Clark Gone - Travs Series

Clark Promoted
After struggling early, local favorite Cody Clark started wielding a hot bat just recently. Probably on the strength of his recently improved hitting, his always solid defense, and his experience, Clark was called up to replace Matt Tupman, who was promoted to the MLB team in John Buck's absence. It's likely that the call-up will be temporary, but Clark is making the most of the opportunity. In his first game with the O-Royals he went 2/3 with a triple and a home run. Maybe we won't see Cody Clark in NWA anymore this season.

Travs Series
It appears that the Naturals of the first 18 games of the season reappeared for the third installment of the Diamond Series. The Naturals were able to scratch out a single win during the 4 game set, the first road victory for either team so far in the season series (home team is now 11-1 in the series).

The Nats displayed statistics eerily similar to those we saw during the first 18 games of the season. They didn't hit for power (4 2b and 1 hr in 4 games), they struck out (26 K's), they didn't walk (10 BB). During the 4 games, they scored only 8 runs - not pretty.

Alumni Update
While Clark had a solid season debut with Omaha, the same cannot be said for Carlos Rosa. After being unhittable in AA, Rosa struggled in his first outing with the O-Royals. He went only 3 innings, allowing 8 hits and 5 earned runs. He did manage to strike out 4 and issued 0 walks, so there are a few good things to take away from the poor outing.

Devon Lowery has continued to impress in Omaha, though. He's thrown 12 1/3 innings in 6 appearances, posting a .73 ERA (he's still only allowed one run). and a .97 WHIP.

Like Rosa, Roman Colon hasn't had a good go of things in Omaha so far. He's allowed 7 earned runs in 10 innings of work.

The Nats return
The Nats will be back in Arvest Ballpark Wednesday to begin a 6-game non-divisional homestand against Midland and Frisco. Wednesday will be Daniel Cortes' first home start since he went on the DL weeks ago, so Wednesday's game will be worth catching to see him go. He had a solid outing in his return against Tulsa, and will look to improve tomorrow.