Cardinals Bats Tamed in Opener at Greeneville
GREENEVILLE, TN - The Johnson City Cardinals were defeated by the Greeneville Reds 9-5 on Sunday night. With this loss, the Cardinals have now lost 4/5 series openers and fall to 5-6 on the season. Greeneville got the scoring started in the bottom of the first against Oneiver Diaz, who was
GREENEVILLE, TN - The Johnson City Cardinals were defeated by the Greeneville Reds 9-5 on Sunday night. With this loss, the Cardinals have now lost 4/5 series openers and fall to 5-6 on the season.
Greeneville got the scoring started in the bottom of the first against
The Cardinals added one in the fifth after the Reds added one in the fourth.
Oneiver Diaz started the game for the Cardinals, in two previous starts this season, Diaz didn't make it past the fifth inning. Today, he was able to pitch six innings, while surrendering six hits, five runs (four earned runs), and seven strikeouts. Michael Brettell made his first appearance of the season and pitched one inning, surrendering three hits and three earned runs.
After the Cardinals cut the lead to 5-3 in the seventh after Luis Flores hit a solo homerun to left field. The Reds responded with three in the bottom of the seventh to make it 8-3. In the top of the eighth,
The final line for the Cardinals was five runs on 10 hits with an error. The Cardinals fall to 5-6 on the season, but are still only two games behind first place Kingsport since they lost as well.
The Cardinals come home to finish out the three game series against Greeneville, Dollar Monday on July 2nd and then a fireworks extravaganza on July 3rd. The full schedule for the season and information regarding tickets can be found at jccardinals.com or by calling the Cardinals Office at (423) 461- 4866.