Cards' Hill Rips Travs With Two Homers
Published on August 4, 2010 under Texas League (TL1)
Arkansas Travelers News Release
SPRINGFIELD, MO - Steven Hill led the charge with a pair of home runs (19) and four runs batted in as the Springfield Cardinals blasted the Arkansas Travelers 14-5 on Tuesday night at Hammons Field. Each of Hill's home runs came during big Cardinal rallies as he capped off an eight-run fourth inning with a three-run shot then hit a solo bomb during a four-run sixth inning. Pete Kozma also added four RBIs for the Cardinals, who won their third in a row. Second baseman Alexi Amarista extended a hitting streak to 12 games with a home run (1).
By opening their seven-game road trip with a loss, the Travs second half record drops to 15-23 (41-67 overall). Springfield earns its third consecutive win to go to 20-18 in the second half (58-50 overall).
All nine Springfield starters collected at least one base hit and scored a run, with Matt Carpenter leading with three base hits and three runs scored. The Cards outhit the Travs 15-to-4
The Travs worked a walk out of Springfield right hander Arquimedes Nieto (1-2) in each of the first four innings. However, tony Cruz caught runners stealing in the first and third innings. Still Nieto walked Andrew Romine leading off the fourth, and Amarista hit the next pitch over the right-field wall for a 2-0 Travs lead.
Michael Anton (5-8) struck out five Springfield batters over three innings, but didn't make it through the fourth as the Cards sent 12 batters to the plate. After Hill flied to left field to begin the inning, Andrew Brown singled to begin a string of five batters that reached base. Carpenter followed with a bouncing ball past first base and down the line for a double setting up runners at second and third. Anton walked Aaron Luna to load the bases then Kozma shot a two-run double to centerfield to tie the game. Chris Swauger found a gap on the right side of the infield for a ground ball single to knock in the go-ahead run. A two-out walk to Tommy Pham loaded the bases again, this time for Cruz who delivered a two-run single knocking in Kozma and Swauger. Hill came back up and ripped his three-run homer over the bullpen in left field to give th e Cards an 8-2 lead.
Anton was pulled after Hill's first home run and was charged with eight runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings.
Amarista's third RBI of the night, coming on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, brought the Travs within an 8-3 score. But the Cards answered with four runs off Anthony Ortega, who lasted just 0.2 innings.
Jeremy Berg pitched a shutout seventh inning, but Efren Navarro came on to pitch the eighth and allowed two more runs.
Time of game was 3:03 and the paid attendance was 6,203.
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