Summary: The Tulsa Drillers used a four-run eighth inning to blow past the Arkansas Travelers 6-1 in Texas League action Sunday night in Little Rock, Ark. Notable: Drillers first baseman Kiel Roling hit a bases-clearing double to put the Drillers ahead 6-1 in the pivotal eighth. After Arkansas struck first with a run in the bottom of the first inning, Tulsa answered in the third. Warren Schaeffer hit his first double of the season and scored on Michael Mitchell's line-drive single to center field. At the plate:...
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Drillers pound Travelers, 6-1
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Tulsa getting ready to host Texas League All-Star Game
Tulsa Drillers general manager Mike Melega and the team's staff are busy finishing preparations for the 76th annual Texas League All-Star Game scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Thursday at ONEOK Field. It will be the first time Tulsa has hosted the event since 1999 and the first time at ONEOK Field, which opened in 2010. "This is the ultimate showcase for us," Melega said. "This gives us a chance to showcase...
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Baseball Returns to Tulsa Thursday! (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) The Tulsa Drillers will play their 2013 home opener at ONEOK Field on Thursday, April 11. The Drillers will host the San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres) with first pitch in downtown Tulsa scheduled for 7:05PM. The game marks the beginning of a six-game home stint that will run through Tuesday, April 16. The Drillers will host the Missions for a three-game set, April 11-13, followed by three games with the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros), April 14-16. First pitch for the game on Sunday, April 14 will be at 2:05PM, while the game on Monday, April 15 will begin at 12:05PM. The other four games will have 7:05PM start times. Individual tickets for the...
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Drillers clinch Texas League North first-half title
For the first time since 2007, the Tulsa Drillers will be in the Texas League playoffs. The Drillers qualified for the postseason with a 3-1 victory over the Arkansas Travelers on Saturday night at North Little Rock's Dickey-Stephens Park. The win clinched the Texas League's North Division first-half title. It was a big turnaround week for Tulsa (39-28), which won a season-high seven straight after falling out of first place for the only time this season. "That was pretty incredible," Drillers manager Duane Espy said on Sunday. "It's a very timely winning streak. Our guys really stepped it up." On May 4, the Drillers were 20-8 and led the North by seven games. But they went 12-20 over the...
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Drillers Rally for Win in Regular Season Home Finale (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) Tim Smalling capped off his great series against the Springfield Cardinals with a 3-5 performance Monday night with two doubles and two RBI. His fellow Drillers followed his lead at the plate rapping out 12 hits en route to 8-4 victory in the regular season home finale at ONEOK Field. (Rich Crimi) The Tulsa Drillers played their final regular season home game of the year Monday night at ONEOK Field, and fans were treated to a victory. In a back-and-forth contest with the Springfield Cardinals, Tulsa struck the final blows with three runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth to post an 8-4 victory. Tim Smalling and Kyle Parker led a 12-hit...
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3 Fireworks Shows Highlight July 3-8 Homestand (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) Catcher Dustin Garneau and the Tulsa Drillers return to ONEOK Field Wednesday, July 3 to begin a six-game homestand. (Rich Crimi) The Tulsa Drillers will be back at ONEOK Field Wednesday, July 3 to begin a six-game homestand that will include meetings with the San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres) and Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros). To celebrate Independence Day, the first three games of the stand will each be followed by a post-game fireworks show. The Drillers, who haven't played a game at home since June 23, will host a three-game set with the Missions (July 3-5) before playing three games with the first-half South Division Champion Hooks (July...
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First-Half Champion Drillers Return Thursday (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) The first-half Texas League North Division Champion Tulsa Drillers will be back at ONEOK Field on Thursday, June 20 to kickoff a four-game series with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. (Rich Crimi) The recently crowned first-half division champion Tulsa Drillers will be back at ONEOK Field Thursday, June 20 to open a four-game series with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. It will be the Drillers' first time back in Tulsa since winning their second-straight, first-half North Division title. Without playing a game, Tulsa punched its ticket to the Texas League Playoffs when the first half of the season ended Monday. The first-place Drillers were awarded the...
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Drillers Fall to Naturals 5-2 (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) The Drillers were unable to generate enough timely hitting to overcome an early deficit Saturday night, falling to the Naturals 5-2 at Arvest Ballpark. After taking the lead in the second, Justin Marks and the Northwest Arkansas pitching staff denied any attempt at a Drillers rally, holding Tulsa hitters to just 2-10 with runners in scoring position for the game. Marks, a 2012 Texas League All-Star, made his season debut on Saturday after missing the first few weeks of the season due to an injury sustained during spring training. The...
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Baseball Returns to Tulsa Thursday! (Tulsa Drillers)
(Source: Tulsa Drillers) The Tulsa Drillers will play their 2013 home opener at ONEOK Field on Thursday, April 11. The Drillers will host the San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres) with first pitch in downtown Tulsa scheduled for 7:05PM. The game marks the beginning of a six-game home stint that will run through Tuesday, April 16. The Drillers will host the Missions for a three-game set, April 11-13, followed by three games with the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros), April 14-16. First pitch for the game on Sunday, April 14 will be at 2:05PM, while the game on Monday, April 15 will begin at 12:05PM. The other four games will have 7:05PM start times. Individual tickets for the...
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