If a local restaurant in Springfield gives a free dinner to the most valuable player of every Springfield Cardinal home win, then Travis Hanson should get steak for his performance on Tuesday. The Cardinals’ third baseman hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game at 4-4. Then in the 11th, his RBI single drove in the game-winner to give Springfield a 5-4 win over the San Antonio Missions.

Reliever Josh Kinney pitched two innings and didn’t give up a run to improve his record to 3-1 on the season.