Greene's 1 hit, 8 Ks lead Cardinals to second straight win
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Conner Greene's second start as a Cardinal was worth the wait.Less than 24 hours after the postponement of Friday night's game, Greene tossed six innings of at-times perfect baseball, striking out eight and allowing just a single hit in a 5-0 Springfield win over Midland in Game
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --
Less than 24 hours after the postponement of Friday night's game, Greene tossed six innings of at-times perfect baseball, striking out eight and allowing just a single hit in a 5-0 Springfield win over Midland in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader.
Greene (1-1) retired 16 consecutive RockHounds after allowing a single and loading the bases with one out in the top of the first, a jam he escaped with an inning-ending double play.
Springfield did all its damage in the bottom of the second, scoring all of the seven-inning game's five runs during a two-out rally capped by
THE GAME WAS OVER WHEN
The rally continued with
NEARLY UNHITTABLE
Going back to Thursday's 10-5 win, Cardinals pitchers allowed just two RockHounds hits over 10 innings through the end of Saturday's Game 1.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Roache is 5-for-10 with four RBIs over his last three games … Edman (.400) and