The Drillers will return to ONEOK Field Saturday for their final homestand of the 2015 regular season after a short trip to Arkansas. They will host the Springfield Cardinals in a three-game set August 29, 30 and 31 followed by a four-game series against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals September 1, 2, 3 and 4. All seven games are scheduled to begin at 7:05PM.

There will be several fun promotions at the ballpark during the last seven games. They include a Tulsa’s Channel 8 Grand Slam Saturday to begin the homestand, a OKC Thunder Night on Saturday, August 29 along with a final News On 6 Friday Night Fireworks show following the last home game of the year on Friday, September 4.

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Karima Christmas (13) sizes up a shot in Friday’s win over Connecticut.

TULSA, OK—Coming off a big 74-59 win over the WNBA defending champion Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night the Tulsa Shock (-14) looked to make it two in a row taking on the Connecticut Sun in the BOK Center Friday night. It took 45 minutes instead of 40, but the Shock pulled off a come from behind win dropping the Sun 84-76.

It also pushed the Shock into their 13th win this season, which is the most wins since the team left Michigan in 2010, which is ironic considering that it’s something the Tulsa fans wanted, but will only get one season to enjoy given the forthcoming move to Texas thanks to absentee majority ownership.

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Courtney Paris (#3) battles Brittany Griner (blue jersey)

TULSA, OK—The Tulsa Shock hosted the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night and handed the defending champs of the WNBA a 74-59 loss in front of an alleged 4,566 in the BOK Center.

The victory by the Shock (12-14) was a gritty, hard fought battle and saw two players reach major watermarks in their careers as center Courtney Paris notched her 1,000th career rebound in the first quarter and Karima Christmas scored her 1,000th career point in the second half.

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The Tulsa football team will hold Fan Appreciation Day at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday, FREE to the public, from 10 a.m.-12 noon. The Hurricane will scrimmage and afterwards sign autographs for fans. The day will also feature activities for young fans, including an inflatable area, games, face painting by the TU spirit teams and an interactive photo station.

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TU Coach Philip Montgomery

Tulsa, Oklahoma – It was the fifth practice session on Monday morning for the Golden Hurricane football team and the first where the heat index didn’t soar to over 100-degrees. Today’s temperatures stayed a pretty consistent 87-degrees throughout the 140-minute workout in shorts and shoulder pads on Harwell Field.

“The Good Lord said those guys are working hard, let’s give them a day,” quipped Tulsa Head Coach Philip Montgomery when asked about today’s weather.
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