MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Wolff Stadium, San Antonio, Texas – Brian
Stavisky and Mark Trumbo each knocked in two runs as the Travs earned
their third straight victory with a 4-2 defeat of the San Antonio
Missions on Saturday night. Stavisky’s two-run double in the eighth
inning gave the Travs the lead, while Trumbo doubled and homered (5
with Travs, 31 total). Right-hander Francisco Rodriguez (3-3) earned
the victory with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Rafael Rodriguez
nailed down his third save in as many games (7) with 1.1 shutout
innings.
San
Antonio starting LHP Steve Garrison held the Travs without a base hit
over the first four innings. Daniel Davidson, in his second start, left
the game in the fourth with two outs after throwing his allotted 65
pitches. Yosandy Ibanez left the bases loaded when he induced Seth
Johnston to bounce out.
Nate
Sutton drew a walk to begin the fifth inning and scored when Trumbo
drove a pitch through the breeze into the right-field gap for a 1-0
lead. Trumbo tried to advance to third base on the throw home, but was
thrown out
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Ibanez
got through the fifth inning, but opened the sixth with a walk then
Chad Huffman reached on a bloop single. With one out, Sean Kazmar hit a
line drive into right-center for a triple knocking in two runs for a
2-1 Missions lead.
Garrison
kept the Travs from reaching second base over his last two innings, but
the Missions replaced him with Gabe DeHoyos for the eighth. Adam
Morrissey lined a single to start the inning, then Adam Greenberg found
a hole through the left side for a base hit. After Chris Pettit struck
out on a bunted third strike, Stavisky stroked the next pitch down the
left-field line knocking in the winning runs.
Leading
3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Francisco Rodriguez allowed a
leadoff single to Kyle Blanks. He advanced to third base on two wild
pitches, but Francisco struck out Craig Cooper before Rafael Rodriguez
whiffed Johnston to end the threat.
Trumbo smashed his solo home run off Mauro Zarate in the ninth over the left-field wall to cap the scoring.
Time of game was 3:02 and the paid attendance was 5,539.If you like the daily news of the Raw Feed, SUBSCRIBE TODAY to the nation's only alternative professional sports magazine, SZ, with original features and great action photography in baseball, hockey, basketball, and football. Just $11.99 per year for an e-zine like you’ve never seen!
Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 12:24PM 
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