Durham downs Tides in Comeback Fashion
The Durham Bulls used a pair of home runs to back solid pitching as they recorded a 3-2 win in front of 10,104 fans Thursday night at the DBAP.
The Bulls (28-34) – who wore specially designed jerseys by Durham-based clothing company RUNAWAY for DURM Night – took the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning when Jake Goebbert blasted a two-out, two-run home run over the right field wall to put the home side in front 3-2. The bullpen did the rest over the final two innings, with Steve Geltz notching his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.
Durham struck first, as the rehabbing Logan Forsythe blasted a solo home run over the Blue Monster in the third inning. In the fourth the Tides (21-40) came back, as Audry Perez knocked a two-run single to left field that scored Dariel Alvarez and Trey Mancini.
Eddie Gamboa (2-1) earned the win for Durham, after tossing two scoreless innings of relief. Justin Marks turned in a strong start, surrendering two runs across six innings while taking a no-decision. Joe Gunkel (2-4) was the tough-luck loser for Norfolk, turning in a complete game while allowing three runs on five hits.
Thursday’s box score
Norfolk Tides | ab | r | h | bi |
Hoes, DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alvarez, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Walker, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mancini, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perez, C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Schoop, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yastrzemski, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Avery, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Almanzar, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martinez, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Durham Bulls | ab | r | h | bi |
Forsythe, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Field, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Decker, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Shaffer, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Arencibia, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goebbert. LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hager, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roller, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Querecuto, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Norfolk | 000 | 200 | 000 | — | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Durham | 001 | 000 | 20x | — | 3 | 5 | 1 |
E — Shaffer. DP–Norfolk 1, Durham 2. LOB–Norfolk 4, Durham 2. HR—Forsythe (1), Goebbert (4). SB–Hoes (4), Alvarez (3). PO—Alvarez.
Norfolk Tides IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Gunkel (L, 2-4) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Durham Bulls IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Marks | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Gamboa (W, 2-1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geltz (S, 2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
This story was originally published June 9, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Durham downs Tides in Comeback Fashion."