Palm Beach Defeats Bradenton 15-7 on Wednesday Night

JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (4-1, 38-34) beat the Bradenton Marauders (2-3, 33-38) by a final score of 15-7 on Wednesday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Palm Beach has scored 31 runs through the first two games of this series which is the most runs scored to start a series this season.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Sebastian Dos Santos drew a leadoff walk and eventually advanced to third base. Ryan Mitchell drove him in with a sacrifice fly to deep center field off Bradenton’s starting pitcher Jeter Martinez (L, 1-4) to score first. The next hitter, Ryan Weingartner, hit a single and Matthew Miura drew a walk. Yordalin Peña hit his eighth home run of the year to left field, a three-run blast to put Palm Beach ahead 4-0 after the first inning.

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In the top of the second inning, Eddie Rynders hit a two-run home run off Palm beach starting pitcher Brian Holiday to cut the Cardinals’ lead down to 4-2.

Mitchell drove in another run in the bottom of the second inning on his RBI double to the left-center field gap to score Yairo Padilla, who made his Single-A debut with Palm Beach. Weingartner came up next and blasted a 3-0 fastball over the center field wall for his eighth home run of the season to put Palm Beach ahead 7-2.

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The Marauders responded in the top of the third inning when Brent Iredale blasted a two-run home run to cut the Palm Beach lead to 7-4.

However, the Cardinals responded with five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Padilla hit an RBI double to drive in the first run of the inning for his first Single-A hit and RBI. After Miura drew a bases-loaded walk for another run, Chase Heath hit a pop up to shallow right field that Antonio Pimentel dropped which allowed three runners to score and push the Cardinals’ lead to 12-4.

Yadiel Bautista (W, 3-1) was the first man out of the bullpen for Palm Beach and tossed 2 1/3 innings and allowed just one run and tallied three strikeouts. Justin Militello followed Batista with two scoreless innings and Kaden Echman went 1 2/3 innings where he allowed three runs in the top of the eighth inning, two of which were earned. With the score of 15-7 in favor of the Cardinals, Antoni Cuello retired the last out of the bottom of the ninth inning to secure the dominant 15-7 victory for Palm Beach and improve to 8-0 against Bradenton this season.

Seven of the nine Palm Beach hitters scored at least one run. Eight of the nine Palm Beach hitters had at least one hit while all nine hitters reached base safely at least once.

The Cardinals continue their six-game series against the Bradenton Marauders on Wednesday, June 24^th with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Click here to purchase your Palm Beach Cardinals tickets.

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Opening in 1998, the 110-acre complex/stadium is specially designed to house two Major League and two Minor League Baseball Teams. The stadium is home to the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals for Spring Training. The Florida State League’s Jupiter Hammerheads (Class A Affiliate of the Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) make their home at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium from April through September. Branded as “America’s Busiest Ballpark,” this year-round facility can accommodate everything from birthday parties to corporate outings to tournaments, while never forgetting that every fan is our most important priority.