TL1 Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Springfield Outlast the Naturals, 12-11

April 12, 2019 - Texas League (TL1)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release


SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Naturals first game of the seven-game road trip included five lead-changes, two ties and a walk-off loss at Hammons Field on Thursday night against the Springfield Cardinals. Leading 11-10 with one out in the last of the ninth, Springfield infielder, Irving Lopez drilled a two-run home run well beyond the rightfield wall to push the Cardinals ahead, for good, 12-11.

Northwest Arkansas (4-4) took the lead in the top of the ninth inning with a one-out base-hit by Taylor Featherston and added to the advantage after DJ Burt's RBI single plated Featherston from third base, hoping the 11-9 margin would be enough. But Springfield (1-7) used a lead-off single, two Naturals' errors and a walk-off homer to prevail, snapping the club's longest losing streak to begin the season.

The Naturals cut into the Cardinals 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run home run by Gabriel Cancel, his first of the season, and took the lead with a three-run fifth inning 5-4. Travis Jones, pulled Northwest Arkansas within a run in the fifth frame with a sharp single up the middle and Samir Duenez plated two runs later in the inning to gain the first lead of the contest.

After the Cardinals took a 6-5 lead on a solo home run by Kramer Robertson a half inning later, Featherston whacked his first homer of the season to centerfield to knot the score, again, at 6-6.

The two clubs traded a trio of runs in the last of the seventh and in the top of the eight. Northwest Arkansas capitalized on three walks and a hit batsman in the eighth frame to make it a 9-9 score, the second tie of the game.

Starter, Gerson Garabito worked the first three innings and allowed four runs to score for the Cardinals on six hits while the Naturals tagged Springfield starter, Evan Kruczynski for six runs on nine hits over 5.2 innings.

Relievers, Grant Gavin, Walker Sheller and Andrew Beckwith combined to bridge the middle frames with Gavin tossing three innings and Sheller and Beckwith each pitching one. Yunior Marte (0-2, 6.23 ERA) is saddled with his second defeat of the season.

Northwest Arkansas pounded out 15 hits including a season-high six extra-base hits and batted 7-for-14 with runners in scoring position. The Naturals are hitting .421 with runners in scoring position against the Cardinals this year.

The Naturals look to snap the club's four-game losing streak in the second game of the four-game series against Springfield on Friday, April 12 at Hammons Field. Right-hander, Ofreidy Gomez (0-0, 5.79 ERA) makes his second start of the season against right-hander, Harold Arauz (0-0, 4.05 ERA) for the Cardinals.

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NW ArkansasABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOLOBPOAAVG

D.J. Burt, LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 .211

Nick Heath, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222

Khalil Lee, CF-LF 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 2 0 .333

Gabriel Cancel, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 .259

Samir Duenez, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 .231

Emmanuel Rivera, 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 .258

Meibrys Viloria, C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 .174

Taylor Featherston, SS 3 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 .484

Anderson Miller, RF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .400

Travis Jones, 1B 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 .250

Gerson Garabito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Grant Gavin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Walker Sheller, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Andrew Beckwith, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Yunior Marte, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals381115402117915256.274

SpringfieldABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOLOBPOAAVG

Irving Lopez, 2B 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 .269

Dylan Carlson, CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 .367

Evan Mendoza, 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 .214

Johan Mieses, RF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 .120

Conner Capel, LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 .321

Elehuris Montero, 3B 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 4 2 2 .194

Scott Hurst, DH 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .103

Kramer Robertson, SS 3 4 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 .320

Jose Godoy, C 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 .200

Evan Kruczynski, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Will Latcham, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Merandy Gonzalez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Jacob Patterson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals4012154021151121279.235

BATTING2B : Miller (1, Kruczynski); Featherston (3, Kruczynski); Burt (1, Kruczynski); Rivera, E (2, Kruczynski).

HR : Featherston (1, 6th inning off Kruczynski, 0 on, 1 out); Cancel (1, 4th inning off Kruczynski, 1 on, 1 out).

TB : Burt 3; Cancel 4; Dueñez; Featherston 7; Jones, T 2; Lee; Miller 4; Rivera, E 2; Viloria.

RBI : Burt 2 (2); Cancel 3 (7); Dueñez 2 (6); Featherston 2 (8); Jones, T (2); Lee (6).

2-out RBI : Burt; Dueñez 2.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Lee 2; Rivera, E; Dueñez.

SF : Cancel.

Team RISP : 7-for-14.

Team LOB : 9.

BASERUNNINGSB : Miller (2, 2nd base off Gonzalez, Me/Godoy); Burt (2, 2nd base off Patterson/Godoy).

CS : Burt (2, 2nd base by Kruczynski/Godoy).

PO : Burt (1st base by Kruczynski).

FIELDINGE : Featherston 2 (3, throw, missed catch); Rivera, E (2, fielding).

Outfield assists : Miller (Capel at 3rd base).

BATTING2B : Lopez, I (4, Garabito); Carlson (5, Gavin); Montero, E (3, Garabito); Godoy (1, Sheller).

HR : Robertson (3, 5th inning off Gavin, 1 on, 2 out); Lopez, I (2, 9th inning off Marte, Y, 1 on, 1 out).

TB : Capel 3; Carlson 3; Godoy 3; Hurst; Lopez, I 6; Mendoza, E; Montero, E 3; Robertson 5.

RBI : Godoy 3 (3); Lopez, I 3 (4); Montero, E 2 (2); Robertson 3 (7).

2-out RBI : Robertson 3; Lopez, I; Montero, E; Godoy 3.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Carlson 2; Lopez, I; Montero, E; Mieses 2; Godoy 2.

SAC : Hurst.

Team RISP : 6-for-14.

Team LOB : 9.

BASERUNNINGSB : Robertson (1, 2nd base off Garabito/Viloria); Hurst (1, 3rd base off Garabito/Viloria).

FIELDINGOutfield assists : Capel (Featherston at 3rd base); Mieses (Rivera, E at home).

Pickoffs : Kruczynski (Burt at 1st base).

NW ArkansasIPHRERBBSOHRBFERA

Gerson Garabito 3.0 6 4 4 3 4 0 18 6.43

Grant Gavin 3.0 3 2 2 0 5 1 12 3.86

Walker Sheller 1.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 7 6.00

Andrew Beckwith 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4.50

Yunior Marte (L, 0-2)(BS, 1) 0.1 2 3 2 0 0 1 4 6.23

Totals8.11512105112463.44

SpringfieldIPHRERBBSOHRBFERA

Evan Kruczynski 5.1 9 6 6 3 8 2 25 9.64

Will Latcham 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 10 8.44

Merandy Gonzalez (BS, 2) 1.1 4 3 3 3 0 0 11 22.50

Jacob Patterson (W, 1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.71

Totals9.0151111792477.49

WP : Gonzalez, Me 2.

Balk : Beckwith.

HBP : Featherston (by Latcham).

Pitches-strikes : Garabito 76-47; Gavin 38-29; Sheller 24-13; Beckwith 21-11; Marte, Y 13-8; Kruczynski 99-57; Latcham 43-23; Gonzalez, Me 43-21; Patterson 4-3.

Groundouts-flyouts : Garabito 1-2; Gavin 1-2; Sheller 1-0; Beckwith 2-0; Marte, Y 1-1; Kruczynski 0-2; Latcham 3-1; Gonzalez, Me 2-2; Patterson 0-0.

Batters faced : Garabito 18; Gavin 12; Sheller 7; Beckwith 5; Marte, Y 4; Kruczynski 25; Latcham 10; Gonzalez, Me 11; Patterson.

Inherited runners-scored : Gonzalez, Me 2-2; Patterson 2-0.

Umpires : HP: Tyler Olson. 1B: Mike Carroll. 3B: Jeff Gorman.

Weather : 57 degrees, Partly Cloudy.

Wind : 16 mph, L To R.

First pitch : 7:18 PM.

T : 3:37.

Att : 5,743.

Venue : Hammons Field.

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