Five Missions Pitchers Shutout Drillers
Published on May 30, 2018 under Texas League (TL1)
San Antonio Missions News Release
TULSA - Five Missions pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout Wednesday night as San Antonio blanked the Drillers 2-0 at Oneok Field.
Tulsa starter Devin Smeltzer was perfect thru the first five innings before walking Michael Gettys to begin the sixth.
Smeltzer's no-hit bid ended an inning later when Ty France laced a double into the left field corner. France scored on Gettys' two-out single.
On the play, second baseman River Stevens collided with catcher Keibert Ruiz and was called out on the play.
Stevens stayed down on the ground for several minutes. When he finally got up and started walking to the dugout, he was holding his left collarbone area.
The Missions tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on an rbi bunt single by Peter Van Gansen, which brought home France who had singled to start the inning.
Brad Wieck worked a perfect ninth to nail down his sixth save of the year. Wieck has yet to allow a run in the month of May.
Right-hander Jacob Nix made his 2018 debut and turned in a solid start for the Missions, working four scoreless innings. Nix had been rehabbing a groin injury at the Padres spring training complex in Arizona.
San Antonio maintained its one-game lead over Corpus Christi in the South Division race.
Pitcher Seth Simmons was promoted to El Paso earlier in the day.
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