Travs Win Wild Shootout in West Texas

Offense piles up their best night of the year

Braden Bishop led the offense with four hits and four runs while falling a triple short of the cycle. (Mark Wagner)

May 29, 2018

Midland, TX-A season-best offensive showing powered the Arkansas Travelers (25-25) to a 16-10 win in the opener of a three-game series against the Midland RockHounds (25-26) on Tuesday night. In a ballpark known for wild games with a full moon rising in the sky, Arkansas never trailed in the contest

Midland, TX-A season-best offensive showing powered the Arkansas Travelers (25-25) to a 16-10 win in the opener of a three-game series against the Midland RockHounds (25-26) on Tuesday night. In a ballpark known for wild games with a full moon rising in the sky, Arkansas never trailed in the contest leading by as many as six on four different occasions and had the lead sliced to as few as one. The Travs set season highs in runs, hits and extra base hits with eight of the nine hitters posting multi-hit nights. Midland had two players, J.P. Sportman and Tyler Marincov, hit a pair of homers including an inside-the-park grand slam by Marincov. Arkansas pitching did strikeout 14 RockHounds on the night and the bullpen allowed just one run over 4.2 innings to finish off the game. Matt Walker earned the win out of the bullpen after keeping the lead at one through the fifth inning.
Moments That Mattered
* Braden Bishop and Chuck Taylor opened the game with consecutive doubles, each just missing a homerun.
* Bishop connected the next inning for his second hit in as many frames with a two run homer.
* Sportman and Marincov hit two-run shots in the bottom of the second to cut the lead to two.
* Arkansas' four-run third inning consisted on four singles, two walks and a sacrifice fly.
* The inside-the-park grand slam by Marincov came in the bottom of third. Then Sportman's homer the next inning cut it to a one-run game.
* With two out and none on in the sixth, six straight Travs reached base capped by a two-run triple from Chuck Taylor.
Notable Travs Performances
* CF Braden Bishop: 4-5, 4 runs, BB, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
* LF Chuck Taylor: 3-6, 2 runs, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI
* RF Beau Amaral: 3-5, run, RBI
* 1B Joey Curletta: 2-5, 2 runs, BB, 2 2B, RBI
* DH Dario Pizzano: 2-6, 4 RBI
* C Joe DeCarlo: 2-5, 2 runs, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Up Next
Arkansas looks for a fourth consecutive win on Wednesday night in game two of the series. Lefty Anthony Misiewicz (1-4, 5.20) goes to the hill against righty Logan Shore (0-0, 0.00). First pitch is at 6:30 and the game will be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.