Tulsa Drillers Surrender Lead to Midland RockHounds

Tulsa held a two-run lead but surrendered five unanswered runs to drop game two of the series.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:54 am

By: News On 6

Tulsa Drillers Surrender Lead to Midland RockHounds

Originally Published: Aug 12, 2010 11:20 PM CDT

Gerald Goodridge
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

MIDLAND, Texas -- The Tulsa Drillers lost the second game of their six-game road trip 7-4 to the Midland RockHounds Thursday.

The Drillers (54-61) led 4-2 going into the bottom of the sixth, until the Midland (59-57) offense answered with five unanswered runs.

Corey Brown led off the bottom of the sixth with a home run to left field. Two at-bats later, Josh Horton singled to center field to bring Alex Valdez home and tie the game 4-4.

Four at-bats into the eighth inning, Shane Peterson hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Valdez from third and break the tie. Two batters later, J.C. Holt singled to right field to score two and take a 7-4 lead.

Mickey Storey (5-3) received the win for the outing after allowing just one hit and striking out four in his two innings pitched. Bruce Billings (7-6) was credited with a loss for his 1.2 innings pitched after allowing three earned runs and three hits.

Tulsa will continue its road trip Friday at Midland before heading to Frisco Saturday.