Pitching Carries RockHounds in Series Win Over Arkansas
RockHounds 2, Arkansas Travelers 1Thursday, July 18, 2019 Dickey-Stephens Park North Little Rock, Arkansas The RockHounds faced the league's best club (by far), the Arkansas Travelers, in a three-game series that concluded Thursday night in North Little Rock. In the three games, the 'Hounds scored a total of six
RockHounds 2, Arkansas Travelers 1
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Dickey-Stephens Park North Little Rock, Arkansas
The RockHounds faced the league's best club (by far), the Arkansas Travelers, in a three-game series that concluded Thursday night in North Little Rock. In the three games, the 'Hounds scored a total of six runs on 11 hits … and they won the series, 2-games-to-1.
Thursday's finale was a virtual replay of Tuesday's 2-0 win, with the RockHounds breaking a scoreless tie late.
The 'Hounds added what would be the winning run in the ninth and did it in familiar fashion (see "Notable," below).
Arkansas rallied back in the ninth, scoring on three singles, the last off the bat of
Texas League South Division
Springfield, which entered its series at Amarillo with a 12-35 road record, took 2-of-3 from the Sod Poodles in the Panhandle. The Cardinals saw an 8-3 lead evaporate Thursday night but broke a 9-9 tie in the top of the ninth to defeat the Sod Poodles, 10-9. The other three South Division clubs posted wins Thursday. In addition to the 'Hounds, Corpus Christi defeated Northwest Arkansas, 5-3, at "the beach" and Frisco downed the Drillers, 4-2, at Tulsa.
The RockHounds (15-12) lead Amarillo (14-13) by one game … Corpus Christi Hooks (13-14) by two … and Frisco (10-16) by 4½ games.
Notable
In their two wins (2-0 and 2-1), the RockHounds scored three of their four runs on the top of the ninth inning. They scored without benefit of a hit or error and put the ball in play just once (Nate Mondou's sac fly Thursday). The rest of the offense was the result of four walks and three hit batsmen.
Grant Holmes went five innings for the first time since August of 2017. His previous high for this season was four innings, which he did on three occasions. Grant threw 66 pitches Thursday night, 46 for strikes.
Next Game
Friday, July 19 vs. Tulsa Drillers
ONEOK Field Tulsa, Oklahoma
First pitch 7:05 p.m.
- First of a three-game series and fourth of a seven-game road trip
- Radio: NewsTalk 550 with Bob Hards ... airtime 7:00 p.m.
Probable Starters
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