Springfield drills Tulsa to open long home stand
And that will bring the first place Cardinals to the halfway point of the Texas League season.
If Springfield can hold on, they'll win the first half North title.
In our Cardinals Nation update, Springfield would get on the board in the second, scoreless when Chase Davis takes this deep to right, it just gets over the fence for a two run homer, it's 2-0 Springfield.
The next batter is Joshua Baez, and he takes this the other way, over the fence in left, back to back jacks and it's 3-0 Cardinals.
Hancel Rincon was called up to Double AA Monday, and Tuesday he strikes out Damon Keith in the fourth, Rincon went five innings with eight strikeouts, that ties his career high.
Springfield lead 6-1 in the fifth when Baez would muscle up again, this time a drive to left, over the bullpen and gone, a two run shot, his second homer of the game, 8-1 Springfield.
And the Cardinals beat Tulsa 8-3.
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