Thomas Blasts Walk-Off Homer to Complete Unlikely Drillers Comeback
TULSA - The Tulsa Drillers entered the bottom of the ninth down by three runs to the Springfield Cardinals on Thursday night at ONEOK Field. When two quick outs were recorded to start the inning, the Drillers chances of coming back to win the game were slim to none. After
TULSA - The Tulsa Drillers entered the bottom of the ninth down by three runs to the Springfield Cardinals on Thursday night at ONEOK Field. When two quick outs were recorded to start the inning, the Drillers chances of coming back to win the game were slim to none. After a home run cut the deficit to two runs, a double and a walk set up a game-winning, three-run homer by
With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the eighth,
Following the two outs that started the bottom of the ninth,
On a 2-2 count, the former University of Oklahoma quarterback crushed a towering home run to right field, out of the stadium and across Elgin Avenue to provide the dramatic, walk-off win for the Drillers.
Three consecutive singles by the Cardinals led to the game's first run. After Drillers pitcher JoJo Gray retired the first two batters in the top of the fourth,
Gray came in out of the bullpen in the second inning for
Tulsa evened things up in the bottom of the fifth.
WHAT YOU MISSED
Errol Robinson notched two singles on Wednesday and has hit safely in eight out of his last nine games. He is hitting .433 during that stretch.
Michael Boyle retired all six batters he faced out of the Drillers bullpen in two innings of relief.
In the bottom of the second, Cardinals centerfielder
Northwest Arkansas defeated Arkansas to allow the Drillers to pull within one game of the first-place Travelers.
UP NEXT: Springfield at Tulsa, Thursday, August 15, 7:05 PM at ONEOK Field. RHP