Naylor's Double Propels Missions in Finale
San Antonio erupted for five runs in the eighth to pull out an important 8-5 win over Springfield in Thursday night's series finale at Wolff Stadium.The Missions entered Thursday hoping to avoid their first ever home sweep at the hands of the Cardinals. Springfield looked poised to finally pull off
San Antonio erupted for five runs in the eighth to pull out an important 8-5 win over Springfield in Thursday night's series finale at Wolff Stadium.
The Missions entered Thursday hoping to avoid their first ever home sweep at the hands of the Cardinals. Springfield looked poised to finally pull off the feat early on in the finale, striking for a pair of first innings runs off San Antonio righty
San Antonio got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, trimming the deficit to 3-2 on a
Nix, making his first Wolff start since arriving from High-A Lake Elsinore, was solid in his six innings, allowing four runs and two walks, while punching out six.
Trailing 4-2 in the seventh, San Antonio once again drew within one when catcher
The Cards looked like they regained control of the game with a run in the eighth off
Fortunately, for the Wolff crowd of 4,154, the first-place Missions had another rally in them.
That brought up
All-Star closer
San Antonio (27-19, 68-48) continues its six-game homestand Friday at 7:05 PM with the first of three against Tulsa (29-18, 62-55). Lefty