Sanchez, Team Offensive Effort Lead to Shutout Win

North Little Rock, AR-The Arkansas Travelers pitched their fourth shutout of the season, defeating the Amarillo Sod Poodles, 6-0 on Saturday night at Dickey-Stephens Park in front of a crowd of 6,029. Ricardo Sánchez continued his blistering start by firing seven shutout innings to improve to 4-1 on the year. Art Warren and Dan Altavilla each worked a scoreless frame to finish it off. Arkansas built the lead early scoring all of their runs from the second through fourth innings.
Moments That Mattered
* Nick Zammarelli hit a bases loaded triple in the third inning.
* Sanchez got Jorge Oña to hit into a double play to end a first and third threat in the fourth inning and keep the Sod Poodles at bay.
* Kyle Lewis made a diving catch in right-center field for the first out of the seventh. Later, Jordan Cowan ended the inning with a diving grab of a liner from second base with the bags full.
Notable Travs Performances
* DH Nick Zammarelli: 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI
* LHP Ricardo Sanchez: Win, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 K
News and Notes
* The Travs four shutouts and 2.98 team ERA lead the league.
* All nine batters had at least one hit with seven of the nine reaching base twice.
* There were a combined seven groundball double plays in the game.
Up Next
The Travs look to keep it rolling on Sunday with a 2:10 start. Arkansas has yet to announce their starting pitcher with righty Jesse Scholtens (1-0, 6.35) slated to go for Amarillo. Gates open at noon for a pregame on-field kids clinic with Travs players starting at 12:20. Kids can run the bases after the game as well. The game will also be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.