By BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer on Apr 26, 2012, at 5:46 PM Updated on 4/26 at 5:55 PM
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The Tulsa Drillers are back in the Texas League playoffs for the second consecutive year.
In a race where no team ...
It all comes down to tonight for the Tulsa Drillers. The Texas League’s North Division first-half title will be decided when ...
Saturday is the 75th anniversary of the completion of one of major league baseball’s most amazing feats – Johnny Vander Meer ...
Bishop Kelley graduate Dallas Keuchel is off to an impressive start for Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Keuchel, a lefty, is 3-1 with a 1.67 ERA in four starts. If he can put together another strong month, he is a likely candidate to be called up by the Houston Astros...
Texas Rangers rookie Robbie Ross, who is tied with St. Louis rookie Lance Lynn for the best record in the majors at 4-0, showed his tremendous potential last August in Tulsa.
Ross allowed three hits over seven innings as he picked up his first Double-A win against the Drillers at ONEOK Field in his fourth start. Ross faced just two batters over the minimum that night...
Owasso graduate Dylan Bundy and Broken Arrow graduate Archie Bradley are among the six candidates that fans can vote for on milb.com's current poll question: "Who is the most intriguing pitching prospect in the Minor Leagues?"...
I liked Tulsa Drillers manager Duane Espy's response Wednesday when I asked him about an Arkansas homer that was initially called a foul ball. Espy may have surprised some fans when he accepted the umpires' ruling without an argument.
"The home plate unmpire was very confident it was a home run and from my angle I thought it was fair," Espy said. "I can't in good conscience sit there and throw a fit when I think it was the right call."...
Former Drillers first baseman Carlos Pena picked up his 1,000th major league career hit Tuesday when he homered against the Angels. Pena, one of the majors' top home-run hitters over the past five years, has been a much better free-agent bargain for Tampa Bay this year than Albert Pujols has been for the Angels.
Pena is batting .284 with four homers and 13 RBIs while Pujols is at .222 with no homers and four RBIs.
-- Barry Lewis
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