Springfield 8, Tulsa Drillers 5

Monday, July 10th 2006, 8:33 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Pinch-hitter Reid Gorecki hits a two-run single in the eighth inning, breaking a tie and lifting the Springfield Cardinals to an 8-to-5 win over the Tulsa Drillers.

The win Sunday was the fifth straight for Springfield.

Tulsa led 5-to-1 after four innings, but the Cardinals rallied to tied the game with two runs apiece in the fifth and sixth innings.

In the eighth, Gorecki's single off Tulsa reliever Alberto Arias scored Cody Haerther and Iker Franco, and Kevin Estrada added a R-B-I double before the inning ended. Estrada finished with three R-B-Is.

Springfield reliever Justin Garza threw two shutout innings to pick up the win, and Mark Worrell pitched a scoreless ninth to record his 21st save of the baseball season.