Cardinals prospect Thomas Saggese collects two hits, RBI for Desert Dogs: Fall League Report

After going hitless in three at-bats on Wednesday for the Glendale Desert Dogs, Cardinals infield prospect Thomas Saggese collected his first two hits and first RBI of the Arizona Fall League on Thursday against the Peoria Javelinas.

In the first inning of Glendales 13-6 win, Saggese lined a double to left field that scored Reds prospect Tyler Callihan from second base for the games first run.

The double from 22-year-old Saggese came on a 2-1 slider that jumped off his bat with a 110.8 mph exit velocity, per Statcast.

Saggese scored later that inning on a double from Reds prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand.

The 22-year-old Cardinals prospect added a single to his night in the seventh inning when he lined a 1-2 sinker from Mariners prospect Jimmy Joyce to right field.

Saggese, who batted from the two-spot and served as the Desert Dogs designated hitter on Thursday, drew a walk in the second inning of the win and scored a run on a single from Encarnacion-Strand.

Saggese grounded out on a ball with a 102.7 mph exit velocity in the fourth inning and struck out, swinging, in the fifth.

With the two-hit game, Saggese is two-for-seven in two fall league games.

He was one of two Cardinals prospects in Glendales starting lineup against Peoria.

Leonardo Bernal started at catcher for the Desert Dogs.

The 20-year-old switch hitter caught all nine innings of Thursdays game.

He went hitless in five at-bats and struck out twice while batting from the seventh spot of Glendales lineup.

Bernal grounded out in three of his at-bats.

Brycen Mautz, the Cardinals second-round pick in the 2022 MLB draft, allowed one run, struck out one batter, and walked in an inning of relief.

The left-hander who started 24 Class High-A games during the regular season was called upon to pitch the eighth inning and needed 24 pitches (13 strikes) to get throug the frame.

Matuz, 23, induced a double play on a groundout against Brewers prospect Luis Lara after beginning the inning by allowing a walk to Padres prospect Romeo Sanabria and a single to Marlins prospect Kemp Alderman.

A single Mautz allowed to Marlins prospect Jay Beshears scored Sanabria from third base after he advanced on the double play.

After an error from Dodgers prospect Jake Gelof allowed Brewers prospect Juan Baez to reach base, the left-hander stranded runners at first and second base to end the inning with a swinging strikeout of Jared Sundstrom.

Right-hander Matt Svanson, a Cardinals 2023 trade deadline acquisition who was 27-for-27 on save attempts this past season while with Class AA Springfield, pitched a scoreless ninth inning to close out Glendales win.

Svanson, 25, struck out two batters and induced a groundout against Alderman that ended the game after a single and a walk put runners on first and second base..

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