After dropping the opener 3-1 to Northwest Arkansas on Monday, starter Logan Clayton and the pen blanked the Naturals in game two to draw even in the final series of the first half.

Gavin Conticello had quite the birthday week against the San Antonio Missions to add on to a hot start to the month of June. It started last week when Conticello, 22, helped the Sod Poodles escape making history by breaking up the Drillers no-hitter in the the seventh inning of a rain shortened game, grounding a 1-0 pitch for Amarillo's first hit of the month. Since then Conticello has slashed .333/.422/.513/.935 in the two series so far this month.

Long time Sod Poodles fans saw a familiar face tonight on the mound, as Luis Patiño returned to Hodgetown for the first time since 2019, this time to face his old team. The Soddies came into Wednesday riding a season-high four game winning streak.

The Series opener against San Antonio was a standoff from the start. Starters Avery Short and Jagger Haynes weren’t perfect by any means most of the night but perfection isn’t necessary in a game like this.

The Amarillo Sod Poodles are back in action at Hodgetown this week against the Missions! Fresh off a 4-2 series victory in Tulsa and three straight victories on the weekend, the Soddies are up against a Missions team that they lead the season series against 5-4. Lets take a look at some hitters in the San Antonio batting order to keep an eye on this week with Diego Garcia, our friend from the East Village Times.

Amarillo put a great weekend together with timely hitting that they had been missing in the previous series, and a great showing from their bullpen.

Just one out away from being no-hit in the series opener on Tuesday, LuJames Groover, Avery Short, and the Sod Poodles had other ideas on Wednesday night.