The Tulsa Drillers were out to prove something after suffering their worst loss of the season Tuesday in Midland, and boy did they ever. Tulsa ambushed Midland for seven runs in the first inning of Wednesday night's contest and never looked back, pounding out 16 hits en route to their largest victory of the season, a 16-1 beat down of the RockHounds at Citibank Ballpark.

As if Tulsa's offensive bombardment wasn't enough, Midland had to face a Roy Oswalt that looked to be in mid-season form Wednesday. The 3-time All-Star dominated the RockHounds for six innings, allowing just one run on three hits, while striking out six and walking one to record his first win since joining the Drillers on May 24.

The Drillers opened the game by putting up seven runs on eight hits in the first. After Rafael Ortega singled and stole second to lead off the game, Cristhian Adames got Tulsa on the board by lacing an RBI single to right to plate Ortega.

It was all downhill from there for Tulsa.

Kiel Roling scored Adames with an RBI ground out to first to make it 2-0. After Kyle Parker reached on a walk, Kent Matthes plated the left fielder with his Texas League leading 20th double of the season. The RockHounds were just an out away from getting out of the inning when Dustin Garneau followed with a fly out to right, but Joey Wong had other ideas.

The second baseman Wong doubled to drive home Matthes and keep Tulsa's big first inning alive. Jayson Langfels, Jaron Shepherd, Ortega, and Adames all then followed with base hits to give the Drillers a 7-0 lead after the first frame.

After scoring a run in the bottom of the first, things only got worse for the RockHounds. With two on and two out in the second inning, Langfels doubled to deep right field to score Parker and Wong, both of whom had singled earlier in the frame, giving Tulsa an eight run advantage.

Roling then blasted his team-leading 13th home run of the season in the third to add another run to Tulsa's already substantial lead.

Things would hold steady until the sixth inning when Matthes hit his seventh round-tripper of the season to give the Drillers an even 10-run lead, but they weren't quite satisfied.

Tulsa exploded for five more runs in the eighth to bring the scoring to a close. Parker ripped his 10th home run of the season in the inning, a two-run blast to center, Matthes scored on a wild pitch, and Langfels capped things off with a two-run double to make the final score 16-1 Drillers.

All nine Drillers starters recorded at least one hit in the game, and six had multi-hit performances. Jayson Langfels highlighted the bunch with an enormous game at the plate, going 3-5 with two doubles and five RBI.

Dan Houston allowed just two hits over the final three innings to pick up his first save of the season. Houston, who led the Drillers in wins last year, moved from the starting rotation to the bullpen last week following the addition of Oswalt to Tulsa's pitching staff.

The Drillers and RockHounds will faceoff in the final game of their three-game series Thursday night at Citibank Ballpark in Midland. Tulsa will send Tyler Matzek (1-5, 4.93 ERA) to the mound to face Arnold Leon (2-3, 3.51 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:00PM.