Davis Homers Twice as Cardinals Rout RockHounds 9‑2
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Interstat) — Chase Davis hit two home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Springfield Cardinals to a 9-2 victory over the Midland RockHounds on Friday night at Hammons Field. Davis homered in the sixth and eighth innings, the latter a two-run shot that highlighted a five-run eighth. Travis Honeyman also homered for Springfield, while Dakota Harris had two RBIs and Miguel Ugueto and Ryan Campos each had two hits. Chen-Wei Lin (1-1) earned the win with four scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits and striking out six. Brandt Thompson started and gave up two runs over five innings. Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (2-2) took the loss after allowing four earned runs in seven innings. Midland took a 2-0 lead in the third on Tommy White’s two-run single, but Springfield answered with Honeyman’s solo homer. The Cardinals tied it in the fourth and pulled away with two in the sixth and five in the eighth. Attendance was 4,557, and the game lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes. The Cardinals improved to 7-12; the RockHounds fell to 14-5.