Honeywell Leads Bulls to Pivotal Game Three Victory
MOOSIC, PA - The Durham Bulls defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 6-2 Thursday night at PNC Field, taking a 2-1 series lead in the Best-of-Five Governors' Cup Finals.Highlighting the Durham victory was the performance of starting pitcher Brent Honeywell Jr. , who earned the victory by striking out 10 across six
MOOSIC, PA - The Durham Bulls defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 6-2 Thursday night at PNC Field, taking a 2-1 series lead in the Best-of-Five Governors' Cup Finals.
Highlighting the Durham victory was the performance of starting pitcher
In the seventh the Bulls doubled their lead, beginning with a two-run double into the right field corner off the bat of
The RailRiders would not go down without a fight though, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by
Five Bulls relievers combined to notch the final nine outs, as none of them threw more than 12 pitches. The final seven RailRiders that came to the plate were retired.
Bauers and Williams each tallied two hits in Durham's seven-hit attack, while seven starters reached base safely for the Bulls. Right-hander
The Bulls will aim to clinch the Governors' Cup title Friday night at PNC Field at 6:35 p.m. in Game Four. RHP