Tulsa Drillers Shut Down Frisco Rough Riders

The Drillers' pitching staff kept the Rough Riders in check, handing the Frisco starter his only loss of the season.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:54 am

By: News On 6

Tulsa Drillers Shut Down Frisco Rough Riders

Originally Published: Aug 16, 2010 11:15 PM CDT

Gerald Goodridge
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

FRISCO, Texas -- The Tulsa Drillers capped off a six-game road trip with a 6-1 win over the Frisco Rough Riders Monday.

The Drillers got a dynamite performance from starter Greg Reynolds (6-4), who allowed just four hits and struck out four in his seven innings of service. Travis Chick (0-1) lasted just 1.2 innings for Frisco, allowing five earned runs on three hits.

Tulsa (55-63) started the scoring early, Jeff Kindel sent a line drive to left field in the first inning to score two and take a 2-0 lead. In the second, Kindel took a walk with the bases loaded to score Warren Schaeffer and extend the lead to three runs.

After a pitching change, Jordan Pacheco hit a two-run single to right field to push the lead to 5-0.

The Drillers added another run in the top of the ninth on a Jason Van Kooten RBI double to left field to take a six-run lead into the final inning.

Frisco’s (61-58) only run of the game came in the bottom of the ninth one a Davis Stoneburner RBI single to right field.