Eighth Inning Rally Stuns Travs
Box Score Springdale, AR—A five run bottom of the eighth pushed the Northwest Arkansas Naturals past the Arkansas Travelers, 8-6 on Saturday night. The eighth inning outburst came against three different Travs pitchers with the majority of the damage coming against Brandyn Garcia who was charged with a blown save
Springdale, AR—A five run bottom of the eighth pushed the Northwest Arkansas Naturals past the Arkansas Travelers, 8-6 on Saturday night. The eighth inning outburst came against three different Travs pitchers with the majority of the damage coming against Brandyn Garcia who was charged with a blown save and the loss. Arkansas had rallied from an early three-run deficit to grab control of the game in the middle innings. Caleb Cali led the offense going 3-5 with a run batted in. The Travs missed several opportunities though for much bigger innings as they went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.
Moments That Mattered.
* Arkansas scored three times in the fourth inning to take the lead on just one hit, a leadoff single. One run scored on a fielder’s choice, another on an error and the go-ahead run came home on a balk.
* The fateful eighth inning saw the go-ahead run for the Naturals come in on a high bouncing base hit over a drawn in infield and then two insurance runs scored on a bloop hit.
Notable Travs Performances
* 3B Caleb Cali: 3-5, run, RBI
* 2B Axel Sanchez: 2-3, BB, run, RBI
News and Notes
* Labrada extended his hitting streak to nine with two hits.
* Starter Dylan File threw six innings matching the longest outing of the year by a Trav. It was the first start of six innings since April 25.
Up Next
The series wraps up on Sunday with righty Garrett Hill (1-2, 4.18) starting for Arkansas against righty Ben Kudrna (0-4, 6.32). First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on 106.7 Buz2, the Bally Sports Live App, milb.tv and mlb.tv.