The Cardinals and Travelers battled through ten tight innings before St. Louis broke the deadlock with a go-ahead run in the top of the 10th. It was a pitcher's duel between two teams refusing to give ground, and in the end the Cardinals outlasted the Travelers 3-2. The teams meet again Friday to pick up where they left off.
Josiah Ragsdale's sacrifice fly to left field scored Zach Levenson with the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, snapping the 2-2 tie that had defined the night.
Rodriguez led the Cardinals at the plate, finishing 1-for-5 with a home run and an RBI. The Cardinals' bats edged out Arkansas 9-7 in the hit column despite neither team finding much separation.
The win pushed St. Louis to 60-55 on the season while the Travelers fell to 61-55. The two teams will face off again Friday.
The Cardinals are winners of 8 straight, 8-2 over their last 10. The Travelers are coming off a win, 2-8 over their last 10.
The Cardinals are up next home vs Missions (Aug 27-29). The Travelers are up next at Wind Surge (Aug 27-29).
Ranked by win probability added: how far each player's plays moved this game's odds, not how their box-score line reads. A single with the bases loaded in the ninth outranks a home run in a blowout, because that is what actually decided it.
Runs by inning across the top, then every batter and pitcher underneath. The pills switch clubs; the totals column is each side’s own line, not a comparison.
| Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPRSpringfield Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| ARKNorth Little Rock Travelers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josiah Ragsdale CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainiel Rodriguez C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Won-Bin Cho RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deniel Ortiz 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gurevitch 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Richardson III 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trey Paige DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach Levenson LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dakota Harris SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanner Franklin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chen-Wei Lin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Franklin | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Chen-Wei Lin | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every plate appearance as it happened, newest first, with the scoring plays called out. Baseball Savant gamefeed.
| Inn | Play | Win probability | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|
| B10 | SPR 100.0 | 14.8 | |
| B10 | SPR 85.2 | 14.2 | |
| B10 | SPR 71.0 | 15.8 | |
| T10 | SPR 55.2 | 2.0 | |
| T10 | SPR 57.2 | 8.5 | |
| T10 | ARK 51.3 | 1.3 | |
| B9 | ARK 50.0 | 11.0 | |
| B9 | ARK 56.3 | 2.7 |
Win probability after each plate appearance, with the side in front named. Swing is how far that plate appearance moved it. Plays that scored a run are set in bold. Baseball Savant gamefeed.
The full ladder, with both clubs marked.