Bulls Walk Off on Meadows Homer
DURHAM, NC - Austin Meadows launched his second home run of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Durham Bulls to a 10-9 walk off victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in front of 10,318 fans at the DBAP Saturday night.The Bulls (65-50) had their 8-4 lead
DURHAM, NC -
The Bulls (65-50) had their 8-4 lead erased in the top of the ninth inning on a
McBroom began the RailRiders comeback from a 4-1 deficit in the fourth with a leadoff double and scored on a double by Mark Ford. Ford would later score on a double play by Giovanny Urshela. The Bulls responded in the home half of the frame with three runs on four hits including a fielder's choice off the bat of Nate Lowe and a Meadows double to left field extending their lead to 7-3.
The Bulls built that lead against RailRiders starter
The bullpen could not hold the lead though, as three pitchers combined to surrender six runs on six hits with seven strikeouts over the final four innings.
Meadows finished 4-for-6 with two home runs and three RBI, Velazquez had two hits and two runs scored, and Refsnyder drove in one run on two hits. Meadows has a hit in seven of his nine games played since joining Durham on August 3.
The Bulls face the RailRiders for the finale of a three-game series Sunday at 5:05 p.m. Mike King (0-0, 1.29) is scheduled to start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the starter for Durham is yet to be announced.