Maile delivers key hit in Durham’s winning rally
Luke Maile capped a three-run eighth inning Wednesday night with a go-ahead two-run single as the Durham Bulls rallied for a 4-3 International League victory over Norfolk at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Trailing 3-1 entering the bottom of the eighth, Durham (57-61) loaded the bases with two outs on a walk to Joey Rickard, an error on a Jake Elmore grounder and a walk to Ryan Brett. Pinch-hitter Taylor Motter drew a bases-loaded walk to get the Bulls within a run, before Maile singled to center to put Durham ahead 4-3.
The Tides put runners on first and second in the ninth, but they could do no more as the Bulls snapped a two-game losing skid.
The series will wrap up with a 7:05 p.m. game Thursday. Right-hander Matt Andriese (3-2, 2.25 ERA) is scheduled to start for Durham against Terry Doyle (1-1, 4.05) for Norfolk.
Wednesday’s box score
Norfolk | ab | r | h | bi |
Urrutia, RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Navarro, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parmelee, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Borbon, CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Walker, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alvarez, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Halton, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perez, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Almanzar, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schoop, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clevenger, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
Durham | ab | r | h | bi |
Powell, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Franklin, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Rickard, LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mahtook, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arencibia, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reginatto, 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmore, 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Brett, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Brown, DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Motter, PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Maile, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Norfolk | 201 | 000 | 000 | — | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Durham | 000 | 001 | 03X | — | 4 | 4 | 0 |
E — Almanzar. DP– Norfolk 2, Durham 1. LOB–Norfolk 8, Durham 8. 2B– Elmore. HR—Walker 1 (13). SB– Borbon 2 (19).
NorfolkIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gamboa | 32/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Oliver | 11/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rodriguez (L,1-1) | 2/3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Eveland | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DurhamIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Moore | 42/3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Dominguez | 12/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Riefenhauser | 11/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miller (W,4-3) | 11/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This story was originally published August 12, 2015 at 10:58 PM with the headline "Maile delivers key hit in Durham’s winning rally."