Naturals fall in series finale vs. Missions
Published on July 10, 2011 under Texas League (TL1)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Casey Kelly, the San Diego Padres' top pitching prospect, combined with one reliever to hold the Naturals to six hits en route to a 10-2 victory over Northwest Arkansas Saturday night at Wolff Municipal Stadium. Looking for their fifth consecutive win, the Naturals (6-9, 41-41) took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third but San Antonio proceeded to score the next nine runs in what ended up a rout.
The Missions took the first lead on a leadoff homer by Blake Tekotte in the bottom of the first that put them up 1-0.
Rey Navarro singled to start the Naturals' third and Jamie Romak followed with his team leading 12th homer on the season to give the Naturals the 2-1 lead.
It was all Missions from there as their vaunted offense unleashed on Naturals' starter Zach Miner (1-5). Jedd Gyorko, the new Missions' third baseman just up from Class-A ball, hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third to give San Antonio (10-5, 59-26) a 5-2 lead, and they tacked on two more in the fourth and another run in the fifth, all charged to Miner.
With the Missions up 8-2, Andy Parrino added a two-run shot in the eighth off of Henry Barrera to cap the scoring.
The beneficiary of all the offense was Casey Kelly (8-3), who limited the Naturals to five hits and the two runs in seven innings. The Padres' top pitching prospect walked a pair and fanned three.
The Naturals had to play the game without outfielder Wil Myers and reliever Kelvin Herrera, both on their way to Phoenix to participate in the MLB All-Star Futures Game which is Sunday night at Chase Field. The game will be televised by ESPN 2 at 5 P.M. Central Time.
Sunday evening, the Naturals begin the second half of their six-game road trip with a three-game series against the Corpus Christi Hooks at Whataburger Field. In a matchup of southpaws, Chris Dwyer (2-8, 6.40) will take the hill for Northwest Arkansas opposite Xavier Cedeno (4-5, 3.60) for Corpus Christi. The game will be at 6 P.M. live on ESPN 92.1 The Ticket.
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