By BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer on Sep 15, 2013, at 6:08 PM Updated on 9/15 at 6:08 PM
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Former Tulsa Drillers pitcher Chad Bettis picked up his first major league win on Monday night in the Colorado Rockies' 6-2 ...
Top Arizona Diamondbacks prospect and Broken Arrow graduate Archie Bradley was selected to Baseball America's 15-player Minor ...
Top Arizona Diamondbacks prospect and Broken Arrow graduate Archie Bradley's seven-game winning streak was snapped on Wednesday ...
San Antonio defeated Arkansas 5-0 to win the Texas League Championship Series on Sunday at North Little Rock. San Antonio won the final two games, to capture the best-of-5 series, 3-2.
The Missions swept Arkansas in the 2011 finals.
San Antonio's Josh Geer, the TL's 2007 pitcher of the year, won his second Game 5 of the playoffs as he tossed five shutout innings. Midwest City's Jeremy McBryde pitched the final inning to preserve the win. Former Tulsa Drillers pitcher Brandon Hynick, a tough-luck loser in Game 1, suffered his second loss of the series...
Red Oak's Lane Adams capped a stellar season that raised his stock with the Kansas City Royals by going 3-for-5 with four RBIs to propel Omaha to a 10-5 win over Salt Lake in Game 4 of the Pacific Coast League finals on Saturday. Omaha won the series, 3-1.
Adams, an outfielder who ended the regular season with Northwest Arkansas, moved up to Omaha when the Texas League schedule ended. Adams and a few other Northwest Arkansas players were added by Omaha when Kansas City called up several Omaha players for its stretch drive for an American League wild card. Omaha was 70-74 in the regular season.
Omaha's manager is former Tulsa Drillers infielder Mike Jirschele. It was Omaha's second pennant in three years.
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