TL Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Glendinning Homers Twice, Tresh Drives in Five RBI in 12-5 Win Sunday

Published on April 16, 2023 under Texas League (TL)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release


Robbie Glendinning hit two home runs as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (4-5) offense exploded for the second-straight night, scoring 12 runs on 17 hits in a 12-5 victory over the Wichita Wind Surge (5-4) to earn a series split on Sunday afternoon at Riverfront Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. The Naturals return to action at Arvest Ballpark on Tuesday with a 7:05 PM CT first pitch, beginning a six-game series against the Amarillo Sod Poodles.

The Wind Surge plated the game's first runs, taking a 2-0 lead. The Naturals powered past Wichita in the second, scoring five runs in an inning for the second-straight day.Glendinning hit a three-run blast to take the lead and *Jeison Guzmán *hit a two-run shot to extend the Naturals' lead to 5-2.

Northwest Arkansas scored two more runs in the fourth, with John Rave *driving in *Tyler Tolbert *and *Luca Tresh bringing home his first of five RBI on the day. to make it a 7-3 game.

Wichita scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a two-run game, but the Naturals offense wasn't done. after a sac fly in the sixth made it 8-5, Peyton Wilson hit a solo homer in the eighth and Tresh ripped a ball off the wall with a runner on, circling the bases for an inside-the-park home run to make it 11-5.

In the ninth, Tresh singled home Wilson while Jorge Bonifacio hit a two-run homer. Glendinning blasted his second homer of the game, a solo shot, to cap the scoring with the Naturals going on to win 15-5 and earn a series split.

Northwest Arkansas improved to 4-5 on the year behind the pitching staff's ninth-straight 10+ strikeout performance to start the season. Alec Marsh led the charge with six punchouts over 4.0 innings, but *Dante Biasi (1-0) *earned the win after 1.1 innings of hitless, scoreless work.

The Naturals are off on Monday and will start a six-game series at Arvest Ballpark on Tuesday against the Amarillo Sod Poodles with a 7:05 PM CT first pitch. Fans can get their ticket.

Watch all of the action with the "Voice of the Naturals", Shawn Murnin, on the Bally Live App for free, or with subscriptions to MiLB.tv and MLB.tv. You can also listen to every game online.

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