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Durham Bulls’ winning streak halted in loss to Norfolk
The Durham Bulls saw their six-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday afternoon at Harbor Park, falling to the Norfolk Tides 7-3.
Norfolk (20-39) jumped on Durham early, scoring three runs in the first inning behind three hits, a walk and sacrifice fly. The home side doubled its lead in the second frame, when Mike Yastrzemski blasted a three-run, two-out homer over the right-center field wall.
The Bulls (27-33) got on the scoreboard in the third inning when Jake Hager doubled and came around to score on Johnny Field’s double. In the fourth Jake Goebbert cracked a two-run home run to right field for Durham to make it a 6-3 contest. Norfolk put the game out of reach in the eighth when Audry Perez homered to left field.
Yovani Gallardo (1-0) earned after allowing three runs over five innings, while Austin Pruitt (4-4) took the loss for the Bulls, surrendering six runs on eight hits across eight innings.
The two teams continue their home-and-home series at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. LHP Adam Wilk (1-6, 3.56) gets the ball for Durham against RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (1-5, 4.18) for Norfolk.
Tuesday’s box score
Durham Bulls | ab | r | h | bi |
Field, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Robertson, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Varona, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shaffer, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arencibia, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Goebbert, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Maile, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roller, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hager, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Norfolk Tides | ab | r | h | bi |
Hoes, CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Alvarez, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yastrzemski, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Mancini, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Perez, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Walker, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Schoop, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Martinez, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Almanzar, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Durham | 001 | 200 | 000 | — | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Norfolk | 330 | 000 | 01X | — | 7 | 11 | 1 |
E — Schoop. LOB–Durham 6, Norfolk 5. 2B–Hager, Field, Yastrzemski, Perez, Walker. HR—Goebbert (3), Yastrzemski (3), Perez (4). SF–Walker. CS—Field, Hoes.
Durham Bulls IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Pruitt (L, 4-4) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Markel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wagner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Geltz | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norfolk Tides IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Gallardo (W, 1-0) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Tolliver (H, 1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Beato (H, 3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Drake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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