Cardinals Sweep Doubleheader in Tulsa Friday Night
TULSA, OK – Of the 14 innings in which the Springfield Cardinals (17-8) batted on Friday night, they scored two or more runs in six of them as swept a doubleheader from the Tulsa Drillers (11-13) 9-4 and 7-4 on Friday night at ONEOK Field in downtown Tulsa. The Cardinals
TULSA, OK – Of the 14 innings in which the Springfield Cardinals (17-8) batted on Friday night, they scored two or more runs in six of them as swept a doubleheader from the Tulsa Drillers (11-13) 9-4 and 7-4 on Friday night at ONEOK Field in downtown Tulsa. The Cardinals have won three of the first four in their six game series against the Drillers this week.
Decisions:
Game 1:
W: Trent Baker (2-1)
L: Orlando Ortiz-Mayr (1-2)
Game 2:
W: Max Rajcic (3-2)
L: Kendall Williams (1-2)
S: Andre Granillo (2)
Notables:
- The Cardinals are 4-0 in scheduled doubleheaders so far this season.
- Springfield leadoff man Bryan Torres extended his on-base streak to 20 games to start the season with three hits in the doubleheader. Torres also swiped his team-leading 10th bag of the season in game two.
- Cardinals shortstop Jeremy Rivas has now reached base in 16 straight games with hits in each game.
- With three RBIs on the night, Nathan Church now has a team-high 21 on the season.
- Springfield’s game one starter Edwin Nuñez set a new career high with 4.0 IP. He did not allow a hit or a run and struck out three batters.
- Game two starter Max Rajcic retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced.
- Matt Carpenter made his first rehab appearance with Springfield and went 1-for-2 with a double and a sacrifice fly in game one of the doubleheader.
- Of the 13 Cardinal hitters that had a plate appearance, 10 had either a hit or an RBI.
On Deck:
- Saturday, May 4: SPR: RHP Ian Bedell (1-1, 6.05) vs TUL RHP Yon Castro (0-0, 0.00)
- Broadcast on Classic Rock 106.7, classicrock1067.fm, SpringfieldCardinals.com, and MiLB.TV