Former Tulsa Drillers outfielder Kyle Garlick accomplished a rare feat on Sunday, and he did it for the second time in his career. Garlick hit three home runs in the Oklahoma City Dodgers 11-9 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes, in Metairie, La.

Garlick’s third dinger of the game was a two-run shot in the top of the 11th inning. He finished the game 4-for-5 with six runs batted in.

The last time Garlick hit three homers in a game was when he played at Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, April 18, 2016. It was the first time an Oklahoma City player hit three home runs in a game since Matt Duffy did it on June 9, 2014.

Garlick, a native of La Habra, Calif., was on the Drillers roster during portions of the past three seasons. While in Tulsa, Drillers fans saw him hit 30 home runs in 172 games from 2016 through 2018. He was moved up to Oklahoma City by the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 30 of last year, and hasn’t been back to Tulsa since. He has hit 75 home runs in total of 410 minor league games.

Garlick was invited to the Dodgers Spring Training Camp in February, but ultimately sent to Oklahoma City at the start of the season. He played collegiate baseball at Cal Poly Pomona, and was drafted by the Dodgers in the 28th round of the 2015 draft.

DERBY HISTORY

History was made at the Kentucky Derby this past Saturday, as the winning horse was disqualified for the first time in the 145 years of the Derby.

It appeared that one of the favorites, Maximum Security, was the clear winner at the finish line, however, an inquiry by the stewards led to the disqualification of the winning horse. Maximum Security appeared to have veered into the path of War of Will, who then bumped another horse and a chain reaction of sorts occurred.

Adding to the drama was the rain and an extremely muddy track, and any misstep by one of the horses could have caused serious injury to a horse or jockey.

After a 22-minute delay for the stewards to review the video footage over and over, the decision was made, and many in the horse racing world agreed with the stewards. In fact, many applauded the racing officials for making such a bold decision, overturning the result of the most important horse race of the year.

I watched the Kentucky Derby, but didn’t see the infraction on the live broadcast, but once the replays were shown on television, it was obviously the stewards were left with no choice but to make the right call and disqualify Maximum Security.

With Maximum Security out, Country House, a 65-1 longshot, was declared the winner, followed by Code of Honor and Tacitus.There’s very little chance Country House will be a contender for the Triple Crown, however, as we found out Saturday, almost anything is possible in horse racing.