Varona’s single leads Durham over Rochester in 10 innings
-- Dayron Varona hit an RBI single in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Durham Bullsto a 7-6 win over the Rochester Red Wings on Tuesday.
Casey Gillaspie scored the go-ahead run on the single after he reached base on a walk, advanced to second on a single by Richie Shaffer and then went to third on a single by Varona.
The Red Wings tied the game 6-6 in the eighth when Jorge Polanco hit a three-run home run as part of a five-run inning.
Durham starter Eddie Gamboa went six innings, allowing one run and three hits. Casey Coleman (1-1) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Tuesday’s box score
Durham Bulls | ab | r | h | bi |
Field, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Motter, LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hager, SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Arencibia, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gillaspie, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Shaffer, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Decker, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Varona, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Robertson, 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rochester Red Wings | ab | r | h | bi |
Mastroianni, RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Beresford, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Polanco, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Palka, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Walker, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Britton, 1B-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tovar, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Schafer, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Ryan Murphy, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paulino, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
a- Tommy Field, PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Durham | 030 | 001 | 2001 | — | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Rochester | 100 | 000 | 0500 | — | 6 | 6 | 1 |
E—Schafer, Murphy.LOB–Durham 8, Rochester 4. 2B–Gillaspie, Varona, Hager. 3B–Mastroianni. HR—Polanco (9). SF–Robertson, Beresford.PO—Paulino
Durham Bulls IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Eddie Gamboa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Dana Eveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Geltz | 1/3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Casey Coleman (W, 1-1) | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ryne Stanek (S, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rochester Red Wings IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Pat Dean | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Marcus Walden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
J.T. Chargois (L, 2-1) | 1 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sean Burnett | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This story was originally published July 19, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Varona’s single leads Durham over Rochester in 10 innings."