DRILLERS USE FOUR-RUN SIXTH TO DOOM NATURALS
TULSA, Okla. - All it took for the Drillers on Saturday night was two pitches in the sixth inning. Jacob Scavuzzo hit a three-run home run off starter, Foster Griffin , and DJ Peters followed up on the next offering with a solo shot to rightfield to catalyze Tulsa to
TULSA, Okla. - All it took for the Drillers on Saturday night was two pitches in the sixth inning.
Griffin (3-7, 5.71) pitched brilliantly through the first five innings. The southpaw allowed just four hits through the first five and posted a streak of six straight hitters retired in the fourth and fifth frames. But the third time through the line-up proved to be fatal for Griffin as the Drillers used the long ball to take the lead.
Northwest Arkansas (33-35) scored in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by
The Naturals conclude the first half of play with the first two games of the four game set against the Arkansas Travelers (35-33), trailing by two games in the standings. Right-hander,
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