First-Place Drillers Top Frisco for Sixth Straight Win
The Tulsa Drillers continued their winning ways Monday night with a 8-1 victory over Frisco at ONEOK Field, capping the most successful homestand of the season. The victory extended the Drillers season high winning streak to six straight games and gave them a 6-1 record on the homestand. More importantly,
The Tulsa Drillers continued their winning ways Monday night with a 8-1 victory over Frisco at ONEOK Field, capping the most successful homestand of the season. The victory extended the Drillers season high winning streak to six straight games and gave them a 6-1 record on the homestand. More importantly, the result allowed the first-place Drillers to increase their lead to 3.5 games over second-place Arkansas in the Texas League's North Division standings.
The Tulsa offense continued to impress and backed a strong outing by starting pitcher
The Drillers opened the scoring in the bottom of the third.
Frisco would get no closer as the Drillers tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Smith drew a leadoff walk, and Peters followed with his second hit of the night. Walks to
Smith put an exclamation point on the night with a solo home run in the seventh.
It was more than enough offensive support for Lobstein. The former Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates lefthander surrendered only 2 hits and 1 run in 6.2 innings. Lobstein walked just one batter and struck out four while improving his Tulsa record to a perfect 2-0.
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Robinson extended his hitting streak to nine straight games with his sixth-inning single.
Monday's win was the final meeting of the season between the two teams. The Drillers won all six games played in Tulsa, marking only the second time that the Drillers have swept an opponent in a season series at ONEOK Field. The only other time that occurred was in 2016 when they also swept Frisco in all six home games.
The Drillers stayed perfect while wearing the special Tulsa 918 Nights uniforms. They won all five games in which the limited jerseys were worn.
Tulsa has now hit at least one home run in a season high 11 straight games.
*The Drillers made two more roster moves before the start of the game. Pitcher Justin De Fratus and infielder
UP NEXT
The Drillers will open a four-game series in Northwest Arkansas Wednesday night against the Naturals. Starting time for the opener at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, Arkansas is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. The pitching matchup will be:
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