Drillers knock four homers to take series finale on Wednesday

June 20, 2018

TULSA, Ok. -- The Tulsa Drillers connected on four home runs to take a 7-1 win against the Springfield Cardinals before 5,199 fans at Hammons Field on Wednesday afternoon.

The Cardinals (0-2, 33-39) seized the lead right away in the top of the first inning against LHP Devin Smeltzer (W, 4-5). With SS Edmundo Sosa at first and two away, 3B Evan Mendoza launched an RBI double to left-center field, plating Sosa all the way from first base and swinging Springfield into the 1-0 lead.

The Drillers (2-0, 36-36) countered with a pair of runs in the second inning against RHP Jake Woodford (L, 3-8). After a leadoff single from 3B Will Smith, LF Jacob Scavuzzo sent a two-run home run to right field, propelling the Drillers into the 2-1 lead.

Woodford battled back with a scoreless third inning, but SS Drew Jackson lifted a two-run shot to left field in the fourth, increasing the Tulsa advantage to 4-1.

The Drillers powered further in front with a solo home run from 3B Will Smith in the fifth inning and another two-run blast by Jackson in the sixth, stretching the lead to 7-1.

Smeltzer finished his outing with a scoreless sixth, followed by scoreless relief from RHP Karch Kowalczyk in the seventh and eighth and RHP Layne Somsen in the ninth, closing the 7-1 win for Tulsa.
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