TL1 Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Sugar Shuts Down Travelers in Win

Published on June 18, 2013 under Texas League (TL1)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release


NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark - Sugar Ray Marimon allowed just two hits in seven innings while Matt Fields drove in three runs as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals began the second half of the 2013 season on a winning note with a 4-0 shutout of the Arkansas Travelers on Tuesday.

Fields got the Naturals on the board with a two out, two-run single in the third inning that scored Brett Eibner and Rey Navarro to give Northwest Arkansas a 2-0 lead. Fields brought home the Naturals' third run of the game in the fifth as Eibner scored on Fields' second single of the game. Brian Fletcher scored on a Cheslor Cuthbert sacrifice fly later in the inning for the final run of the night. Fields went two-for-four with two singles and pushed his team-leading RBI total to 49.

Marimon allowed a one-out single in the fourth and didn't allow another hit until Drew Heid's two-out single in the seventh. Marimon earns his third win of the season, allowing two hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in seven shutout innings. Santiago Garrido, who will represent the Naturals in the Texas League All-Star Game next week, fired two shutout innings in relief, allowing one hit with a strikeout.

Manny Correa is charged with his seventh loss of the season. Correa allowed four runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five innings.

Aaron Brooks (2-0, 3.00 ERA) will attempt to win his third game in as many Double-A starts tomorrow for the Naturals. Lay Batista (3-6, 3.82 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Travelers as they look to avoid a sweep.

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