Drillers Earn Another Big Win to Split Series
AMARILLO, TX – The Tulsa Drillers ended a two-game skid by using another big offensive performance against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Sunday evening at HODGETOWN. After setting a new season high by scoring 17 runs in game one of Friday’s doubleheader, Tulsa came within two runs of that feat
AMARILLO, TX – The Tulsa Drillers ended a two-game skid by using another big offensive performance against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Sunday evening at HODGETOWN. After setting a new season high by scoring 17 runs in game one of Friday’s doubleheader, Tulsa came within two runs of that feat on Sunday by earning a 15-2 win.
The lopsided victory was the third time in the series that Tulsa scored over ten runs as the Drillers earned a series split with the Sod Poodles.
The Drillers saw production from the nine spot in the lineup to produce the first runs of the night. Brendon Davis began the third inning with a single, and ninth-place hitter Brandon Lewis followed with a two-run homer that gave Tulsa a lead it would not give up.
One inning later, Diego Cartaya increased the margin to 3-0 with a ground-rule double that scored Jose Ramos from second base. The hit by Cartaya was the final hit the Drillers earned in the inning as Tulsa scored four more runs on a passed ball, a bases-loaded walk, a sacrifice fly and an error to take a 7-0 lead.
Ramos added to the lead in the sixth inning with a three-run homer.
Taylor Young drove in the 11th run with a single in the seventh inning to put the Drillers ahead 11-0.
One inning later, Cartaya drove in his second and third runs of the game with a two-run homer.
In the ninth inning, Dalton Rushing and Damon Keith drove in two final runs with a double and a single.
INSIDE THE GAME
*Jared Karros had a career night in his fifth start for the Drillers on Sunday evening. The UCLA product tossed five shutout innings and allowed only four baserunners. He also struck out a career-high nine batters and recorded his second Double A win.
*The Drillers used four pitchers from the bullpen to close out the win, with Jack Little and Logan Boyer recording scoreless outings.
*Tulsa is now 9-0 when scoring over ten runs this season.
*The Drillers led all 30 Double-A teams in scoring this week with 50 total runs. They also led the Texas League with nine home runs.
*Six of the nine Tulsa hitters recorded multi-hit games and scored multiple runs.
*S.P. Chen drove in the Sod Poodles first run of the night in the seventh inning with a double off Antonio Knowles. Chen also drove in Amarillo’s second run with a single in the ninth inning.
*After winning Tuesday’s series opener, former Driller Cole Percival completed just three innings for Amarillo, giving up two runs on five hits. He needed 78 pitches to complete the three innings.
UP NEXT:
The Drillers will return home to ONEOK Field to begin a key series against the Arkansas Travelers on Tuesday night. The series will be important in determining the first-half champion in the Texas League North Division. Game one is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and the starting pitchers are slated to be:
ARK- RHP Jimmy Joyce (0-2, 4.15 ERA)
TUL – LHP Justin Wrobleski (4-2, 3.34 ERA)