The first game back from the Texas League All-Star break was not a successful one for the Arkansas Travelers.
The Travs fell to the Midland RockHounds 4-0 on Thursday night at Security Bank Ballpark in Midland, Texas.
Today’s game
ARKANSAS AT MIDLAND
WHEN 7 p.m. Central
WHERE Security Bank Ballpark, Midland, Texas
PITCHERS Travelers: Kyle McGowin (RHP, 4-6, 5.54 ERA); Rockhounds: Dillon Overton (LHP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA.
RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in central Arkansas
WEBSITE travs.com
THE WEEK AHEAD
TODAY at Midland, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY at Midland, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY at Frisco, 6:05 p.m.
MONDAY at Frisco, 7:05 p.m.
TUESDAY at Frisco, 7:05 p.m.
WEDNESDAY Midland, 7:10 p.m.
THURSDAY Midland, 7:10 p.m.
Midland scored three runs in the second inning and one in the fourth, all off Travs starter Michael Brady.
Renato Nunez led off the bottom of the second with a double. Chad Pinder walked and Matt Olson singled to load the bases. Ryon Healy's sacrifice fly scored Nunez for a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Bruce Maxwell hit a two-run single to make it 3-0 RockHounds.
The RockHounds added a run in the fourth on Maxwell's groundout for a 4-0 advantage.
That was all Midland starter Jake Sanchez needed. Sanchez (6-5) allowed 4 hits in 6 innings, struck out 5 and walked 1.
Brady (3-3) was charged with 4 runs on 6 hits in 4 innings. He walked four and struck out one.
Healy, Nunez and Olson each had two hits for the RockHounds, who outhit the Travs 8-5.
No Trav player had more than one hit. Jared Mitchell, Blake Gailen, Raywilly Gomez, Michael Snyder and Eric Stamets all had a hit for Arkansas.
NATURALS 15, ROUGHRIDERS 4
Northwest Arkansas scored nine runs in the third inning in a rout of Frisco at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas.
Jorge Bonifacio went 2 for 5 and hit his 14th home run of the season. Alex Liddi was 3 for 5 with a two-run home run. Lane Adams also homered for the Naturals, who had 17 hits.
Balbino Fuenmayor had three hits, including two doubles.
The Naturals led 2-0 after two innings before scoring nine runs in the third to take a 11-0 lead. Bonifacio's three-run double made it 5-0. Fuenmayor's single extended the lead to 6-0 and he scored on Zane Evans' groundout for a 7-0 lead. Liddi's RBI single, Kenny Diekroeger's double, and Patrick Morin's run-scoring single increased the Naturals' lead to 10-0. A throwing error by Frisco third baseman Ryan Cordell allowed Morin to score to make it 11-0.
Northwest Arkansas added three runs in the top of the sixth for a 14-0 lead. Frisco scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, but the Naturals added a run in the top of the seventh for a 15-1 advantage. The Roughriders scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth, but that was it for Frisco.
Sam Selman (2-3) earned the victory in relief of Miguel Almonte for Northwest Arkansas. Selman struck out the side in the third inning.
Chad Bell (2-9) allowed 9 runs (7 earned) on 8 hits in 2 1/3 innings for the Roughriders.
Nomar Mazara had two hits to lead Frisco.
Sports on 07/03/2015