Naturals top Cardinals Saturday
SPRINGFIELD, MO- The Springfield Cardinals (11-15) dropped a tight 5-4 game to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday night. Leonardo Bernal snapped a 0-for-26 stretch with a two run home run in the sixth inning. DECISIONS: W: Hunter Owen (1-1) L: Tekoah Roby (1-2) SV: Natanael Garabitos (1)
SPRINGFIELD, MO- The Springfield Cardinals (11-15) dropped a tight 5-4 game to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday night. Leonardo Bernal snapped a 0-for-26 stretch with a two run home run in the sixth inning.
DECISIONS:
W: Hunter Owen (1-1)
L: Tekoah Roby (1-2)
SV: Natanael Garabitos (1)
You ever seen a duck delay? pic.twitter.com/TXcGhuI39d
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) May 4, 2025
NOTES:
- The Cardinals trailed 5-0 before scoring four unanswered runs.
- Tekoah Roby surrendered four runs in 3.1 innings of work, a season-high for the eleventh-ranked prospect in the Cardinals system.
- Ricardo Velez and Luis Gastelum combined for 3.1 scoreless innings in the back end of the Springfield bullpen.
- In the bottom of the fourth inning, the game went into a three-minute and thirty-second delay thanks to a pair of ducks entering the field (above).
ON DECK:
- Sunday, May 4 vs NW Arkansas, 1:05 PM - Hiland Dairy Ice Cream Sunday, MOST 529 Kids Run the Bases
- LHP Brycen Mautz (0-0, 4.20) vs TBD
- Cardinals broadcast available on Classic Rock 106.7, classicrock1067.fm, SpringfieldCardinals.com, Bally Sports Live, MiLB.tv