Hence Dominates Drillers, Cards Snap Four-Game Skid
TULSA, OK – Tink Hence set new career highs in strikeouts (10) and innings (7.0) as the Springfield Cardinals silenced the Tulsa Drillers (10-11) 6-2 at ONEOK Field on Tuesday night in downtown Tulsa. With the win the Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak and concluded the month of April
Tink Hence was absolutely UNREAL tonight. The #Cardinals number one prospect goes a career-long seven innings while striking out a career-high 10 batters.
— Springfield Cardinals (@Sgf_Cardinals) May 1, 2024
Final line: 7.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 10 K pic.twitter.com/qllzh5Uudo
TULSA, OK – Tink Hence set new career highs in strikeouts (10) and innings (7.0) as the Springfield Cardinals silenced the Tulsa Drillers (10-11) 6-2 at ONEOK Field on Tuesday night in downtown Tulsa. With the win the Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak and concluded the month of April with a 15-7 record.
Decisions:
W: Tink Hence (3-0)
L: Just Wrobleski (1-1)
Notables:
- Along with setting career highs in strikeouts and innings pitched, Cardinals starter Tink Hence allowed just two hits with two walks over his 7.0 IP.
- The right-hander retired 12 in a row from the 3rd to 7th
- Nathan Church extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a double in the first ining.
- Bryan Torres recorded three hits and drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double in the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie and give Springfield a 4-1 lead.
- RJ Yeager drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, giving him 19 RBIs on the season which is tops in the Texas League.
- Springfield matched a season high with three doubles.
- The Cardinals registered their 17th game with at least eight hits.
- The three runs allowed by Cardinal pitching matches a season best.
On Deck:
- Wednesday, May 1 at Tulsa: SPR RHP Tekoah Roby (1-0, 5.68) vs TUL RHP Ben Casparius (1-1, 4.41)
- Broadcast on Classic Rock 106.7, classicrock1067.fm, SpringfieldCardinals.com and MiLB.TV