Northwest Arkansas Naturals (7-7) @ Springfield Cardinals (3-12) RHP Jon Heasley (0-0, 1.93 ERA) vs LHP Domingo Robles (0-0, 2.81 ERA) Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 • 6:05 p.m. • Hammons Field • Springfield, Missouri Game 15 of 120 • Road Game 9 (5-3) • Night Game 14 (7-6) Streak: W1 • Last 5: 2-3 • Last 10: 5-5 • Home Record: 2-4 • Day Record: 0-1 • North Record: 7-6 • South Record: 0-0 Listen: https://www.milb.com/springfield/team/broadcast-affiliates • Watch: MiLB.tv HEAD TO HEAD STATISTICS REPORT NATURALS HITTING LEADERS QUICK FACTS NATURALS CARDINALS NATURALS CARDINALS GAMES ......................................................... 3 Tied (14) Founded .....................................................................................2008 .223 (7th) AVG .247 (1st) 3.66 (2nd) ERA 6.65 (10th) AT-BATS ............................................Bobby Witt Jr. (58) Colors ....................................................................Navy, Red and Gold 68 (7th) R 57 (10th) 1.37 (6th) WHIP 1.67 (10th) RUNS ..................................................Rudy Martin (10) League ............................................... Double-A Central (Since 2021) 100 (9th) H 123 (4th) .236 (6th) AVG .265 (10th) HITS ....................................................Rudy Martin (14) Ownership ................................................Rich Entertainment Group 18 (2nd) HR 15 (5th) 120.1 (10th) IP 130.0 (8th) TOTAL BASES .......................................Nick Pratto (32) General Manager ........................................ Justin Cole (8th Season) 82 (1st) BB 49 (10th) 16 (T-7th) HR 19 (9th) DOUBLES .............................................Rudy Martin (3) Home Ballpark (Capacity) ............................Arvest Ballpark (7,305) 142 (3rd) K 139 (2nd) 59 (3rd) BB 81 (10th) TRIPLES .......................................... Blanco & Pratto (1) Dimensions ................................................. LF- 327 CF- 400 RF- 325 26 (1st) SB 5 (10th) 139 (9th) K 148 (T-6th) HOME RUNS ...........................................Nick Pratto (5) RUNS BATTED IN ..............................MJ Melendez (12) ROYALS AFFILIATE REPORT NATURALS HISTORY VS. CARDINALS WALKS .................................................Nick Pratto (12) Kansas City Royals (MLB) STRIKEOUTS ....................................Bobby Witt Jr. (18) 20-23 /.465 (3rd - AL Central, -6.0) 2021 at Northwest Arkansas............................................................................0-0 (.000) STOLEN BASES ...............................Blanco & Witt Jr. (6) 5/21: 7-5 L vs. Detroit 2021 at Springfield............................................................................................2-1 (.000) AVG..................................................Rudy Martin (.378) 5/22: vs. Detroit / 3:10 PM CT NWA ALL-TIME vs. Springfield Cardinals .................................................199-186 (.517) OBP .................................................Rudy Martin (.521) Omaha Storm Chasers (Triple-A East) NWA ALL-TIME at Northwest Arkansas .....................................................119-71 (.626) 8-7 / .533 (3rd – Midwest, -2.0) SLG ....................................................Nick Pratto (.640) NWA ALL-TIME at Springfield .....................................................................50-115 (.410) 5/21: 9-8 L @ Iowa OPS ................................................Rudy Martin (1.061) 5/22: @ Iowa / 7:08 PM CT DATE H/R SCORE WP LP SV Quad City River Bandits (High-A Central) 5/18 R W, 2-1 Núñez Bosiokovic Dye NATURALS PITCHING LEADERS 11-4 / .733 (1st – West, +3.5) 5/19 R L, 8-7 Walsh Coleman - 5/21: 5-1 W @ Peoria WINS ..............................................Bowlan & Núñez (2) 5/2: @ Peoria / 6:35 PM CT 5/20 R PPD/Rain LOSSES ...........................................Gray & Woods Jr. (2) Columbia Fireflies (Low-A East) 5/21 R W, 15-5 Marsh Leahy - ERA ..........................................Jonathan Bowlan (1.65) 5/22 R 9-7 / .438 (T-1st – South, +2.0) WHIP .......................................Jonathan Bowlan (0.98) 5/21: 6-2 L @ Kannapolis 5/23 R 5/2: @ Kannapolis / 6:00 PM CT 6/29 R AVG.................................................... Alec Marsh (.203) 6/30 R GAMES ...............................................Ándres Núñez (6) 6/30 R STARTS ........................................................... 4 Tied (3) Surprise Royals (RK) TBD 7/1 R COMPLETE GAMES .................................................TBD 7/2 R SHUTOUTS ..............................................................TBD 7/3 R GAMES FINISHED ............................Dylan Coleman (4) Dominican Royals (RK) 7/4 R HOLDS ............................................. Carlos Sanabria (3) TBD 8/24 H SAVES ..............................................................3 Tied (1) 8/25 H INNINGS..................................Jonathan Bowlan (16.1) 8/26 H PCOMING ROBABLES 8/27 H HITS ...........................................Stephen Woods Jr. (14) U P 8/28 H RUNS .....................................Martinez & Woods Jr. (10) Sunday, May 23th at Springfield - 1:35 p.m. RHP Jonathan Bowlan (2-0, 1.65 ERA) vs. RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 2.84 ERA) 8/29 H EARNED RUNS ......................Martinez & Woods Jr. (10) RADIO: nwanaturals.com 9/14 H HOME RUNS .................................Marcelo Martinez (5) TV: MiLB.tv 9/15 H HIT BATTERS ................................Núñez & Sanabria (2) Tuesday, May 25th vs. San Antonio - 7:05 p.m. 9/16 H RHP Marcelo Martinez (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. TBD WALKS ........................................Stephen Woods Jr. (8) RADIO: nwanaturals.com 9/17 H STRIKEOUTS ........................................Alec Marsh (23) TV: MiLB.tv 9/18 H Wednesday, May 26th vs. San Antonio - 7:05 p.m. 9/19 H RHP Alec Marsh (1-1, 3.38 ERA) vs. TBD YESTERDAY’S GAME RADIO: nwanaturals.com NATURALS PR DEPARTMENT • [email protected] R H E LOB TV: MiLB.tv Dustin Dethlefs – Director, Marketing & PR – [email protected] Northwest Arkansas 15 16 0 7 Thursday, May 27th vs. San Antonio - 7:05 p.m. Adam Annaratone – Creative Services Coordinator – [email protected] RHP Stephen Woods Jr. (0-2, 12.27 ERA) vs. TBD Springfield 5 16 1 11 RADIO: nwanaturals.com Nicholas Badders – Radio Broadcaster/Media Relations – [email protected] Win: Marsh (1-1) Loss: Leahy (0-3) Save: None TV: MiLB.tv MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY THIS WEEK IN 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20 5/21 5/22 5/23 OFF @ Springfield @ Springfield @ Springfield @ Springfield @ Springfield @ Springfield NATURALS BASEBALL W, 2-1 L, 8-7 PPD/Rain W, 15-5 6:05 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 2 THEY WOKE UP AND CHOSE OFFENSE YOU WANNA SEE SOME REAL SPEED? NUMERICAL QUICK ROSTER After falling on a walkoff home run by Nolan Gorman in the Through 14 games in 2021, the Naturals have stolen 26 bases. # PLAYER POS B/T • Dairon Blanco and Bobby Witt Jr. are tied for second in all 1 Martin, Rudy OF L/L conclusion of the suspended game, the Naturals stormed back 2 Melendez, MJ C L/R in the originally scheduled game with a 15-5 win. of Double-A with six steals each... Only Amarillo’s Jake 3 Castellano, Angelo INF R/R • All four of the Naturals’ Top-30 Royals prospects that are McCarthy has more successful steals (7-for-8). 7 Witt Jr., Bobby INF R/R hitters each homered... Three from Nick Pratto and one each • As a team, the Naturals are 26-for-35 (74%) in stolen base 8 Jones, Travis OF R/R attempts.... 26 is tops both in the Double-A Central and 9 Bewley, Brhet INF R/R from Bobby Witt Jr., Brewer Hicklen and MJ Melendez. 12 Dungan, Clay INF L/R • Six home runs falls one short of the club record for home across all 30 Double-A teams... Ranks T-23rd in all of MiLB. 15 Blanco, Dairon OF R/R runs by the team in a game of seven, which was set in 16 Heasley, Jon RHP R/R PITCHCRAFT 18 Hicklen, Brewer OF R/R Springfield on July 23, 2013. 19 Del Rosario, Yefri RHP R/R • Two of Pratto’s three home runs were part of back-to-back While still early in the season, the Naturals pitching staff is one 21 Carrasco, Dennicher INF R/R homers, once with Melendez and once with Witt Jr. 22 Woods Jr., Stephen RHP R/R of the best in Double-A... Out of 30 teams, the staff ranks: • It was the first multi-homer game of Pratto’s career. 23 Dye, Josh LHP L/L • 9th in ERA (3.66)... 15th in WHIP (1.37)... 19th in AVG (.36) • It was also the 4th three-homer game in Naturals history... 24 Marsh, Alec RHP R/R • Only eight teams rank above or tied with Northwest Arkansas 25 Stupienski, Gavin C L/R Last: Taylor Featherston on July 20, 2019 in Amarillo. in all three pitching categories... 26 Cropley, Tyler C R/R • 13 of the 15 runs came with two outs, including all six of the 27 Coleman, Dylan RHP R/R • Jonathan Bowlan’s 0.98 WHIP ranks sixth in the Double-A, Naturals’ six home runs. 28 Gray, Peyton RHP R/R Central, while Alec Marsh’s opponent’s batting average of 29 Garcia, Robert LHP R/L .203 ranks ninth. 31 Adams, Derrick LHP L/L NEW SEASON, NEW SKIPPER 32 Pratto, Nick INF L/L Scott Thorman takes the reigns of the Naturals for the 2021 38 Martinez, Marcelo LHP L/L I’M COMIN’ HOME AGAIN 44 Bowlan, Jonathan RHP R/R season, the fifth manager in franchise history... Thorman, 50, 45 Núñez, Ándres RHP R/R held the same position with Wilmington (A+) in 2019. RHP Dylan Coleman pitched collegiately at Missouri State 57 Sanabria, Carlos RHP R/R • He managed the Surprise Saguaros in the prestigious Arizona University in Springfield for three seasons... The Bears share a Fall League in 2019... Travis Jones and Brewer Hicklen both home