Missions Defeat Travelers, Sweep Series And Home Stand
August 23, 2011 - Texas League (TL1)
San Antonio Missions News Release
The Missions defeated Arkansas 8-4 Monday night to sweep the Travelers to go 6-0 on the home stand. San Antonio took all three from the Springfield Cardinals before finishing off Arkansas.
After spotting the Travs a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, San Antonio responded with five runs in their half of the inning. Arkansas pushed across a run in the next two innings to make it 5-3, but the Missions scored three more runs in the fourth highlighted by Jedd Gyorko's fifth home run of the season.
San Antonio's bullpen got out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth as they limited the Travelers to a single run before inducing a double play to end the inning.
The Missions are now 37-19 in the second-half, 86-40 overall and 50-13 at home.
San Antonio will embark on their final road trip of the season tomorrow, with four games at the Frisco RoughRiders (Texas Rangers) and three at the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros) from Saturday, August 27 through Monday, August 29.
The Missions will return home on August 30 to conclude the regular season. They'll host the Midland RockHounds (Oakland A's) for four games through Friday, September 2 and Corpus Christi from Saturday, September 3 through Monday, September 5.
The first two games of the opening round of the Texas League playoffs will be on Wednesday, September 7 and Thursday, September 8 at Wolff Stadium. Tickets can be purchased on line at samissions.com, at the Missions box office or by calling (210) 675- 7275.
As always, the San Antonio Missions can be heard on the home of the Missions KKYX 680 AM with the voices of the Missions, Roy Acuff and Mike Saeger calling all the action.
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