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Drillers Update

By BARRY LEWIS, World Sports Writer
Published: 6/26/2009 2:18 AM
Last Modified: 6/26/2009 4:57 AM

Friday

What: Texas League baseball, Tulsa vs. Springfield Cardinals.

Where: Drillers Stadium, 15th Street and Yale Avenue.

When: 7:05 p.m.

Broadcast: KTBZ am1430.

Probable pitchers: Springfield — RHP Trey Hearne (7-1, 2.96 ERA); Tulsa — RHP Jhoulys Chacin (6-5, 2.92 ERA).

Season series: Springfield leads 10-6.

Promotions: First-Half Championship Playoff — The winner captures the Texas League's North Division first-half title and a playoff berth. Fireworks — There will be a display after the game. Throwback Jerseys — The Drillers will wear special blue 1980s-era jerseys that will feature one of the team's early logos. Fans can bid on those jerseys Saturday. Strike Out Hunger Night — Fans will receive a $2 discount coupon on tickets when they donate a canned food item. The coupon is good for two weeks.

Home attendance comparison (34 dates): 2009: 155,325; 2008: 152,215.

On deck: Saturday — Vs. Springfield, 6:05 p.m. (free tickets from Arby's, originally scheduled June 24)

Driller bits

Regular-season playoff history: This will be the third time in Tulsa's Texas League history that a one-game playoff has decided a postseason berth. In both instances, the game was added at the end of the regular season and there was no half-season format. In 1955, Houston defeated Tulsa 2-1 to claim the fourth and final playoff spot. In 1965, Larry Jaster pitched a shutout to lead Tulsa over Dallas-Fort Worth 2-0 for the East Division title.

This counts twice: Friday's game will decide the first-half title and it also will count in the second-half standings. The TL adopted a new tiebreaker system this year where the first meeting of the second half between the two teams tied for the lead in the first half would serve as the tiebreaker. If the previous tiebreaker was in effect, Springfield would have been the champion due to its lead in the season series over Tulsa. By BARRY LEWIS, World Sports Writer

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