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Wild Pitches Help Tulsa Past Travs

May 8, 2013 - Texas League (TL1)
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The Travs struck for the games first run in the second inning against Tulsa starter Christian Bergman after Randal Grichuk wrapped he team best fourth triple of the season. One batter later, Taylor Lindsey singled to right field to bring home Grichuk.

Travs starting pitcher Jarrett Grube, who was in search of his fifth win of the season, cruised into the third inning. Grube began the frame with a two strikeouts, but a pair of fielding errors by Lindsey at second helped the Drillers even the score at one.

Tulsa remained active offensively over the middle innings. In the fourth, Angelys Nina hit a solo homer to left, for his second long ball of the season. After Arkansas tied the game in the top of the fifth, Tulsa pushed across three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Cristian Adames doubled to left to plate a run. Kent Matthes followed with an RBI fielder's choice before Kyle Parker did the same.

The Travs did not go quietly. In the aforementioned top of the fifth, Arkansas erased the then one run margin after Travis Witherspoon opened the inning with a single. Witherspoon swiped second and then scored following a fielding error.

In a game that saw the teams combine for six errors, defensive miscues again came to the forefront in the sixth. With two outs Grichuk reached base after the inning was prolonged on a fielding error by third baseman Jayson Langfels. Taking advantage of the extra out, Taylor Lindsey doubled to record his second RBI of the game.

The 5-3 Tulsa lead held up until the eighth inning. With one out, C.J. Cron doubled to leftfield. Then with two outs Grichuk smacked a home run over the wall in left to even the score.

The game stayed tied at five all the way into the eleventh inning. Arkansas reliever Elvin Ramirez, who made his Travs debut by entering in the tenth, allowed a one out single to Tulsa's Jarron Shepherd. Shepherd moved to second on a wild pitch, before Delta Cleary Jr. walked. Ramirez recovered and struck out Adames for out number two and struck out Kent Matthes for what would be third out.

However, the offering from Ramirez was a wild pitch that snuck away from Bandy. Bandy could not locate to loose ball at the backstop. The stray pitch allowed for Matthes to reach, but also Shepherd to scamper home from second as the games winning run.

Tim Sexton pitched a scoreless inning to record the win for the Drillers.

Prior to the winning run scoring, the Arkansas bullpen had thrown 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief of Grube. Josh Judy, Michael Roth, Caleb Graham and Kevin Johnson all pitched scoreless frames.

Grichuk closed the game going 2-for-5 with a triple, a homer and three runs scored. Lindsey turned in a 3-for-5 effort with a double and two runs batted in.

The Travs look to bounce back during the second game of the series at Tulsa on Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. Arkansas sends former Driller Brandon Hynick to the mound against Tulsa's Dan Houston. Coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with the Travs Dugout Show on Sports Animal 920.

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