Darvill's Homer Beats Naturals
This time last year, Wes Darvill was playing for Winnipeg in the independent American Association. Friday night, he delivered a game-winning home run for the Tulsa Drillers. Darvill's first homer at the Double-A level since 2015 broke a tie game and gave the Drillers a 5-4 win at Northwest Arkansas.
This time last year,
The victory was the eighth in the past nine games for the first-place Drillers and kept them 2.5 games in front of second-place <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Arkansas.
The Drillers took a quick lead in Friday's victory as
The Naturals responded with a run in the bottom of the first, then took the lead with a three-run second inning.
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Tulsa comeback began when Robinson led off the top of the fourth with his seventh home run of the season.
The Drillers tied the game with two more runs in the top of the sixth.
Darvill had made several good defensive plays at third base earlier in the game, but he made the biggest impact with his bat. He deposited the first pitch of the eighth inning from
The <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa bullpen made sure the lead held.
WHAT YOU MISSED
Istler allowed only one his in three shutout, relief innings. He was credited with the victory that evened his record at 2-2.
Jacob Scavuzzo did not play in the game, keeping his 15-game hitting streak alive.
Darvill finished with two hits in four at-bats in the game. Raley led an 11-hit <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa attack with three hits.
The Drillers got home runs from Robinson, Jackson and Darvill and have now hit a home run in 13 straight games.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Drillers and Naturals will continue their series Saturday night with the first pitch scheduled for 6:05 p.m. The pitching matchups are scheduled to be:
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