Springfield home for its playoff run
Hello everyone, I'm Dan Lucy on the Ozarks First digital desk.
The Springfield Cardinals will have the home field advantage for their first half playoff run.
In our Cardinals Nation update.
Springfield will open a two week home stand Tuesday night against the Tulsa Drillers.
It's the only time this season that the Cardinals will be at Hammons Field for back to back series.
And it couldn't come at a better time.
Springfield will open the series with a three game lead on the Texas League North.
If the Cardinals are still in first place on June 22nd they would win the North's first half championship.
And with that comes a ticket to the Texas League playoffs in September.
Tulsa is in for six games, then Corpus Christi is in from June 17th through the 22nd.
Springfield took five of the six games played at Tulsa in May.
And they have not faced the Hooks yet.
Both Tulsa and Corpus Christi are in last place in their respective divisions.
For more sports watch Ozarks First news at nine and ten.
And I'll see you then.
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