Correa, Travs Shutout Tulsa to Win Series
Published on May 12, 2013 under Texas League (TL1)
Arkansas Travelers News Release
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Behind seven scoreless innings from RH Manny Correa, the Arkansas Travelers blanked the Tulsa Drillers by a final of 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at ONEOK Field. Relievers Buddy Boshers and Michael Cisco each pitched a scoreless inning of relief to help complete the shutout. Arkansas outscored Tulsa 9-0 over the final 15 innings of the series.
Offensively the Travs tallied ten of more hits for a fourth straight game by compiling a series-high twelve hits during Sunday's game. Taylor Lindsey turned in a three-hit effort to lead the visitors, while Drew Heid, Kaleb Cowart, Randal Grichuk and Jett Bandy all enjoyed two-hit performances. Grichuk homered (6) for the third time in two games, and for the fourth time in the series at Tulsa, when he went deep to lead off the eighth inning.
The Travs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning after a throwing error by Tulsa starting pitcher Tim Gustafson helped load the bases with one out. Arkansas capitalized on Tulsa's eighth error of the series. Robbie Widlansky hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored Heid and Grichuk singled with two outs to plate Cowart.
The two runs were plenty for Correa. Correa allowed three hits over the first three innings of the game, but was nearly perfect over the final four innings of his start. Correa retired ten straight Drillers from the third through sixth inning. After issuing a leadoff walk that brought the tying run to the plate for Tulsa in the seventh, Correa answered by recording outs on each of the next three batters. Correa exited after the inning having thrown only 80 pitches through seven frames.
Arkansas tallied insurance runs in each of the last two innings of the game. Grichuk homered to lead off the eighth against Tulsa's Tim Sexton. In the ninth, Heid doubled and scored on a single by Cowart off Juan Gonzalez.
Boshers and Cisco nailed down the victory for Correa (2-3) and preserved the shutout by combining to retire six of the seven batters they faced.
The Travs finished the eight-game road trip by going 5-3 and have a season-best three-game winning streak. Drew Heid (.381), Taylor Lindsey (.344), C.J. Cron (.321) and Jett Bandy (.316) led the Travs in hitting on the road trip, while Randal Grichuk led the Travs with 22 total bases and seven runs batted in.
Arkansas (18-17) returns home to Dickey-Stephen Park on Monday night to take on the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, as the Travs begin an eight-game home stand. In the series opener the Travs send Lay Batista to the mound against NWA RH Brooks Pounders. Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. CT on Sports Animal 920 with the Travs Dugout Show.
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