Daily Growl G A M E W R A P & P R E V I E W S O F C O M I N G A T T R A C T I O N S Saturday, July 27 S E C U R I T Y B A N K B A L L P A R K Tulsa Drillers 9 RockHounds 0 Rocky’s Corner John, Paul, George, Ringo ... & Omar The big winners Saturday night at Security Bank Ballpark were the Tulsa Drillers and Beatles fans. The postgame fi reworks show was accompnied by a soundtrack provided by the Fab Four (kids, ask your grandpartents). To sum up Saturday’s series opener between the RockHounds and Tulsa in boxing terms, the Drillers threw a “straight, sharp jab” in the top of the fi rst and delivered the “knockout punch” in the fourth. Tulsa’s fi rst two batters up scored and the RockHounds missed a scoring chance in the home half of the fi rst. The Drillers took the 2-0 lead into the fourth bedfore sending 10 men to the plate and scoring a half-dozen runs. Omar Estevez had the game’s biggest swin, a three-run, bases-loaded double in the fourth and Zach McKinstry also had a 3-RBI night, passing the 50-RBI mark (he now has 51). Cody Thomas delievered an RBI single in the The ‘Hounds are home! six-run rally, his 55th of the season (the Drillers center fi elder ranks fi fth in the Texas League). ... hosting the Tulsa Drillers in a four-game series running Saturday through Tuesday at Rocky Town! Rob Zastryzny went seven innings for the win, combining with two relievers for a fi ve-hit shutout. The ‘Hounds had two on with one out in the fi rst, but Zastryzny escaped the inning (and retired the next nine batters). The left- hander (from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), who spent parts of three seasons (2016-18) with the Chicago Cubs, Sunday / Family Day is now 1-2, with a 0.96 ERA, in three starts with the Drillers. July 28 2:00 p.m. vs T U L S A D R I L L E R S Texas League South Division RockHounds By the #’s Five tickets for $25 ... coupons in the Sunday MRT.

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Frisco 16-18 3½ ((Wild card if AMA sweeps) Road 24-27 Homestand 1-3 vs. NWA 6-2 vs T U L S A D R I L L E R S vs. RH 40-39 vs. South 33-33 vs. SPR 3-3 Two-dollar admission with a cup from any DK store. Kibbles & Bits vs. LH 12-13 vs. North 19-19 vs. TUL 4-7 “Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to mom’s apple pie” - - H A R R Y R E A S O N E R 2-for-1 Tuesday ‘Tis the (Trade) Season Sunday’s Match-Up July 30 6:30 p.m. Dairon Blanco has been traded to Kansas City as the Kyle Friedrichs makes his 14th appearance for the vs T U L S A D R I L L E R S key piece of a deal in which Oakland acquired reliever ‘Hounds since his May 16 promotion from Stockton. Jake Diekman from the Royals. Dairon, how hit .276 In his last two starts (July 16 & 21 at Arkansas & Tulsa, Tickets for Tuesday’s game are 2-for-the-price-of-1 with a coupon from Baskin-Robbins. in 78 games with the RockHounds, ranked among the respectively), he has pitched 12.0 scoreless innings, Texas League leaders in stolen bases (3rd / 27), runs allowing 10 hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. (7th / 57), slugging (7th / .468), OPS (T-8th / .810) and ... Justin De Fratus will get Sunday afternoon’s start Wednesday How About This “Kibble & Bit?” for Tulsa, his 14th appearance with the Drillers. The 31-year-old spent parts of the fi ve seasons (2011-15) July 31 Dairon & Luis Barrera lead the Texas League in triples with the Philadelphia Phillies (7-6, 4.08, in 191 games). No baseball ... July 31 is one of the fi nal two off ... Barrera with 12 and Blanco with 11. Luis’ season is days of the season ... but the guys will be part of the over after undergoing shoulder surgery ... he had two RockHounds Golf Classic at Nueva Vista Golf Club. stints in the IL and last played on June 27 ... and Dairon Proceeds from the event benefi t the Scott Seator has not played for the last two weeks (thigh). Despite RockHounds Next 5 Foundation. Sincere thanks to our our outstand- all that, it is quite likely they will STILL lead the league ing corporate partners and everyone playing in the Sunday July 28 vs T U L S A when the season is over - - no other TL player has more tournament. Thanks for teeing it up for Scott! Security Bank Ballpark 2:00 p.m. (Radio 1:47) than seven. And Dairon may not be done ... TUL Justin De Fratus (RH, 6-6, 4.79)-x, x.xx) RH Kyle Friedrichs (RH, 4-5, 3.58) August 1-4 The “NW Arkansas RockHounds” RockHounds vs. If Kansas City assigns Dairon to the Double-A level, he Monday July 29 vs T U L S A Corpus Christi Hooks will join Kevin Merrell with Northwest Arkansas. Kevin Security Bank Ballpark 6:30 p.m. (Radio 6:15) at Whataburger Field was traded to the Royals for (P) Homer Bailey on July TUL Jo Jo Gray (RH, 0-2, 2.19)-x, x.xx) Corpus Christi, TX 14 and has been with Naturals since that time. RH Grant Holmes (RH, 5-2, 3.13) If Dairon joins the Naturals, NWA would have the TL’s Tuesday July 30 vs T U L S A top three base-stealers ... Nick Heath (50), Khalil Lee Security Bank Ballpark 6:30 p.m. (Radio 6:15) Tickets & More (41) and Blanco (27) ... and six of the top 10 (D.J Burt TUL Edwin Uceta (RH, 3-2, 3.83)-x, x.xx) 24/7 RH James Kaprielian (RH, 0-1, 6.00) has 20, Merrell has 18 and Travis Jones has 16. Daulton Jefferies (RH, 0-1, 3.63) midlandrockhounds.org Additional Roster Move Thursday Aug. 1 at C C H O O K S Reliever Wandisson Charles has been promoted to the Whataburger Field 6:15 p.m. (Radio 6:05) RockHounds from (Advanced-A) Stockton. He opened CC T B A (RH, x-x, x.xx) the season with Beloit of (A) Midwest League: - RH James Naile (RH, 6-4, 5.75) 1-0, 3.22 ERA / 1.46 WHIP / .158 opp. avg in 13 app. brothers osborne Friday Aug. 2 at C C H O O K S - 22.1 IP / 12 H / 20 BB / 37 K). I N C O N C E R T Whataburger Field 7:15 p.m. (Radio 7:05) Wandisson was promoted to the Ports on May 29: CC T B A (RH, x-x, x.xx) Thursday, - 2-0, 3.16 ERA / 1.25 WHIP / .161 opp. avg in 18 app. RH Matt Milburn (RH, 5-8, 5.78) August 29 - 25.2 IP / 14 H / 18 BB / 39 K). The 22-year-old right-hander native of Bani, Dominican Tickets & On-Field VIP Tables Republic, was signed by Oakland as an international free agent on March 24, 2015. Available Now! 5 2 0 - 2 2 5 5