Baseball

Gwinnett Braves shut out Durham Bulls 5-0

Tyrell Jenkins tossed eight scoreless innings to lead the Gwinnett Braves past the Durham Bulls 5-0 on Monday night.

Jenkins (W, 2-1) allowed just two hits and two walks over his longest start of the season. With 97 pitches, he was not permitted to attempt the nine-inning shutout.

Bradin Hagens (L, 1-2) pitched well in defeat for Durham (51-52), surrendering one run in the fifth across his five innings. Andrew Bellatti worked the next 2 1/3, allowing four runs on six hits as the Braves (52-50) opened up a 5-0 lead.

Luke Maile and Taylor Motter had the Bulls’ two hits, while Gwinnett catcher Christian Bethancourt delivered three doubles.

The series continues 6:35 p.m. Tuesday.

Monday’s box score

Durham

ab

r

h

bi

Powell, LF

3

0

0

0

Franklin, 2B

4

0

0

0

Motter, DH

3

0

1

0

Arencibia, 1B

3

0

0

0

Shaffer, 3B

3

0

0

0

Brown, CF

2

0

0

0

Mahtook, RF

3

0

0

0

Lee, SS

3

0

0

0

Maile, C

2

0

1

0

Totals

26

0

2

0

Gwinnett

ab

r

h

bi

Smith, CF

4

0

0

0

Peraza, 2B-SS

4

2

3

0

Terdoslavich, 1B

4

0

1

1

Hunter, DH

4

1

1

1

Kazmar, SS

3

1

1

0

Young, 2B

1

0

0

0

Bethancourt, C

4

0

3

1

Cunningham, LF

2

1

0

1

Kleinknecht

3

0

1

0

Jones, RF

2

0

0

1

Totals

31

5

10

5

Durham

000

000

000

0

2

2

Gwinnett

000

013

01X

5

10

0

E — Lee, Shaffer. DP–Durham 3 Gwinnett 2. LOB–Durham 2 Gwinnett 4. 2B–Maile, Bethancourt 3, Peraza. 3B–Peraza (7). SF–Jones, Cunningham. SB–Hunter (6).

DurhamIP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Hagens (L, 1-2)

5

4

1

1

0

0

Bellatti

21/3

6

4

4

0

1

Noberto

2/3

0

0

0

0

0

GwinnettIP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Jenkins (W, 2-1)

8

2

0

0

2

5

Mazzaro

1

0

0

0

0

1

T-2:09. A-2,986.

This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 10:26 PM with the headline "Gwinnett Braves shut out Durham Bulls 5-0."

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