Hancock Leads Travs to Shutout

North Little Rock, AR—Emerson Hancock matched his career high with seven innings pitched leading the Arkansas Travelers to a 5-0 shutout win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Sunday afternoon at Dickey-Stephens Park. Working around two hits and a walk, Hancock struck out five and earned his fifth win of the season. Jake Scheiner posted two hits including a home run and drove in two while Jake Anchia had a three hit game.

Moments That Mattered

* Hancock was faced with trouble early when speedy Diego Hernandez reached on an error in the first and stole second base. But Hancock was up to the task getting the Naturals three and four hitters on a groundout and a strikeout to end the inning.

* Anchia put Arkansas on top with a two out RBI single in the fourth. The next batter hit a grounder to shortstop that was booted allowing another run to score and prolonging the inning and the Travs went on to score four times in that fourth inning.

Notable Travs Performances

* 1B Jake Scheiner: 2-3, BB, run, HR, 2 RBI

* RHP Emerson Hancock: Win, 7 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 K

News and Notes

* The shutout was the ninth of the season for the Travelers.

* Arkansas returned to a .500 overall record this season with the win at 54-54.

Up Next

After a day off Monday, the Travs are in Springfield, Mo. on Tuesday to start a six game series with the Cardinals. Stephen Kolek gets the start in the opener with first pitch set for 6:35. The game will be broadcast on 93.3 The Fish, the First Pitch App and milb.tv.