WHO Tulsa Drillers at Northwest Arkansas Naturals WHEN 7 tonight WHERE Arvest Ballpark, Springdale RADIO KURM-AM, 790, in Northwest Arkansas INTERNET www. nwanaturals. com PROMOTION Thirsty Thursday: Select 10 ounce draft beers and all 12 ounce Pepsi products are $ 1. PITCHING MATCHUP Naturals: Blake Wood (RHP, 3-4, 5. 55 ERA ). Drillers: Brandon Hynick (RHP, 6-6, 4. 76 ERA ). Wood, the No. 4 prospect in the Kansas City Royals’ farm system, is 2-0 with a 1. 17 ERA in 3 home starts. Hynick, the Colorado Rockies’ No. 8 prospect, allowed two runs in each of his past two starts against the Naturals, lasting seven and eight innings, respectively. SHORT HOPS Tulsa began Wednesday with a Texas League-high six players batting. 290 or better — no other team has more than three — and three of the league’s top five hitters: Matt Miller (No. 3,. 354 ), Tony Blanco (No. 4, 337 ) and Dexter Fowler (. 330 ).... Because of heavy rains, the teams did not take outdoor batting or fielding practice Wednesday. The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 28 minutes.... After today, the Drillers won’t be back at Arvest Ballpark until Aug. 30-Sept. 1, which concludes the regular season.
THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY vs. Tulsa, 7 p.m. FRIDAY vs. Springfield, 7: 30 p.m. SATURDAY vs. Springfield, 7 p.m. SUNDAY vs. Springfield, 4 p.m. MONDAY vs. Springfield, 7 p.m. TUESDAY at Tulsa, 7: 05 p.m. WEDNESDAY at Tulsa, 2: 05 p.m.
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