Tulsa Tops Travs, 4-2

North Little Rock, AR-The Arkansas Travelers dropped a second straight game to the Tulsa Drillers, 4-2, on Saturday night at Dickey-Stephens Park in front of a crowd of 7,651 on Faith and Family Night. The Travs never led but did rally to tie at two after being down early only to see Tulsa hit a pair of homers in the late innings. With the loss, the Travs lead in the division over the Drillers falls to 5.5 games with 15 to play and their magic number for a first half championship remains at 11. Nabil Crismatt authored another quality start for the Travs, his third in a row, but took the loss. He was charged with three runs (two earned) on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 6.2 innings.
Moments That Mattered
* Nick Zammarelli got the Travs on the board with a solo homer in the fourth.
* The Travs tied the game with two out in the sixth when Aaron Knapp raced around to score on a four base error. Knapp hit a fly ball to left-center that caromed off the glove of the centerfielder as he and the leftfielder made contact with one another and the ball rolled all the way to the warning track.
* Tulsa answered in the next inning when Logan Landon launched a tiebreaking homer with two out off of Crismatt.
Notable Travs Performances
* RF Nick Zammarelli: 2-4, run, HR, RBI
* RHP Nabil Crismatt: L, 6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, HR
* RHP Robinson Leyer: IP, 2 K
News and Notes
* The consecutive losses match the Travs longest skid of the season. It is just the fourth time they have lost two in a row.
* Logan Taylor extended his hitting streak to 10 with a third inning single. Jake Fraley extended his hit streak to eight with a fifth inning single.
Up Next
Arkansas tries to avoid a sweep on Sunday afternoon with a 2:10 first pitch. Right-hander Justin Dunn (4-2, 3.53) makes the start against righty J.D. Martin (2-4, 5.72). Kids get to run the bases the game which will also be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.