Durham Bulls beat Louisville Bats 9-3
Taylor Motter homered and drove in four, while Matt Moore worked seven innings to lead the Durham Bulls past the Louisville Bats 9-3 on Monday night.
The Bulls (59-65) strung six singles together to begin the fifth, scoring five times to break the contest open. Motter drilled a two-run single in the frame, which knocked out Louisville (59-65) starter Donn Roach (L, 2-3).
Moore (W, 2-2) was dialed in from the beginning. Throwing first-pitch strikes to the first 14 hitters of the game, Moore pitched seven comfortable innings on 95 pitches and 73 strikes. Moore fanned six, walked none and yielded eight hits.
The Bulls collected 13 hits in the win, scoring nine times against the Bats after managing 10 total runs in the four-game series against the Indianapolis Indians series that ended on Sunday.
Luke Maile went 3-4, scoring twice, while Hak-Ju Lee was 2-4 with a triple and two runs scored.
Durham's road trip closes out on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m.
Monday’s box score
Durham | ab | r | h | bi |
Rickard, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Franklin, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Motter, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Butler, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Shaffer, DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Aremcibia, 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brown, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lee, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Maile, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Totals | 39 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
Louisville | ab | r | h | bi |
Iribarren, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Falu, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Waldrop, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duvall, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cabrera, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Silva, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
LaMarre, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Perez, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Negron, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 36 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Durham | 002 | 050 | 110 | — | 9 | 13 | 1 |
Louisville | 001 | 000 | 200 | — | 3 | 10 | 0 |
E — Franklin. LOB–Durham 6, Louisville 7. 2B–Shaffer, Perez, Cabrera. 3B–Lee (1). HR—Motter (10), LaMarre (8). SF–Motter, Brown. CS—Negron.
DurhamIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Moore (W, 2-2) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Riefenhauser | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
LouisvilleIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Roach (L, 2-3) | 41/3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Somsen | 22/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
LeCure | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Balester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This story was originally published August 17, 2015 at 10:40 PM with the headline "Durham Bulls beat Louisville Bats 9-3."