Travs Rally Past Naturals, 13-7

North Little Rock, AR-Two late five run innings propelled the Arkansas Travelers to a 13-7 victory over the NW Arkansas Naturals on Wednesday night at Dickey-Stephens Park. Down as many as five runs in the fifth inning and four runs in the seventh, the Travs were able to avoid a sweep in the three game series. The rally from five down matched the biggest come from behind win of the season for the Travs and was their 28^th overall comeback win of the season. The pair of five run innings contained a total of six hits, six walks and three hit batters. The five run rally in the seventh inning began after there were two out and none on.
Moments That Mattered
* The Naturals built their lead to five with a pair of runs in the fifth inning on a steal of home (part of a double steal) and an RBI double by Kort Peterson, his third RBI of the night. But Nathan Bannister was able to get out of that inning and then worked a perfect sixth.
* Chris Mariscal tied the game with a two-run single off the glove of a diving Peterson in right-center.
* Joseph Odom followed Mariscal's hit with a go-ahead double into the left-center field gap to score Dario Pizzano for the lead.
Notable Travs Performances
* RF Eric Filia: 3-4, 2 runs, BB, 2 RBI
* 1B Joey Curletta: 3-4, 2 runs, BB, 2 RBI
* C Joseph Odom: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Up Next
The Travs hit the road to Tulsa for a four game series beginning Thursday night at 7:05. RH Ashton Goudeau (0-2, 6.17) will get the start against former Trav RH Justin DeFratus (3-3, 4.30). The game will be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.