Durham Bulls commit 4 errors in 9-3 loss to Charlotte Knights
The Durham Bulls dropped their second straight game to the Charlotte Knights Saturday night at the DBAP, losing 9-3 while surrendering five unearned runs.
Durham scored in its half of the first inning, when Ryan Brett lined a solo homer over the Blue Monster for a 1-0 lead. The Knights (71-64) responded in the top of the third though, scoring four runs, three of which were unearned. After an error, a single and a catcher’s interference loaded the bases, Leury Garcia lined a bases-clearing triple down the right field line. Jason Coats then grounded out, scoring Garcia for a 4-1 lead.
In the fifth frame, the visitors extended their lead to 6-1 when Dayan Viciedo delivered a two-run, two-out single to right field. In the sixth, Charlotte captured a six-run lead on Micah Johnson’s two-out double, which scored Chris Jacobs.
The Bulls (67-68) plated a run in the eighth inning on a Taylor Motter double to cut the deficit to 7-2, but the Knights scored a pair in the final inning when Viciedo drove home a pair with a single. Corey Brown led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run to make it a 9-3 ballgame, but that was as close as Durham would get.
Righty Scott Carroll (7-4) earned the win for the Knights, tossing six innings of one-run ball. Southpaw Everett Teaford (5-9) took the loss, allowing six runs (three earned) on five hits over five innings.
The four-game set concludes Sunday at 5:05 p.m.
Saturday’s box score
Charlotte | ab | r | h | bi |
Johnson, 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Garcia, CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Coats, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Davidson, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Viciedo, DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tuiasosopopo, LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smith, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jacobs, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Garcia, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
38 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Durham | ab | r | h | bi |
Mahtook, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Brett, DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Franklin, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rickard, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Motter, RF-2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shaffer, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brown, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Elmore, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acosta, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
33 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Charlotte | 004 | 021 | 002 | — | 9 | 8 | 0 |
Durham | 100 | 000 | 011 | — | 3 | 6 | 4 |
E — Shaffer, Acosta, Elmore, Zarate. LOB–Charlotte 6, Durham 8. 2B–Coats, Johnson, Motter, Mahtook. 3B–Garcia (2). HR—Brett (5), Brown (17).
CharlotteIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Carroll (W, 7-4) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Garcia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Wendelken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
DurhamIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Teaford (L, 5-9) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Dominguez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Zarate | 22/3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Marinez | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
This story was originally published August 29, 2015 at 10:28 PM with the headline "Durham Bulls commit 4 errors in 9-3 loss to Charlotte Knights."