Arkansas Travelers Snap Skid with 5-3 Win Over the Springfield Cardinals - Texas League
Monday, September 1, 2008 at 07:50AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – The
Arkansas Travelers ended their eight-game losing streak, dropping the
Cardinals on Sunday night by a final score of 5-3 at Dickey-Stephens
Park in North Little Rock. Springfield starter Kyle Mura didn’t
pitch poorly, but lasted just 4 1/3 innings, taking his second straight
loss to finish the year at 3-5. Mura allowed three unearned
runs in the bottom of the first inning, as the Travs grabbed the early
advantage. Nate Sutton opened the inning by reaching on an error. Wil
Ortiz and Brian Stavisky would follow with back-to-back singles,
loading the bases. Mura got Corey Smith to pop up for the first out,
then got Adam Morrissey to fly to center field. Morrissey’s ball was
deep enough for a sac fly, as Sutton scored to make it 1-0. Mark
Trumbo then followed with a two-run triple, scoring two to make it 3-0.
Springfield
finally got to Travs’ starter David Austen in the fifth, tying the game
with three runs. Brandon Buckman and Isa Garcia opened the inning with
back-to-back hits, with Garcia’s double putting runners at second and
third. One out later, Jim Rapoport singled home Buckman, putting the
Cards on the board at 3-1. Daniel Descalso followed with a ground ball
back to the hill. Austen threw the ball away, allowing another run to
score to cut the Arkansas lead to 3-2. Allen Craig followed with a
single to center, tying the game at 3-3. In the bottom of the
inning, the Travs came right back to take the lead for good. Coby
Smith opened the inning with a double off Mura. After moving to third
base on a sacrifice, Smith scored on Wil Ortiz’s RBI double. Three
batters later, Ortiz scored on Adam Morrissey’s RBI single, giving the
Travs a 5-3 lead. Austin (2-3) would give up back-to-back hits
to open the sixth, but got out of the inning with the two-run lead
intact. Arkansas’ bullpen would only allow a two-out ninth-inning
single to Descalso over the final three innings. Rafael Rodriguez
would Daryl Jones looking on strikes to end the game, earning his 11th
save of the year. The Redbirds (40-29) wrap up the 2008
regular season on Monday afternoon at 1:30pm from Dickey-Stephens Park
in North Little Rock. Justin Fiske (4-0) will go for Springfield,
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