Drillers Split With Hounds

08/16/08 - Texas League (TL) • Discuss this story on the Texas League message board... The Tulsa Drillers got a big offensive performance from Tony Blanco to win the first game of a doubleheader Saturday night, but the Midland RockHounds got a similar outing from Jon Zeringue in game two to gain a split of the twin bill. In game one, the Drillers got two homers and four runs batted in from Blanco to record a 7-4 win. In game two, Zeringue homered and knocked in six runs as the RockHounds rallied for a 7-6 victory. In the opener, Tulsa scored six times in the first two innings. The early barrage began with Blanco's first long ball, a two-run shot in the top of the first. A four-run second inning made it 6-0. After Gary Cates and Neil Wilson singled, Tom Collaro hit a run-scoring double for the first run of the game. With two... [read full story]