Travs Drop Sixth Straight To Drillers
Published on July 22, 2011 under Texas League (TL1)
Arkansas Travelers News Release
Tulsa, Oklahoma - The Arkansas Travelers lost their sixth straight game on Friday night managing just four base hits in a 4-1 loss to the Tulsa Drillers at ONEOK Field. Rob Scahill (8-7) earned his second win over the Travelers in a week with seven strong innings while Eddie McKiernan (4-9) gave up three runs (two earned) over 6.2 innings to suffer his second loss to the Drillers during the same time period. The loss drops the Travs into third place by one game behind Tulsa and Northwest Arkansas.
The Travs offense never got going and didn't get a runner to second base over the first six innings. Scahill faced the minimum over 11 batters and retired 13 of 14 batters through six innings.
The Drillers took the lead for good in the second inning as Bronson Sardinha hit a one-out bloop single to right field then took second base on a wild pitch. McKiernan got ahead of Scott Beerer 1-2 before allowing a sharp single to center field giving Tulsa a 1-0 lead.
McKiernan bounced back nicely and allowed just four base runners over the next four innings. Still the Travs managed nothing against Scahill and trailing 1-0 after six innings.
They nearly scored the winning run in the seventh inning getting runners to first and third with two outs, but Tulsa second baseman Tommy Field made a nice backhanded play on a grounder hit by Angel Castillo to get a force out at second base leaving two runners.
McKiernan began the seventh inning with a walk to Sardinha. Then catcher Alberto Rosario was called for a catcher's interference on a pitch out putting two runners on base. Travs interim manager Todd Takayoshi was ejected by plate umpire Brian deBrauwere arguing the call. Hector Gomez sacrificed putting runners and second and third, then Jimmy Cesario stroked a two-out single driving both runners home for a 3-0 Tulsa lead.
Scahill walked Orlando Mercado leading off the eighth inning then Rosario singled to end his night. Joe Torres came out and got three groundouts with Matt Cusick driving in Mercado for the only Travs run. Tulsa got that run back against Mike Piazza in the eighth inning.
Dustin Molleken (2) saved the game with a perfect ninth.
Time of game was 2:52 and the paid attendance was 5,579.
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