Tulsa Beat Springfield 8-4: Xavier Scruggs Hits Two Homers & Drives In Three Runs; Adam Melker Collects Two Doubles & One RBI; Corey Baker Strikes Out One Over One Scoreless Inning

Individual Highlights:
Ruben Gotay 1-for-3 with one run, one walk, and one stolen base.
Xavier Scruggs 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBIs, two runs, and one strikeout.
Stephen Piscotty 2-for-4 with one double and one run.
Adam Melker 2-for-3 with two double, one RBI, one hit by pitch, and grounded into one double play.
Casey Rasmus 1-for-4 with one double and picked one base runner off.
Zachary Petrick started and pitched five innings.  He allowed four hits, two earned runs, one home run, hit two batters, and struck three out.  0-for-1 at the plate.  (p-s:81-52)(g/f:4-4)
Corey Baker entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit no runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:25-16)(g/f:1-0)
Dean Kiekhefer entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit and no runs.  (p-s:6-4)(g/f:1-2)

Rough Outing:
Luis Mateo 0-for-4 with one walk, three strikeouts, and one caught stealing.
Starlin Rodriguez 0-for-3 with one strikeout.
Zach Russell entered in the sixth and pitched one inning.  He allowed six hits and five earned runs for the losing decision (0-2).  (p-s:20-15)(g/f:2-0)
Justin Wright entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:31-17)(g/f:2-1)(ir-s:2-2)

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