Tatis Jr. Clinches Series for Missions

July 8, 2018

Fernando Tatis Jr.'s bases-clearing double in the seventh powered San Antonio to a 4-1, series clinching win over Arkansas Sunday evening at Wolff Stadium.
Cal Quantrill took the hill Sunday in search of his seventh win of the season. The talented righty worked around a mini jam in the first before allowing the Travs to take a 1-0 lead in the second when his wild pitch scored Chris Mariscal from third.
The Missions quickly countered in their half of the second against lefty Anthony Misiewicz, tying the game with a Webster Rivas single to right.
With the game now tied, Quantrill settled into a nice groove, allowing just four hits through six innings and mixing in three strikeouts. In the seventh, with the game still knotted at one, Quantrill began the inning by walking both of the first two hitters. After a sac bunt moved the runners up a base, Quantrill was lifted for sidearmer Eric Yardley. The Richland, WA native got his team out of trouble by striking out Logan Taylor and receiving a terrific catch in right by Nick Schulz on a Ryan Scott fly ball.
The Yardley escape job inspired the offense in the bottom half of the frame against the Travelers pen. Kyle Overstreet began the inning with a single up the middle off Matt Tenuta. The inning appeared likely to fizzle out when Tenuta got each of the next two Missions to fly out. However, a Michael Gettys single and a Rod Boykin walk would load the bases and end the night for Tenuta (1-2). That brought up Tatis Jr., who greeted right-hander Matt Walker with a go-ahead double to left that cleared the bags.
Yardley (2-1) and Andres Munoz (1^st Double-A save) kept the Travelers off the board over the final two innings to cap another San Antonio victory.
San Antonio (10-7, 52-35) wraps up its three-game series with Arkansas (9-7, 44-42) Monday on H-E-B Family Night presented by ESPN San Antonio 1250 AM/94.5 FM. First pitch is slated for 7:05 PM. Lake Bachar (1-4, 5.71) will get the start for the Missions, while the Travs counter with fellow righty Nathan Bannister (5-5, 5.58).