CORPUS CHRISTI - Tulsa employed a strong start by Christian Zazueta to edge the Hooks, 3-1, Friday night before 5,724 fans at Whataburger Field.
Corpus Christi and the Drillers are even in the week-long set at 2 and the season series at 5.
Nolan DeVos, who had won his first three Double-A starts, endured the tough-luck setback despite lowering his ERA to 2.33.
DeVos permitted only one hit, a home run by Taylor Young in the third, and struck out six while walking three in five innings.
Catcher Frank Rodriguez drove in the final two runs for Tulsa via an RBI single in the sixth and sac fly in the eighth.
Lefty Jack Dashwood authored a scoreless ninth from the CC pen.
Facing hard-throwing righthander Kelvin Ramirez, the Hooks brought the winning run to the plate in the home half. Will Bush drew a one-out walk to start the rally and, with two away, Tyler Whitaker and Alejandro Nuñez teamed for consecutive singles to put the Hooks on the board.
Chase Call fell 15 feet shy of a game-winning homer as his fly ball to left field was caught on the track by Kole Myers to end the game.
Nuñez, the 21-year-old from Cuba who provided the walk-off hit on Tuesday, is 7-for-15 (.467) with a double, two RBIs and two walks in his first five Double-A contests.