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By BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer on Sep 10, 2013, at 6:39 PM  Updated on 9/10 at 6:41 PM



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Former Drillers pitcher Bettis beats Cardinals for first major league win

Former Tulsa Drillers pitcher Chad Bettis picked up his first major league win on Monday night in the Colorado Rockies' 6-2 ...

San Antonio wins Texas League pennant; Lane Adams powers Omaha to PCL title

San Antonio defeated Arkansas 5-0 to win the Texas League Championship Series on Sunday at North Little Rock. San Antonio ...

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The mystery behind former Oral Roberts and Perkins pitcher Jeremy Hefner's second-half struggles for the New York Mets has been solved.

Hefner had a partially torn elbow ligament that required Tommy John surgery.

Hefner, who finished 4-8 with a 4.34 ERA, was one of the Mets' top starters during the first half...

His Mets teammate, former Drillers lefty reliever Scott Rice, also is finished for the season due to a sports hernia that had bothered him for three months. Rice, 31, leads the majors with 73 pitching appearances in his rookie season. He was 4-5 with a 3.71 ERA...

Also out for the season is former Drillers pitcher Samuel Deduno, who was 8-8 with a 3.83 ERA. He has a shoulder injury that may require surgery...

At first glance, it might have appeared to have been a strange transaction on Tuesday when the Los Angeles Angels optioned former Drillers infielder Tommy Field to Triple-A Salt Lake. No one usually gets sent down in September. The reason he was sent back to Salt Lake was to help that team in the Pacific Coast League finals...

Former Tulsa Oilers player Doug Clark's son, Cody, finally made it to the majors last month as a catcher for Houston. Cody Clark, who has been in pro ball since 2003, has always been a long-shot to reach the majors even though he has spent part of the past seven seasons in Triple-A.

But for this feel-good story to really feel good, Cody needs a hit. The Fayetteville (Ark.) native is hitless in his first 19 at-bats (he does have a walk and sacrifice fly). The record for most at-bats without a hit in the career of a position player in the majors is 23 set by Mike Potter and Larry Littleton. Potter played for the Tulsa Oilers in 1976.

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