Travs Top Cards in Road Trip Finale
Published on April 22, 2018 under Texas League (TL1)
Springfield Cardinals News Release
North Little Rock, AR - The Arkansas Travelers claimed the series win with a 9-3 victory against the Springfield Cardinals before 3,007 fans at Dickey-Stephens Park on Sunday afternoon.
Making his Double-A debut after six games to start the season with AAA-Memphis, 2B Ramon Urias went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two singles. C Andrew Knizner added to his league-leading .429 batting average with two doubles as well.
After the Travs (8-7) plated a pair with RBI singles from LF Chuck Taylor and 1B Dario Pizzano in the top of the third, the Cardinals (7-8) halved the deficit in the top of the fourth. Facing RHP Andrew Moore (W, 1-0), C Andrew Knizner led off with a double. Two outs later, LF Victor Roache brought home Knizner with an RBI single, bringing Springfield within one run, 2-1.
However, the Travs opened the margin with four runs against RHP Jake Woodford (L, 1-2) in the bottom of the fifth. With two on and one away, 1B Dario Pizzano plated one run with an RBI single, followed by a three-run blast by 2B Chris Mariscal, making it a 6-1 lead.
The Travelers padded the advantage with three more runs in the bottom of the sixth, including an RBI single from Pizzano, an RBI walk by 3B Seth Mejias-Brean and an RBI groundout from CF Andrew Aplin to make it 9-1.
Springfield shaved the deficit in the top of the eighth when a two-run single by 1B John Nogowski brought in CF Lane Thomas and C Andrew Knizner, decreasing the Travelers lead to 9-3.
However, Arkansas RHP Scott Kuzminsky came in for the top of the ninth and dealt a scoreless final frame, closing the 9-3 win for the Travelers.
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