Indians Edge Past Bulls, 3-2
Josh Bell keyed a three-run fourth inning to lead Indianapolis past Durham 3-2 before 15,237 fans at Victory Field on Saturday night.
With Durham (58-64) leading 1-0, Bell grounded a two-run single to left field against Bradin Hagens to give the Indians (72-50) a 2-1 lead. John Bowker followed with an RBI hit to push the lead to 3-1.
A Ryan Brett grounder in the fifth inning scored Corey Brown from third to cut the deficit to 3-2, but the Bulls managed just three baserunners the rest of the way. Nick Franklin was stranded at third in the sixth, Luke Maile left at second in the eighth after a one-out double, and Hak-Ju Lee stood at first as the game ended.
Franklin gave the Bulls a 1-0 lead in the first, driving a Vance Worley pitch over the right field wall for his eighth home run.
The Indians lead the series 2-1 ahead of Sunday's finale at 1:35 p.m. Durham’s Scott Diamond (10-5, 3.71) opposes Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 1.69).
Saturday’s box score
Durham | ab | r | h | bi |
Powell, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Franklin, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Motter, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Butler, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hak-Ju, PR DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brown, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mahtook, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmore, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brett, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Maile, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Indianapolis | ab | r | h | bi |
Harrison, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hanson, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mercer, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Nunez, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garcia, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Broxton, CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Decker, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bell, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Browker, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sanchez, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Durham | 100 | 010 | 000 | — | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Indianapolis | 000 | 300 | 00X | — | 3 | 7 | 1 |
E — Sanchez. DP– Durham 2, Indianapolis 0. LOB– Durham 4, Indianapolis 5. 2B–Maile, Garcia. CS—Franklin, Broxton 2.
DurhamIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Hagens (L, 1-5) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Riefenhauser | 11/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dominguez | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marinez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IndianapolisIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Worley (W, 1-0) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Morris (H, 11) | 21/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
LaFromboise (H, 14) | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Woods (S, 26) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
This story was originally published August 15, 2015 at 10:43 PM with the headline "Indians Edge Past Bulls, 3-2."