Gordon Graceffo named Texas League Pitcher of the Week
Springfield, MO - Minor League Baseball announced on Monday that Springfield Cardinals RHP Gordon Graceffo has been named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week for June 13-19. It marks the fourth time already this season that a Cardinal has won a weekly league award, with OF Moises Gomez (April
Springfield, MO - Minor League Baseball announced on Monday that Springfield Cardinals RHP Gordon Graceffo has been named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week for June 13-19. It marks the fourth time already this season that a Cardinal has won a weekly league award, with OF Moises Gomez (April 11-17 and April 18-24) and 1B Chandler Redmond (May 9-15) previously both winning Texas League Player of the Week awards.
Graceffo, 22, cruised through the Corpus Christi Hooks lineup twice last week with a pair of 7.0-inning performances, matching his career high. Graceffo started the series with 7.0 shutout innings on 6/14, allowing just three hits while striking out six. He followed that up by no-hitting the Hooks through his first 4.0 innings on 6/19, finishing with just two runs on three hits and six more strikeouts while not allowing a walk in either start.
Ranked as the Cardinals #20 prospect by MLB.com, Graceffo has gone 2-1 with a 2.73 ERA through his first five Double-A starts, compiling 29.2 innings with 22 strikeouts and only two walks. He set a career high with 7.0 innings for a complete-game performance in his Double-A debut on 5/27 in Tulsa, matching that mark in both outings last week.
Graceffo opened the season with a dominant tenure in High-A Peoria, going 3-2 with a 0.99 ERA in eight starts. He allowed only six runs (just five earned) on 27 hits while walking only four batters and striking out 56 in 45.2 innings. Named the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Month for both April and May this season, he became the first Cardinals pitcher to win their monthly award in consecutive months since LHP Austin Gomber (August, 2017 and April, 2018) and the first to do so in the same calendar year since LHP Bud Smith (July, 2000 & August, 2000).
Three Freedom Week Fireworks Shows, Two Giveaways and more from June 28 - July 3
The Springfield Cardinals host the Wichita Wind Surge for a fun-filled six-game homestand from Tuesday, June 28 - Sunday, July 3, featuring:
-Tuesday, June 28, 6:35pm - Great Southern Bank $2 Tuesday with hot dogs and bratwursts for just $2. Gates open at 5:35pm.
-Wednesday, June 29, 6:35pm - Purina Woof Wednesday. Gates open at 5:35pm.
-Thursday, June 30, 7:05pm - Loren Cook Company Ted Simmons Career Highlights Bobblehead Giveaway (2,000) and Thirsty Thursday. Gates open at 6:05pm.
-Friday, July 1, 7:05pm - Freedom Week Rockin' in America Fireworks. Kick off the Independence Day Weekend with the first of three straight Freedom Week Fireworks Shows at Hammons Field! Gates open at 6:05pm.
-Saturday, July 2, 6:35pm - Price Cutter & Bar-S Foods Kids Pop-It Giveaway (2,000) and Freedom Week Kids Hits Fireworks. Gates open at 5:35pm.
-Sunday, July 3, 5:25pm - Freedom Week Fans-On-Field Patriotic Fireworks Celebration, Sequel Dose Postgame Concert, presented by Aaron Sachs & Associates, Hiland Dairy Ice Cream Sunday and MOST 529 Kids Run the Bases. Gates open at 4:25pm.
Back for 2022 is the Cardinals Happy Half-Hour before EVERY home game this season! For the first 30 minutes after gates open (gates open one hour before scheduled game time), all fans (21+) can enjoy drink specials on all adult beverages from Hammons Field concessions locations.