Bulls Fall 5-3 In Syracuse; Drop Series To Mets
Syracuse, NY --- Dilson Herrera homered twice to lead the Syracuse Mets past the Durham Bulls 5-3 on Thursday night at NBT Bank Stadium.Durham's Emilio Bonifácio homered in the third inning to give Josh Fleming a 1-0 lead in his Triple-A debut, but the Mets (61-61) clubbed three homers in
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In the fifth, Herrera homered again, this time with two outs against Fleming (L, 0-1).
Durham (68-54) scored twice in the sixth inning to close to within 5-3.
The Bulls manufactured major threats in the eighth and ninth, but left the bases loaded in both innings as the Mets won the series 2-1.
With Durham's loss, coupled with Charlotte's win over Scranton, the Bulls' lead in the wild card race shrank to 1/2 game. First place Gwinnett was swept by Columbus, allowing Durham to close to within 2 1/2, with Charlotte 3 games back.
Durham's road trip swings to Buffalo on Friday night at 7:05 PM ET.