Hancock Dominates in Shutout of Springfield
Box Score Springfield, MO—Emerson Hancock fried seven one-hit shutout innings with seven strikeouts driving the Arkansas Travelers to a 4-0 win over the Springfield Cardinals on Friday night. The seven inning effort matched Hancock’s career high as he earned his league leading 11th win of the season. He needed only
Springfield, MO—Emerson Hancock fried seven one-hit shutout innings with seven strikeouts driving the Arkansas Travelers to a 4-0 win over the Springfield Cardinals on Friday night. The seven inning effort matched Hancock’s career high as he earned his league leading 11th win of the season. He needed only 77 pitches to work through the seven innings. The Travs scored a pair of runs in the fourth inning on a rocket off the bat of Robert Perez, Jr. that was scored an error and a two-run home run two innings later by Robbie Tenerowicz.
Moments That Mattered
* Hancock stayed in the game after taking a ball off his lower right leg and foot area in the third inning.
* The two fourth inning runs came after a walk and a single began the inning and were scored off Cardinals starter Tink Hence.
Notable Travs Performances
* 1B Robbie Tenerowicz: 2-4, run, HR, 2 RBI
* RHP Emerson Hancock: Win, 7 IP, H, 7 K
News and Notes
* Hancock retired the first 10 batters of the game and the final 11 that he faced.
* It was the Travs’ sixth shutout win of the season.
Up Next
The series continues on Saturday night with Kyle Tyler (5-6, 5.87) starting for Arkansas. First pitch set for 6:35. The game will be broadcast on 106.7 Buz2, the Bally Live App, milb.tv and mlb.tv.