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Late Rally Falls Short as Naturals Edged by Midland, 5-4

July 6, 2015 - Texas League (TL1)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release


MIDLAND, Texas. - It took a little while, but the offense made a late rally in the top of the ninth inning against a very stout Midland bullpen putting up three runs only to fall a tally short in the 5-4 loss on Monday night at Security Bank Ballpark.

Trailing 5-1 headed to the ninth inning, the rally started out with Bubba Starling extending his hitting streak to eight games with a single to right field. His base hit started a trend that eventually loaded the bases for Terrance Gore who delivered an RBI single up the middle to make it a 5-2 game.

After a pair of RBI fielder choices by pinch-hitter Parker Morin and left fielder Lane Adams made it 5-4, newly added infielder Ramon Torres - who came on to play shortstop for Raul Mondesi in the bottom of the eighth - put together a nine-pitch at-bat against closer Ryan Dull to end the game. Dull has given up one earned run in 37.2 innings of work this season. The Naturals sent a total of seven men to bat in the top of the ninth inning.

Northwest Arkansas jumped out to an early 1-0 lead off starter Jonathan Joseph (5-3, 2.79) after Jorge Bonifacio belted his league-tying 15th home run of the season.

Left-hander Jonathan Dziedzic (4-5, 4.07) is hung with the loss working 5.0 innings allowing five runs on eight hits with five strikeouts allowing two home runs.

Right-hander Kyle Zimmer worked 2.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen tonight facing seven hitters and fanning four with a pick-off in the seventh inning.

Northwest Arkansas (44-36/4-7) will look to finish the current six-game road trip with a .500 record with game three slated for Tuesday, July 7 at Security Bank Ballpark.

Right-hander Miguel Almonte (4-3, 4.02) takes the hill for the Naturals against right-hander Jake Sanchez (6-5, 4.70) for the RockHounds.

Tune in with the Voice of the Naturals, Benjamin Kelly, at 6:15 p.m. for the Indigo Sky Casino Pregame Show leading up to the 6:30 p.m. first pitch on the Naturals flagship station, 92.1 - FM, the Ticket.

Follow the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Twitter @nwanaturals throughout the year by using the hashtag #NaturalPastime for all of our up-to-date information on tickets, groups, promotions, and team-related information.

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are the Double-A Texas League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. The Naturals play at state-of-the-art Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, Ark. For more information including statistics, ticket options, and more, please visit NWANaturals.com, and follow us on Twitter @NWANaturals and Facebook.com/Naturals.

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