Early 3-run lead slips away late in 7-5 Cardinals loss to Travelers
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Something about the night felt like Springfield's first walkoff win of the season was coming.But baseball is a fickle something.After the Cardinals tied things in the eighth and seized momentum, the Travelers put up a pair in the ninth courtesy of a Chris Mariscal two-run triple that
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Something about the night felt like Springfield's first walkoff win of the season was coming.
But baseball is a fickle something.
After the Cardinals tied things in the eighth and seized momentum, the Travelers put up a pair in the ninth courtesy of a
It was a game the Cardinals led early at 4-1.
That lead grew to 4-1 an inning later when Stefan Trosclair pulled his fourth home run of the season off the Chick-fil-A foul pole in left.
Cardinals starter
THE TRAVS PUSH BACK
After three scoreless second, third and fourth innings for Cardinals starter Anthony Shew the Travelers found a pair of runs in the fifth. The first cut the Cardinals lead to 4-2 off a
Arkansas tied it 4-4 two innings later when Taylor doubled for the second time, this time scoring Mendoza with
For the second time in the game, a wild pitch brought in a Travelers runner when
Springfield battled right back in the bottom half when
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Goetzman extended his hit streak to nine games with two hits … Edman's on-base streak reached 29 games thanks to his two-hit night … After a 2-for-19 slump, Knizner is 10-for-20 over his current five-game hit streak.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals and Travelers close their four-game series Sunday with first pitch set for 6:10 pm.
Sunday is a Hiland Dairy Ice Cream Sunday and Kids Run the Bases, where kids can receive free ice cream before the game and can run the bases after.
This Sunday is also Mother/Son Night at the ballpark. Moms and their sons can take photos on the field from 5:10pm to 5:40pm.