TL1 Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Naturals Win Debut Game

Published on April 3, 2008 under Texas League (TL1)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release


The Northwest Arkansas Naturals won their inaugural game Thursday night in San Antonio defeating the San Antonio Missions 6-4. Dusty Hughes was the winning pitcher for the Naturals with 2.2 scoreless innings in relief of starter Carlos Rosa who pitched the first 4 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned with 5 strikeouts. Devon Lowery pitched two-thirds of an inning before Matt Peterson closed it out by pitching 1.2 innings allowing only a solo homerun. Peterson was credited with the save.

The Naturals never trailed in the game. They jumped to a 3-0 lead in the 3rd inning on Juan Richardson's RBI line drive infield single off pitcher Mike Ekstrom's ankle, and Kila Kaaihue's two-run single. San Antonio tied it in the bottom of the 4th with 3 runs but the Naturals responded immediately. In the top of the 5th, Brian McFall blasted the first homerun in Naturals' history, a 2-run bomb to left to make it a 5-3 game.

That was the score until the top of the 9th when the Naturals tacked on an insurance run. Mario Lisson led off with a double, moved the 3rd on Juan Richardson's groundout and then scored on Kila Kaaihue's groundout. Kaaihue finished the game with 3 RBIs. The Missions tried to rally in the 9th getting a lead-off homer from Brett Dowdy but Peterson recorded 3 consecutive outs to end it.

Jose Duarte was the hitting star for the Naturals going 3-3 with 2 walks and 2 stolen bases. Juan Richardson, Marc Maddox and Brian McFall each had two hits.

The Naturals and Missions resume their series at 7:05 on Friday night. Julio Pimentel pitches for the Naturals against Will Inman of the Missions.

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