Caughel Carries Travs to Shutout of Naturals

Lindsey Caughel pitched seven scoreless innings for his eighth win of the season

Lindsey Caughel won for the fifth time in his last seven starts. (Mark Wagner)

July 26, 2017

North Little Rock, AR-Lindsey Caughel pitched seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts while allowing only three hits leading the Travelers to their eighth shutout of the season in a 5-0 win over Northwest Arkansas. Caughel improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts with an ERA of 1.51 in that

North Little Rock, AR-Lindsey Caughel pitched seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts while allowing only three hits leading the Travelers to their eighth shutout of the season in a 5-0 win over Northwest Arkansas. Caughel improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts with an ERA of 1.51 in that time. Caughel and Anthony Misiewicz, Monday night's starter, have combined to pitched 15 scoreless innings to open the series. Offensively, Arkansas came up empty on multiple early opportunities but finally broke through in the sixth before tacking on four more with two out in the seventh.
Moments That Mattered

Kyle Waldrop got the Travs on the board with a single through the right side on a 3-0 pitch with one out in the sixth.
Arkansas took advantage of two walks and an error early in the seventh inning with a pair of clutch two out hits from Tyler Marlette (2 RBIs) and Waldrop (1 RBI) with the fourth run of the inning scoring on an errant throw at the end of Waldrop's hit.

Notable Travs Performances

RHP Lindsey Caughel: Win, 7 IP, 3 H, 7 K
C Tyler Marlette: 2-4, run, 2 RBIs
RF Kyle Waldrop: 2-4, 2 RBIs
1B Ryan Casteel: 2-4, double

Up Next
The Travelers go for a sweep of the three game series on Wednesday night. Right-hander Justin DeFratus (3-5, 5.02) starts opposite righty Corey Ray (6-7, 4.33). First pitch is set for 7:10 and it is $1 hot dog night and a college night at Dickey-Stephens Park. The game will be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.