Casteel's 2 Homers Topple Tulsa

North Little Rock, AR-Ryan Casteel blasted a pair of homers and Bryan Evans tossed a strong six and two-thirds innings leading the Arkansas Travelers over the Tulsa Drillers 7-2 on Thursday night at Dickey-Stephens Park in front of 5,250. The loss snapped an eight game winning streak for the Drillers.
Moments That Mattered

• Three hitters into the game, Braden Bishop, batting third for the first time as a Trav, belted a double to right-center field scoring Chuck Taylor.
• Casteel then followed with a two-run shot over the wall in right-center.
• With the lead down to two in the sixth, Ward singled home a run off lefty Michael Johnson to put the Travs firmly back in control of the game.

Notable Travs Performances

• 1B Ryan Casteel: 2-5, 2 runs, 2 HR, 3 RBI
• RF Chuck Taylor: 2-4, run, BB, 2B, RBI
• SS Chris Mariscal: 2-5, 10 game hit streak
• RHP Bryan Evans: Win, 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 8 K, HR

Up Next
Arkansas looks for a split of the four game set with Tulsa on Friday night. Right-hander Lindsey Caughel (9-10, 4.05) starts for the Travs with righty Scott Barlow (6-3, 2.12) scheduled to go for the Drillers. First pitch is at 7:10 and after the game it's the biggest fireworks show of the season with the second annual Pyro in the Park. The game will also be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.