Pruitt leads Bulls past Tides, 4-1
Austin Pruitt won his staff-leading seventh game, working a season-tying 7 1/3 innings to lead Durham past Norfolk 4-1 on Sunday night at Harbor Park.
Pruitt (7-5) threw 106 pitches on a night where the Bulls (37-48) were lean on relievers. Pruitt permitted just a first inning run as he beat the Tides (33-51) for the first time in four starts.
Jake Goebbert homered in the first, then Jaff Decker drilled a solo shot in the fifth as the Bulls flexed some muscle after two straight games without an extra base hit.
Durham broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning, sending eight hitters to the plate. The first five reached, with JP Arencibia and Mayo Acosta delivering RBI singles for a 3-1 lead.
Dylan Floro (S, 7) worked the ninth inning to close out the victory.
Durham returns home on Independence Day to open a three-game series with Syracuse at 6:05. Jaime Schultz (5-4, 3.43) is scheduled to start.
Sunday’s box score
Bulls | ab | r | h | bi |
Hager, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Robertson, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goebbert, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Shaffer, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Decker, LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Varona, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Arencibia, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Acosta, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Tides | ab | r | h | bi |
Avery, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Alvarez, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mancini, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walker, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Perez, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoes, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joseph, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Janish, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Almanzar, 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Durham | 100 | 210 | 000 | — | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Norfolk | 100 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 | 4 | 0 |
LOB–Durham 7, Norfolk 6. 2B–Hager, Arencibia, Janish. HR—Goebbert (7), Decker(6). SB–Robertson (1), Avery (12).
Bulls IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Pruitt (W, 7-5) | 7 1/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Geltz | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Floro (S, 7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tides IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Addition (L, 1-9) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Rodriguez | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Drake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
McGough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This story was originally published July 3, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Pruitt leads Bulls past Tides, 4-1."