TRAVELERS 3, MISSIONS 1 (10)
The Arkansas Travelers loaded the bases in the top of the 10th inning on two walks and a hit batsman, then scored on a sacrifice fly and a groundout to seal a 3-1 victory over San Antonio in front of an announced crowd of 6,571 at Wolff Stadium in San Antonio on Friday night.
The Missions took the lead in the second on a single by Yeison Asencio, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Kyle Gaedele.
The Travelers evened the score in the fifth on consecutive singles by Sherman Johnson and Wade Hinkle and a sacrifice fly by Erick Salcedo.
Eduard Santos (4-2) survived a leadoff single in the 10th by Benji Gonzalez and a two-out walk before getting Tyson Gillies to ground out to Brian Hernandez at third to end the game.
Santos gave up 3 hits in his 2 innings along with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Cody Hebner (0-2) allowed the two Arkansas runs without giving up a hit, but walked three batters.
HOOKS 9, NATURALS 7
Facing a 9-4 deficit entering the ninth, Northwest Arkansas managed to get three runs, thanks to a home run by Frank Schwindel, but couldn't get over the hump as Corpus Christi held on for a victory in front of an announced crowd of 5,648 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi.
The Naturals held a 3-1 advantage entering the bottom of the fourth, but the Hooks put together 2 singles, 3 walks and a wild pitch to score 4 runs.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Hooks used four hits, a wild pitch and a walk to put three more runs on the board.
The Naturals scored a single run in the sixth and Corpus Christi added one in the seventh.
Two one-one hits set the stage for Schwindel in the ninth, but left the Naturals Alex Liddi stranded at second base.
Matt Murray (5-3) took the loss for the Naturals while Kyle Westwood (9-5) went six innings for the victory.
Sports on 08/22/2015