Naturals Shut Down Travs Bats

Box Score

North Little Rock, AR—Chandler Champlain and two relievers combined on a shutout as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals blanked the Arkansas Travelers, 3-0 on Wednesday night. Naturals pitching struck out 13 and walked just one on the night. Champlain worked the first 6.1 innings to earn the win and was followed by Anthony Simonelli who struck out three in just 1.2 innings and Anderson Paulino who pitched the ninth for a save. Juan Mercedes was the hard luck loser allowing two runs on three hits in five innings.

Moments That Mattered

* Mercedes did not allow a hit until the fifth when the Naturals opened the inning with a double and went on to score twice.

* The Travs opened the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff double but could not get the runner home.

Notable Travs Performances

* RF Alberto Rodriguez: 2-4, 2B

* LHP Garrett Davila: 2 IP, 2 H, 4 K

News and Notes

* Arkansas was shut out for the third time this season.

* INF Ben Williamson joined the team up from High-A Everett and RHP Logan Gragg was placed on the Development List.

Up Next

The series continues on Thursday night with RHP Blas Castano (0-1, 5.79) making the start against RHP Eric Cerantola (1-1, 1.54). It is Mad Mallards week and a $3 Thursday. First pitch is set for 6:35 pm. The game will also be broadcast on 106.7 Buz2, the Bally Live App, milb.tv and mlb.tv.