Late Rally Powers Travs In Front of Packed House
Eighth inning come back give Travs the win
Dario Pizzano drove in the winning run on Friday night.
(Mark Wagner)
North Little Rock, AR-A sold out Dickey-Stephens Park was treated to a late rally by the home team as the Arkansas Travelers came back to top the Tulsa Drillers 4-3 in front of 9,608 on Friday night. The winning rally started with two out and no one on base in
North Little Rock, AR-A sold out Dickey-Stephens Park was treated to a late rally by the home team as the Arkansas Travelers came back to top the Tulsa Drillers 4-3 in front of 9,608 on Friday night. The winning rally started with two out and no one on base in the eighth inning with a walk from
Moments That Mattered
- Ryan Casteel hit his third homer in two night as he drove the first pitch of the bottom of the second 413 feet to left-center field.
- Tulsa's 20-year old
Yusniel Díaz hit his first career Double-A homer in the fourth, a three-run shot, to put Tulsa on top. - Reliever
Ralston Cash worked two scoreless innings out of the bullpen against his former team to keep the game close late. - Tyler Marlette's line shot towards the right field corner just eluded Diaz and got to the fence with Casteel racing around from first to just beat the throw to the plate.
- After lefty
Brian Moran was brought in from the bullpen, Dario Pizzano lined his first pitch into right field for the game-winning hit.
Notable Travs Performances
- 1B Ryan Casteel: 1-2, 2 runs, 2 BB, HR (12), RBI
- C Tyler Marlette: 1-4, run, 3B, RBI
- LF Dario Pizzano: 2-4, 2 RBIs
- RHP Ralston Cash: Win, 2 IP, BB, 3 K
- LHP
Zac Curtis : Save, IP, K
Up Next
Arkansas begins the final roadtrip of the season with the first of three at Northwest Arkansas on Saturday night. Lefty