Clase's 2 Home Runs Not Enough
Published on May 21, 2023 under Texas League (TL)
Arkansas Travelers News Release
Wichita, KS - Jonatan Clase homered twice but it wasn't enough as the Arkansas Travelers fell to the Wichita Wind Surge, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. Clase led off the game with a homer and added another solo shot in the fifth. Kyle Tyler held Wichita without a hit for the first four innings before they scored three times in the fifth inning to get the lead. A ninth inning rally by the Travs produced one run but stranded the tying run on base.
Moments That Mattered
* Without a hit through the first four innings, Wichita unloaded with four consecutive hits to start the bottom of the fifth. Then with one out, Brooks Lee's two-run single put the Wind Surge on top.
* Riley Unroe singled home pinch-runner Tanner Kirwer in the ninth to cut it to a one-run game but Jordan Brink came out of the Wichita bullpen to retire the next two hitters and end the game.
Notable Travs Performances
* CF Jonatan Clase: 2-5, 2 runs, 2 HR, 2 RBI
* DH Robert Perez, Jr.: 2-4, 2B
News and Notes
* The Travs have won or split six of their first seven series.
* Clase is the third Trav to hit two homers in a game this season joining Robbie Tenerowicz and Robert Perez, Jr.
Up Next
After a day off Monday, the Travs start a two-week homestand on Tuesday night against the Frisco RoughRiders. Bryan Woo (2-1, 1.85) is scheduled to start for Arkansas against Jack Leiter (2-2, 4.38) for Frisco. It is a Two for Tuesday and a Mug Club Night with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. The game will also be broadcast on 106.7 Buz2, the Bally Live App, milb.tv and mlb.tv.
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