Naturals shut down in doubleheader sweep against Drillers

SPRINGDALE -- Northwest Arkansas struggled with the gloves in the early innings and Tulsa opened up the big bats late, posting a 7-0 win in the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader Tuesday at Arvest Ballpark.

The Naturals committed three errors in the first two innings, leading to two early unearned Drillers' runs. J.C. Sulbaran was solid on the mound for Northwest Arkansas (32-24) in six innings, allowing just the two unearned runs on four hits. But a pair of errors by Balbino Fuenmayor and another error with two outs in the second by Hunter Dozier was too much to overcome with Tulsa pitcher Mickey Storey working a solid complete-game seven innings on the other side.

TULSA 7, NW ARKANSAS 0

Tulsa^110^000^5^—^7^8^0

NW Arkansas^000^000^0^—^0^5^3

Tulsa^AB^R^H^RBI^BB^SO^LOB^AVG

Law, SS^2^1^0^0^1^0^0^.200

Lavin, CF^4^1^2^0^0^0^2^.170

Drake, RF^3^1^1^1^1^2^0^.271

Anderson, La, 1B^2^1^0^0^2^1^2^.222

Cunningham, DH^4^0^0^0^0^1^5^.257

Olivera, 2B^3^2^3^4^1^0^0^.308

Mayora, 3B^4^0^1^0^0^0^4^.244

Solis, C^4^0^1^0^0^1^4^.129

Rathjen, LF^3^1^0^0^1^1^3^.096

Totals^29^7^8^5^6^6^20^

HR: Olivera (1). TB: Solis; Drake; Mayora; Lavin 2; Olivera 6. RBI: Drake (14), Olivera 4 (4). 2-out RBI: Olivera 4.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lavin; Solis; Rathjen. SAC: Law. Team RISP: 3-for-12. Team LOB: 8.

NW Arkansas^AB^R^H^RBI^BB^SO^LOB^AVG

Adams, L, LF^4^0^0^0^0^2^2^.290

Mondesi, SS^3^0^1^0^0^1^1^.244

Bonifacio, J, RF^3^0^0^0^0^2^2^.233

Fuenmayor, 1B^2^0^0^0^1^1^0^.340

Dozier, 3B^3^0^0^0^0^1^2^.211

Starling, CF^3^0^1^0^0^1^0^.241

Bianucci, DH^2^0^1^0^1^1^0^.294

Liddi, 2B^3^0^0^0^0^1^3^.278

Morin, P, C^3^0^2^0^0^0^1^.250

Totals^26^0^5^0^2^10^11^

2B: Bianucci (12), Starling (4). 3B: Morin, P. TB: Mondesi; Morin, P 4; Starling 2; Bianucci 2.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dozier; Morin, P; Liddi; Bonifacio, J.

Team RISP: 0-for-8. Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING SB: Mondesi (5). FIELDING E: Fuenmayor 2 (7), Dozier (8). DP:(Mondesi).

PITCHING

Tulsa^IP^H^R^ER^BB^SO^HR^ERA

Storey (W, 1-1)^7.0^5^0^0^2^10^0^2.70

NW Arkansas^IP^H^R^ER^BB^SO^HR^ERA

Sulbaran (L, 4-4)^6.0^4^2^0^3^5^0^3.30

Peterson, M^0.2^3^5^5^3^0^1^3.55

Pruneda^0.1^1^0^0^0^1^0^2.79

WP: Peterson, M.

Umpires: HP: Ron Teague. 1B: Clay Park. 3B: Clayton Hamm.

TULSA^2,^NW^ARKANSAS^0

^Tulsa^110^000^0^—^2^8^0

^NW^Arkansas^000^000^0^—^0^5^0

Tulsa^ AB^R^ H^ RBI^ BB^ SO^ LOB^ AVG

Law,^SS^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 2^ .206

Lavin,^CF^ 3^ 1^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ .174

Drake,^RF^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ .273

Anderson,^La,^1B^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ .224

Cunningham,^3B^ 3^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 1^ .247

Zarraga,^C^ 3^ 1^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 0^ .236

Mayora,^DH^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ .246

Dixon,^2B^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 2^ 2^ .261

Rathjen,^LF^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 1^ 0^ 1^ 1^ .109

Totals^ 27^ 2^ 8^ 2^ 0^ 6^ 8^ ^

3B:^Lavin^(2). TB:^Rathjen;^Drake;^Anderson,^La;^Zarraga;^Dixon;^Mayora;^Lavin^3;^Law.

RBI:^Drake^(15),^Rathjen^(5). Runners^left^in^scoring^position,^2^out:^Law^2;^Rathjen. GIDP:^Lavin,^Anderson,^La. Team^RISP:^1-for-5. Team^LOB:^4. BASERUNNING

SB:^Dixon^(13,^2nd^base^off^Selman/Evans). FIELDING Outfield^assists:^Rathjen^).

NW^Arkansas^ AB^ R^ H^ RBI^ BB^ SO^ LOB^ AVG

Adams,^L,^CF^ 3^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 0^ .278

Mondesi,^SS^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 0^ .247

Liddi,^1B^ 3^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ .279

Bianucci,^DH^ 3^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 2^ 2^ .289

Bonifacio,^J,^RF^ 3^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 2^ .230

Dozier,^3B^ 3^ 0^ 2^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ .218

Evans,^C^ 3^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 2^ .295

Diekroeger,^2B^ 2^ 0^ 1^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ .286

Gore,^LF^ 2^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 1^ 1^ .279

Totals^ 25^ 0^ 5^ 0^ 0^ 7^ 8^ ^

2B:^Liddi^(11),^Dozier^(12). TB:^Diekroeger;^Mondesi;^Dozier^3;^Liddi^2. Runners^left^in^scoring^position,^2^out:^Bonifacio,^J^2;^Gore.

Team^RISP:^0-for-5. Team^LOB:^4. FIELDING DP:^2^(Mondesi-Liddi,^Dozier-Diekroeger-Liddi).

PITCHING

Tulsa^ IP^ H^ R^ ER^ BB^ SO^ HR^ ERA

Kehrt^(W,^4-4)^ 7.0^ 5^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 7^ 0^ 2.92

NW^Arkansas^ IP^ H^ R^ ER^ BB^ SO^ HR^ ERA

Murray^(L,^4-1)^ 5.0^ 6^ 2^ 2^ 0^ 4^ 0^ 4.37

Selman^ 2.0^ 2^ 0^ 0^ 0^ 2^ 0^ 4.03

WP:^Murray. Umpires:^HP:^Clay^Park.^1B:^Clayton^Hamm.^3B:^Ron^Teague.

"It started with the first inning of the game, your lack of mental preperation," Naturals manager Vance Wilson said. "I'm embarrassed and these guys should be embarrassed. We're a better team than that."

The Drillers broke the game open in the top of the seventh off of reliever Mark Peterson. Tulsa second baseman Hector Olivera delivered the final big blow with a two-out grand slam over the left field wall for the final 7-0 margin.

Game 2

Tulsa 2, Northwest Arkansas 0

Peter Lavin tripled and scored on a Yadir Drake one-out grounder in the first inning and Tulsa used three singles in the second inning for another run, getting all the offense it would need in the nightcap to complete the doubleheader sweep.

Jeremy Kehrt tossed Tulsa's second consecutive complete-game shutout of the the night for the Drillers (24-31), giving up just five hits with seven strikeouts.

"We had plenty of chances," Wilson said. "I thought our intent of how we went about our business today was terrible and that leads to poor execution."

On Deck: Tulsa will start righthander Jose DeLeon (0-2, 3.15) and Northwest Arkansas is expected to start righthander Christian Binford (0-2, 5.32). The game will be the first of three games televised this season by Cox Communications on SD Channel 78 and HD Channel 2078.

Today's Promotion: Winning Wednesday. If the Naturals win Wednesday, all tickets to the June 10 game are good for a free reserved ticket to Naturals home game on July 8.

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