the season 10-1 with a 1.56 ERA and 128 strikeouts Went 7-2 with a 0.96 ERA and 86 strikeouts (65.2 IP) as a senior at Memorial High School in Eau Claire. Former MLB outfielder Tom Poquette (Kansas City Royals 1973, ‘76-79, ‘82…Boston Red Sox ’79, ’81...Texas Rangers ’81) is also a Memorial High School alum Originally drafted by Houston in the 21st round of the 2018 draft, but did not sign Signed by St. Louis as a non-drafted free agent on June 13, 2019 Last Outing: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (6/2 vs. San Antonio) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK – .................................. 0-2 LONGEST WINNING STREAK –……………….......2-0 LAST 5 GAMES – ......................................... 1-4 LONGEST LOSING STREAK – ….……………........0-8 LAST 10 GAMES – ....................................... 4-6 BEST RECORD – ......................................................... 1-2 HOME RECORD – ................................ ....... 4-13 WORST RECORD – ...................................................3-14 AWAY RECORD – ....................................... 4-8 2021 vs. ARKANSAS – ................................................. 1-5 Cardinals’ Chirps… Last game... Close for much of the game, the Missions rattled off six runs in the 7th to run away with Sunday’s finale by the score of 9-2. San Antonio started the scoring with single runs in the 1st and 2nd, before the six-run outburst in the 7th. The Cardinals got on the board in the 8th with an RBI fielder’s choice from LF David Vinsky and added their second run in the 9th on an RBI walk by CF Nick Plummer. RHP Andre Pallante tossed 5.0 innings with only two runs allowed, marking his seventh straight outing to start his season with no more than two runs allowed. Knock, knock, knockin’… Despite a six-game hitting streak ending on Saturday, 1B Luken Baker has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games going back to 5/18. During that stretch, the Spring, TX native is hitting an impressive .317 (19x60) with two homers, four doubles and 13 RBIs. Four more for Gor… Cardinals #2 prospect INF Nolan Gorman notched his second four-hit game of the season on Sunday, going 4x5 with four singles. The 21 year old leads the team and is ranked 4th in the league with 34 hits this year, also ranking 9th with a .309 average. He has a team-best 11 multi-hit games and has reached base in 23 of his last 26 games since May 6, batting .333 (34x102) with 14 walks over the stretch. Donovan comes to town… INF Brendan Donovan makes his Double-A debut tonight after joining Springfield from High-A Peoria. The 24 year old had a terrific first month in Peoria, hitting .295 with two homers, 13 RBIs, six doubles and seven steals, reaching base in 22 of his 25 games. Ranked as the Cardinals #27 prospect by MLB.com, he is the 7th Top 30 Prospect on the current active roster, joining INF Nolan Gorman (#2), C Ivan Herrera (#3), 1B Luken Baker (#15), OF Alec Burleson (#16), RHP Andre Pallante (#22) and INF Delvin Perez (#28). Monthly Honors… A pair of Springfield Cardinals were announced Thursday as the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Month in OF Alec Burleson and RHP Jake Walsh. A 2nd round pick in 2020, Burleson began his pro career by splitting May between High-A Peoria and Springfield, combining to hit .317 with seven home runs and 19 RBIs in 21 games across the two levels. Walsh opened the season with Springfield and has been one of the best relievers in the league, posting a 2-1 record and 1.29 ERA through his first nine Double-A outings. The right-hander strung together seven straight scoreless appearances from 5/9-5/27, spanning 12.0 innings. A 16th round pick in 2017, Walsh also won the monthly award in August, 2018 while with High-A Palm Beach. Bird Seed… AARON ANTONINI – 8G on-base streak, 5/21-6/5 – .364 (8x22), 2B, 3 RBI, 5 BB… 3-hit game (3x4) on 5/28 @ WCH (tied career high)… Threw out three base stealers on 5/23 vs. NWA (3x3 CS)… Joined SPR from AAA Memphis on 5/17… Spent 2019 with Rookie-Level Johnson City (25 G, .219 AVG., .387 OBP, 4 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 18 R, 18 BB)… Threw out 48.1% (13 CS/27 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers… First professional hit was grand slam in third career game (6th inn., 7/6/19)… first multi-HR game at Elizabethton (8/10/19), going 3x3 and adding a triple… 2019 Appalachian League champion… 18th round pick in 2019 out of Middle Tennessee State… led Conference USA with 24 caught stealing in 2019… hit .249 with 12 HR, 62 RBI over three years at MTSU, leading team in walks (29), doubles (14), runs (36) and RBI (34) his junior season… Born in Caracas, VZ and is bilingual in English/Spanish… resides in Hollywood, FL LUKEN BAKER – 6G hit streak, 5/29-6/4 – .318 (7x22), 2 HR, 9 RBI, 1 2B… Hits in 14 of 16G since 5/18 – .317 (19x60), 2 HR, 4 2B, 13 RBI… 6 multi-hit games… First career grand slam in 1st on 5/30 vs. WCH… 7G hit streak (11x25) from 5/18-5/26… Currently ranked as #15 STL prospect by MLB.com… Finished 2019 with a team-high 43 extra-base hits for High-A Palm Beach, including 5G with 2 2B...ranked among FSL leaders in 2B (2nd), XBH (3rd), BB (T7th) and TB (T7th)... Won August, 2019 MiLB Player of Month - .346 (28x81), 4 HR, 14 RBI, 11 2B, 1 3B, 23 G… ranked 6th among STL minor leaguers with a .319 batting average in 2018 between GCL and Low-A Peoria... 2017...in 145 games at TCU, hit .347 in 145 games with 28 homers, 26 doubles, 109 walks, a .465 OBP and a .986 fielding percentage...ranked by MLB.com as Cardinals' No. 23 prospect entering 2021... 2nd round pick in 2018 out of Texas Christian University ALEC BURLESON – Named STL MiLB Player of Month for May - .317 (26x82), 7 HR, 19 RBI, 3 2B, 13 R in 21G between SPR and High-A Peoria… 9-game on- base streak to start AA career from 5/18-5/29 (14x36, 5 BB)… Joined SPR from High-A Peoria on 5/17… Started season 12x42, 4 HR, 8 R, 10 RBI, 6 BB over first 11 professional games… Currently ranked as #16 STL prospect by MLB.com… Played outfield and pitched at East Carolina University, batting .341 with 12 HR and 91 RBI over 116 games and going 13-5 with a 3.47 ERA in 137.2 IP (139 K), adding nine saves… played for 2019 Collegiate National Team… received 2019 USA Baseball International Performance-of-the-Year award for walk-off home run against Japan… three-time North Carolina 2A All-State Team (2015-17) in high school… struck out only eight times over final three years of high school baseball.