Taking the mound in his native city of Davenport, Iowa — the same area where he once saw future Cardinals like Kolten Wong and Matt Adams play as minor leaguers — prospect Ian Bedell spun 4 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out five batters for Class High-A Peoria on Tuesday.
The right-handed Cardinals prospect didn’t walk a batter in his start and scattered three hits in Peoria’s 3-2 win over Quad Cities. Bedell, 23, exited the game an out shy of completing a career-best five innings for a third consecutive turn.
Bedell surrendered a pair of two-out singles in the first inning then retired the next 11 batters he faced.