Amarillo, TX – The Tulsa Drillers turned a good road trip into a great road trip Sunday afternoon in Amarillo. The Drillers swept a pair of games from the Sod Poodles thanks to a dramatic home run from Mike Sirota and a stellar effort from the bullpen.
Sirota’s home run gave the Drillers a 6-5 victory in Sunday’s first game which was actually the resumption of Saturday’s game. In Sunday’s regularly scheduled game, four Tulsa relievers combined to limit the Sod Poodles to just one run and four hits as the Drillers completed a sweep of the two games with a 7-1 win.
The sweep gave the Drillers five wins in the six-game road series at Amarillo’s HODGETOWN. It also allowed them to maintain their first-place lead in the Texas League’s North Division 1 1/2 games in front of the Arkansas Travelers…