GLENDINNING DRIVES IN FIVE, BRADLEY HOMERS IN NINTH AS NATURALS WIN 6-5 IN TULSA

TULSA, OK – The Northwest Arkansas Naturals went back-and-forth with the Tulsa Drillers but came out ahead, for a 6-5 win at ONEOK Field on Wednesday night.

Second baseman Robbie Glendinning went 2-for-5 and drove in the first five runs of the game for Northwest Arkansas. Down by a run in the third, he connected on a three-run, go-ahead home run. His 19th homer of the year was not the end of his night offensively, as the Australian added two more runs of insurance in the seventh with a two-run double.

Starting pitcher Anthony Veneziano pitched into the seventh for both the second time this season and his career, with 6.2 innings while striking out eight. Between the second and fourth innings, he retired eight straight and found himself at just 78 pitches through six innings, but ran into trouble in the seventh as the Drillers managed to tie the game up at 5-5 with three runs, just two earned to Veneziano.

After Kasey Kalich recorded the final out of the seventh and threw a scoreless eight, Naturals leadoff hitter Tucker Bradley opened the ninth with a line drive home run to right field, his second in as many nights and 11th of the season to put the Naturals ahead 6-5.

Yefri Del Rosario made quick work of the Drillers in the bottom of the ninth, with a 1-2-3 frame to lock down his sixth save of the year.

Bradley, Glendinning, CJ Alexander and Angelo Castellano each contributed two-hit games, while Alexander scored twice in the winning effort.

John Rave and Luca Tresh each drew two walks as eight of nine Naturals starters in the lineup reached base twice or more while all nine reached at least once.

The Naturals will try and win their second straight game Thursday at 7:05 p.m. CT as right-hander Andrew Hoffmann takes the mound for Northwest Arkansas.