San Antonio Takes Series with 10-1 Win Over the Drillers
The Tulsa Drillers entered Thursday's series finale in San Antonio hoping for a win to claim a series victory against the Missions, who own the best record in the Texas League. Those hopes were quickly dashed as San Antonio scored two first-inning runs and coasted to a 10-1 victory.The Missions
The Tulsa Drillers entered Thursday's series finale in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Antonio hoping for a win to claim a series victory against the Missions, who own the best record in the Texas League. Those hopes were quickly dashed as <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Antonio scored two first-inning runs and coasted to a 10-1 victory.
The Missions jumped on the Drillers early, scoring in each of the first three innings against starting pitcher
In the second,
A bad-hop base hit set the stage for a three-run homer from
Reliever
The offensive output from the Missions resumed in the sixth when
The Drillers only run of the night came in the ninth inning when
WHAT YOU MISSED
The win was the 30th of the season for the Missions who own the best record in the Texas League.
The loss for the Drillers dropped their record to 23-23.
With the loss, the Drillers have now gone six straight series without claiming a series victory. The last series win came against <st1:place w:st="on">Northwest Arkansas when the Drillers won four of five games from April 27-30.
The Drillers placed infielder
*Keibert Ruiz did not play in the game, keeping his hitting streak intact at 12 straight games.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Drillers will now head further south to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Corpus Christi to begin a three-game series with the Hooks over the Memorial Day Weekend. The two teams will play Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Friday's series opener will begin at 7:05 p.m. at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Corpus Christi's Whataburger Field. The starting pitchers are slated to be:
TUL
SAN Cionel Perez (4-1, 1.87 ERA)