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Cards Sweep Drillers with Extra-Innings Win

July 26, 2018 - Texas League (TL1)
Tulsa Drillers News Release


The Tulsa Drillers hopes of salvaging a win in their three-game series with the Springfield Cardinals came to an end Wednesday night on a two-out, bloop single by Andy Young in the top of the tenth. Young's timely hit broke a tie and help propel the Cards to a 5-2 win and a three-game sweep over the first-place Drillers at ONEOK Field.

Despite the sweep, Tulsa remains three games in front of second-place Arkansas in the North Division standings of the Texas League.

The Cardinals got the scoring started in Wednesday's finale in the top of the third. With one out, Randy Arozarena doubled off the right-center wall. Evan Mendoza followed with an RBI single to bring home the first run of the game.

This would be the only run that Drillers starting pitcher Kyle Lobstein would surrender in his five innings of work.

The Drillers broke through with a run in the bottom of the fifth to catch the Cardinals. Errol Robinson started the rally with a groundball to shortstop that was over-thrown to first base, allowing Robinson to reach. After he advanced to second on a wild pitch, Keibert Ruiz hit a ball that found its way through the left side of the infield to even things up at 1-1.

A huge opportunity for the Drillers was squandered in the bottom of the seventh. D.J. Peters and Wes Darvill singled, and Robinson walked to load the bases with no outs. But the next three Drillers were retired, stranding all three runners.

The score remained 1-1 until the top of the tenth. With two outs and the bases loaded, Young found a patch of grass in shallow right field that brought home two runs for Springfield. Victor Roache and Jeremy Martinez followed with two more singles to extend the Cardinals lead to 5-1.

The Drillers managed to get a run in the bottom of the tenth, but it was not enough as the Cardinals finished off the 5-2 win and the series sweep.

WHAT YOU MISSED

*Wednesday marks the fourth consecutive start in which Lobstein has allowed only one earned run. His ERA dropped to 2.08 on the season.

*Marshall Kasowski made his Double-A debut out of the bullpen for Tulsa and tossed two scoreless innings. He has made 31 appearances this year between Great Lakes and Rancho Cucamonga, pitching to a 2-1 record with a 1.92 ERA.

*This was only the second time all season that the Drillers were swept. San Antonio took all three games in the series at ONEOK Field from June 29-31.

*The loss drops the Drillers to 2-2 in extra-inning games at ONEOK Field this season.

*The Drillers observed a moment of silence and the Tulsa players wore black arm bands in recognition of Mike Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh was a coach for the Drillers and was tragically killed in a game 11 years ago.

UP NEXT

The Drillers will head to Little Rock for a four-game series against the Travelers starting on Thursday night. First pitch at Dickey-Stephens Ballpark is scheduled for 7:10 PM, with the probable starting pitchers being:

TUL Tony Gonsolin (2-0, 3.00 ERA)

ARK Nathan Bannister (6-7, 6.07 ERA)

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