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Clase's 2 Home Runs Not Enough

Travs drop road finale at Wichita
Jonatan Clase hit two homers in the loss. (Mark Wagner)
May 21, 2023

Wichita, KS—Jonatan Clase homered twice but it wasn’t enough as the Arkansas Travelers fell to the Wichita Wind Surge, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. Clase led off the game with a homer and added another solo shot in the fifth. Kyle Tyler held Wichita without a hit for the first four

Wichita, KS—Jonatan Clase homered twice but it wasn’t enough as the Arkansas Travelers fell to the Wichita Wind Surge, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. Clase led off the game with a homer and added another solo shot in the fifth. Kyle Tyler held Wichita without a hit for the first four innings before they scored three times in the fifth inning to get the lead. A ninth inning rally by the Travs produced one run but stranded the tying run on base.

Moments That Mattered

* Without a hit through the first four innings, Wichita unloaded with four consecutive hits to start the bottom of the fifth. Then with one out, Brooks Lee’s two-run single put the Wind Surge on top.

* Riley Unroe singled home pinch-runner Tanner Kirwer in the ninth to cut it to a one-run game but Jordan Brink came out of the Wichita bullpen to retire the next two hitters and end the game.

Notable Travs Performances

* CF Jonatan Clase: 2-5, 2 runs, 2 HR, 2 RBI

* DH Robert Perez, Jr.: 2-4, 2B

News and Notes

* The Travs have won or split six of their first seven series.

* Clase is the third Trav to hit two homers in a game this season joining Robbie Tenerowicz and Robert Perez, Jr.

Up Next

After a day off Monday, the Travs start a two-week homestand on Tuesday night against the Frisco RoughRiders. Bryan Woo (2-1, 1.85) is scheduled to start for Arkansas against Jack Leiter (2-2, 4.38) for Frisco. It is a Two for Tuesday and a Mug Club Night with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. The game will also be broadcast on 106.7 Buz2, the Bally Live App, milb.tv and mlb.tv.