Drillers Top Naturals for Sixth Straight Win
TULSA - The Tulsa Drillers continued their winning ways Saturday night at ONEOK Field, scoring four times in the fifth inning to defeat Northwest Arkansas 5-1. The victory was the sixth straight for the Drillers, their longest winning streak of the season.There was also good news from Arkansas as Springfield
TULSA - The Tulsa Drillers continued their winning ways Saturday night at ONEOK Field, scoring four times in the fifth inning to defeat Northwest Arkansas 5-1. The victory was the sixth straight for the Drillers, their longest winning streak of the season.
There was also good news from Arkansas as Springfield blanked the first-place Travelers 1-0, allowing the Drillers to move to within 4.5 games of the top spot in the North Division standings of the Texas League.
The Drillers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning.
The Naturals got a run off Tulsa starting pitcher
Tulsa blew the game open with its four-run fifth. The first two came on a two-run homer from
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Bowden had his best outing of the season to pick up his first win. The former major leaguer allowed just one run on four hits and two walks while striking out five.
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It was not as good a night for Hernandez, the Naturals starter. He was charged with five runs in five innings. They were the first earned runs he had allowed at the Double-a level this season.
The Drillers will conclude their current home stand Sunday night with a fourth meeting with the Naturals. Tulsa will be off on Memorial Day before beginning a six-game road trip on Tuesday. The trip will include three games in Springfield with the Cardinals, followed by three games in North Little Rock with Arkansas.
UP NEXT: Northwest Arkansas at Tulsa, Sunday, May 26, 7:05 PM at ONEOK Field. LHP