Springdale, Ark. - Alex Yarbrough collected four base hits on Sunday as the Arkansas Travelers earned their sixth win in seven games with a 5-3 victory over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals at Arvest Ballpark. Extending a hitting streak to 12 games, Yarbrough hit four singles to lead a 13-hit attack for the Travs' second win in a row against the Naturals.

The victory brings the Travs record to 14-16 including a 10-6 record away from Dickey-Stephens Park. The Naturals drop to 11-19 including a 2-12 mark in home games.

The Travs had a base hit from eight of nine starts including two hits apiece from left fielder Zach Borenstein and catcher Jett Bandy, who launched his second homer of the year.

Yeiper Castillo (3-2) got the win after tossing 5.2 innings and allowing just three runs on eight hits and two walks. Castillo also allowed a home run by Mark Threlkeld (5) but struck out five batters.

The Travs scored in the third inning to grab the lead against Benton's Andy Ferguson, making his fourth start for NW Arkansas. Designated hitter Alex Allbritton lined a hit off the left field wall for a single. A sacrifice bunt by Adam Melker and a bloop single by Yarbrough put Allbritton at third base. Then with Yarbrough running on the pitch, Allbritton scored when Zach Borenstein grounded out.

Naturals right fielder Jorge Bonifaco tripled to begin the fourth inning and scored on a one-out single from Whit Merrifield. Castillo then walked Threlkeld moving Merrifield to second base. Jared Schlehuber then sent a rocket toward right-center field that Melker dove for and caught in mid-air. Melker then caught another line drive sent right to him by Angel Franco for the third out.

With one out in the fifth inning the Travs rallied ahead with six consecutive batters reaching base. Melker began the rally with a single off the right-field fence. Yarbrough and Borenstein hit singles to load the bases for Brian Hernandez, who responded with a tie-breaking double to the right-field wall knocking in two runs. Ferguson was replaced by Angel Baez, who Kaleb Cowart greeted with an RBI single to right field for a 4-1 Travs lead.

Cowart's base hit gave him 12 RBI's during a seven-game hitting streak.

Castillo pitched into the sixth inning and allowed a two-run homer by Threlkeld to bring the Naturals within a 4-3 score.

However Bandy crushed a leadoff homer in the eighth off Wilking Rodriguez to increase the lead to 5-3.

The Travs got 2.1 innings of shutout relief from Carmine Giardina, who allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two. David Carpenter earned his second save with two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning.

Time of game was 2:59 and the paid attendance was 5,023.

On Monday night the Travs and Naturals are back at Arvest Ballpark at 7:05 for the third game of the series. Travs lefty Michael Roth (0-3, 5.48) returns to the starting rotation and takes on J.C. Sulburan (1-1, 3.57).