Arkansas Snaps Tulsa's Winning Streak
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - In a matchup between first and second place teams Thursday night at Dickey Stephens Park, the Tulsa Drillers had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 4-1 loss to Arkansas. The loss kept the second-place Drillers from moving to within ½ game of first place.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - In a matchup between first and second place teams Thursday night at Dickey Stephens Park, the Tulsa Drillers had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 4-1 loss to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arkansas. The loss kept the second-place Drillers from moving to within ½ game of first place. Instead, the first-place Travelers widened their lead to 2 ½ games.
It was the opening game of an eight-game road trip for the Drillers. The trip will include four more games with the Travelers, giving <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa four more opportunities to cut into the first-place lead.
<st1:state w:st="on">Arkansas starting pitcher
The Travelers took an early lead with a two-run first inning and never trailed.
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa's only run came on a solo homer from
WHAT YOU MISSED
Gavin Lux's four-game homer streak came to an end. Lux, who had five home runs in his last four games, finished 0-4.
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa starter
Adam McCreery followed De Fratus to the mound and recorded three strikeouts in 1.1 scoreless innings.
The home run from Santana was his fifth of the season.
*<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa batters struck out a total of 16 times.
UP NEXT: <st1:city w:st="on">Tulsa at <st1:state w:st="on">Arkansas, Friday, May 10, DOUBLEHEADER at 5:10 PM at Dickey Stephens Park in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">North Little Rock, <st1:state w:st="on">AR. RHP