Palm Beach Falls to Bradenton 13-4 on Saturday Night

JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (6-2, 39-35) fell to the Bradenton Marauders (3-5, 34-39) by a final score of 13-4 on Saturday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

Palm Beach scored first in the bottom of the second inning against Bradenton starting pitcher Reinold Navarro. Heriberto Caraballo hit a sacrifice fly to score Matthew Miura and give the Frozen Iguanas a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the third inning, Palm Beach starter Payton Graham (L, 0-2) ran into trouble with one out. After Graham issued two walks, Antonio Pimentel hit a pop up which could have been caught, but a miscommunication in the outfield allowed it to fall for a single. With the bases loaded, Eddie King Jr. drew an RBI walk, and Brayln Brazoban hit an RBI fielder’s choice. Graham was relieved by Nathan Shinn with two outs and the bases loaded and Richard Ramirez hit a two-RBI double which capped the scoring and gave the Marauders a 4-1 lead.

After Palm Beach was shut down in the bottom of the third inning, Bradenton went back to work in the top of the fourth. With two runners on base and two outs, Eddie King Jr. hit an RBI single to extend the Marauders’ lead to 5-1. In the top of the fifth inning, Bradenton added another run on an RBI double by Canon Reeder to make it a 6-1 lead for the Marauders. In the top of the sixth inning, Bradenton scored for the fourth consecutive inning as Ramirez hit a sacrifice fly to extend the Marauders’ lead to 7-1.

Palm Beach got back on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Alex Birge hit a solo home run to right field, his fourth of the season, and the Frozen Iguanas cut the deficit to 7-2 after six innings.

In the top of the seventh inning, Bradenton sent 12 men to the plate and scored six runs highlighted by Antonio Pimentel’s two-RBI triple which gave the Marauders a 13-2 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Chase Heath hit a sacrifice fly to left field which scored Brayden Smith as Palm Beach tried a late comeback effort. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cardinals added one more run in the top of the ninth inning when Smith hit an RBI single. However, the deficit was too much to overcome as the Frozen Iguanas fell to the Marauders by a final score of 13-4.

Despite the loss, Palm Beach has set new series highs of 54 runs and 58 hits this week against Bradenton.

The Cardinals face the Marauders in the season series finale on Sunday, June 28^th with first pitch scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Click here to purchase your Palm Beach Cardinals tickets.

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Opening in 1998, the 110-acre complex/stadium is specially designed to house two Major League and two Minor League Baseball Teams. The stadium is home to the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals for Spring Training. The Florida State League’s Jupiter Hammerheads (Class A Affiliate of the Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) make their home at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium from April through September. Branded as “America’s Busiest Ballpark,” this year-round facility can accommodate everything from birthday parties to corporate outings to tournaments, while never forgetting that every fan is our most important priority.