Weber, Williams Lift Bulls Over Knights
DURHAM, NC - Justin Williams drilled his eighth home run of the year and Ryan Weber struck out eight to lead the Durham Bulls past the Charlotte Knights 5-2 in front of 11,073 fans on 'Stranger Things' Friday night.Kean Wong stretched his on-base streak to 25 games with a leadoff
DURHAM, NC -
Durham added to its lead in the bottom of the third, when Wong led off the inning with a walk and
The Bulls stole three bases on the evening including a double steal by
Ryan Weber (W, 6-3) motored through 6.0 scoreless-innings to earn his fourth consecutive win, allowing four hits and recording a season-high eight strikeouts. He lowered his ERA from 2.23 to 2.05. Weber has allowed just two runs over his past 18.1 innings with 16 strikeouts.
The bullpen allowed two runs over the final 3.0 innings and Ruben Alaniz (S, 3) closed out the last two outs of the ninth inning to earn his third save of the season and clinch a 5-2 Bull City victory.
The Bulls continue a four-game series against the Knights Saturday night at 6:35 p.m. at the DBAP.