Four RBI Night by Gailen Leads Drillers to 7-6 Win
Springdale, AR - After dropping a long twelve-inning game on Friday night, the Tulsa Drillers looked to bounce back and split the four-game series against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday evening. They would do just that as Blake Gailen led the way with a homer and four RBIs in
Springdale, AR - After dropping a long twelve-inning game on Friday night, the Tulsa Drillers looked to bounce back and split the four-game series against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday evening. They would do just that as Blake Gailen led the way with a homer and four RBIs in the Drillers 7-6 victory.
The Drillers got the scoring started in the top of the second.
With the bases loaded, the next two Northwest Arkansas batters provided a sacrifice fly and a single to narrow their deficit to 3-2. That would be the end of the night for Buehler, who was replaced by Michael Johnson. On Johnson's first pitch,
Buehler's night ended with him pitching 3.2 innings, as he was charged with four runs on three hits. He issued four walks while striking out eight.
The Naturals would tack on a couple in the bottom of the sixth. With Johnson still pitching, the inning started with
The Drillers would then come right back in a big way. In the top of the seventh, Ramos led the inning off with a walk, followed by Beaty singling to center. After it looked like the Naturals would escape the inning with a pair of strikeouts, Gailen delivered in the clutch as he blasted his third home run of the season to tie things up at 6-6.
After a quiet bottom of the seventh, Robinson would make up for the error he had made earlier in the game. With one out in the eighth, he singled, and then stole second, and ended up at third on a throwing error by Naturals catcher Nick Dini. Mejia then knocked him in with an RBI single, giving the Drillers a 7-6 lead.
The Drillers will return home on Sunday night and will face the Arkansas Travelers next in a four-game set.