NATURALS TAKE GAME ONE; GAME TWO SUSPENDED
TULSA, Okla. - The Naturals and the Tulsa Drillers lined up to play a double-header tonight in ONEOK Field from a rain-out on April 29 at ONEOK Field. Northwest Arkansas took game one, scoring twice in the top of the seventh inning for a 4-2 final. In the night cap,
TULSA, Okla. - The Naturals and the Tulsa Drillers lined up to play a double-header tonight in ONEOK Field from a rain-out on April 29 at ONEOK Field. Northwest Arkansas took game one, scoring twice in the top of the seventh inning for a 4-2 final. In the night cap, the Naturals tied the score at 2-2 on an error and the game went into suspension during the top of the eighth inning with Naturals coming to hit.
In the opener of the twin-bill, Northwest Arkansas (34-31) took 2-0 lead off the Drillers right-hander,
Left-hander,
The Naturals captured late-inning magic in the seven-inning affair. Donnie Dewees singled with one-out off reliever
In game two, Tulsa struck first with two runs in the first inning off starter,
Northwest Arkansas broke in to the Drillers lead in the fourth inning. Duenez doubled into the right-centerfield gap and scored a batter later on a single to centerfield by newly acquired,
The Naturals tied the game in the top of the seventh inning at 2-2. Dini reached on a infield single, moved to third base on a ground ball single by Lopez that skipped off the glove of the diving third baseman,
The game was official ruled as suspended at 11:06 p.m. and will be resumed tomorrow evening prior to the originally scheduled fourth game of the series. The start time for the suspended game will be resumed at 5:00 p.m. at ONEOK Field.
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Join the Voice of the Naturals Benjamin Kelly at 4:45 p.m. for a pregame show, leading up to the resumption of the suspended game on the flagship station of the Naturals, 92.1-FM, the Ticket.
Northwest Arkansas continues the series with the Tulsa Drillers (32-32) with a double-header on Thursday night from ONEOK Field. Game one is slated for a 5:30 p.m. first pitch with the second seven-inning game of the twin bill to follow approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the opener.
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