TL Tulsa Drillers

Drillers Snap Losing Streak with 4-3 Win

Published on August 26, 2022 under Texas League (TL)
Tulsa Drillers News Release


NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Tulsa Drillers snapped their longest losing streak of the season on Thursday night with a 4-3 win over the Arkansas Travelers at Dickey-Stephens . The Drillers jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Arkansas tied the game twice in the final innings before Justin Yurchak drove in what proved to be the winning run in the top of the ninth. Park The same day Nick Frasso was added to the Drillers roster, he made his first Double-A start. Frasso opened the game by tossing 2.1 hitless innings, throwing 52 pitches in his first start for Tulsa.

The game remained scoreless through four innings, as the Drillers recorded just two hits before scoring their first run in the fifth. With one out Buddy Reed doubled to left field to earn Tulsa's third hit of the game. Reed then stole third base, and scored when catcher Matt Scheffler's throw skipped into the outfield.

Tulsa plated its second run in the sixth inning. With two outs, Brandon Lewis and Ryan January were each hit by pitches. Then, Kenneth Betancourt singled to center, bringing Lewis home to put Tulsa ahead 2-0.

The Drillers kept the Travelers out of the hit column through the first five innings. Following Frasso's departure, Jake Cantleberry recorded the final two outs of the third, and Adolfo Ramirez worked two innings before Arkansas earned its first hit in the sixth.

After a single and a walk put two runners on, the Travs tied the game with an RBI double and a sacrifice fly.

The Drillers regained the lead in the top of the eighth on Lewis' 19th home run of the year.

The Travs tied the score again in the bottom of the eighth when Guillermo Zuniga surrendered a solo home run to the nine-hole hitter, Patrick Frick. It was Frick's his first homer of the season and sent the game to the ninth with the score tied at 3-3.

Tulsa scored what turned out to be the winning in the top of the ninth. Reed singled to begin the inning, and Kody Hoese walked. Yurchak then singled to right to bring Reed to the plate from second base to put the Drillers ahead 4-3.

Nick Robertson entered from the bullpen and retired the side in the bottom of the ninth to earn his seventh save of the year.

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HIGHLIGHTS AND HAPPENINGS:

*The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Frasso in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays on August 2 that sent pitcher Mitch White and infielder Alex De Jesus to the Blue Jays. The Dodgers also received pitcher Moises Brito. Frasso started two games for Great Lakes before being assigned to Tulsa.

*Despite giving up the game-tying home run in the eighth, Zuniga earned his third win of the season.

*Lewis is now batting .500 for the series against the Travelers and has accounted for four of the Drillers eight runs scored this week.

*Yurchak is on a nine-game on-base streak and is batting .324 with a .361 OBP during the streak.

*Tulsa hitters struck out 16 times in the game and have totaled 42 strikeouts in the first three games against Arkansas, the most in the Texas League during that span.

*Andy Pages was ejected in the seventh inning after arguing with home plate umpire Willie Traynor about a fair ball call on a 5-3 groundout.

UP NEXT:

The Drillers and Travelers will play the fourth game of their series on Friday night in North Little Rock. Starting time is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the pitching matchup will be:

Tulsa - LHP John Rooney (4-4, 5.20 ERA)

Arkansas - RHP Emerson Hancock (5-4, 3.03 ERA)

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