SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Tai Peete went 5 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs as the visiting Springfield Cardinals beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 7-2 on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium in Game 1 of the Texas League playoff series. Springfield leads the series 1-0. Peete’s three-run homer capped the scoring. Won-Bin Cho added two RBIs. Tanner Franklin earned the win, allowing two earned runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. Domenic Picone pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings. Sawyer Hawks and Will Mabrey each pitched scoreless relief for Amarillo, while Darlin Saladin added a scoreless inning for Springfield. Junior Sanchez took the loss. Franklin improved to 8-4, while Sanchez fell to 6-7. Amarillo got solo home runs from Danny Serretti and Carlos Virahonda. Springfield finished with 10 hits to Amarillo’s seven. The game took 2 hours, 39 minutes and drew 3,515 fans. Springfield improved to 79-58, while Amarillo fell to 78-61. The teams meet again Tuesday in Springfield.