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Bowling Green Hot Rods 3, Fort Wayne TinCaps 6 After a postponement on Wednesday and another rain delay on Thursday, the Hot Rods finally kicked off the playoff season.  But, they fell behind early and never were able to catch up to the TinCaps. George Jensen started for Bowling Green and went five innings, allowing [...]

Durham Bulls 3, Columbus Clippers 8 The experience of ex-Rays pitcher Mitch Talbot may have been too much for the Bulls as he out-pitched the much less-seasoned Chris Archer to put Durham down 0-2 in this best-of-five series. Archer seemed unhittable at times, striking out 11 in 5 2/3 innings.  But, he allowed five runs [...]

Durham Bulls 3, Columbus Clippers 3 Matt Moore gave up three runs and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings as the Bulls dropped game 1 of the first-round playoff opener.  Jay Buente and Joe Bateman combined for 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to keep Durham in the game.  But, the Bulls could manage only five hits in [...]

Durham Bulls 5, Norfolk Tides 8 Brian Baker fell to 7-9 as he was rocked for eight runs and ten hits over five innings.  That spoils four-hit games from both Stephen Vogt and JJ Furmaniak.  rus Canler added three hits in the loss.  The Bulls move on to the IL playoffs. Montgomery Biscuits vs. Chattanooga [...]

Durham Bulls 3, Norfolk Tides 2 Matt Torra improved to 5-1 as he allowed just two runs on four hits over seven innings.  Dane De La Rosa pitched two scoreless innings to notch his sixth save.  Russ Canzler was 3 for 4 with a triple and two RBI. Montgomery Biscuits 5, Chattanooga Lookouts 10 Alex [...]

Durham Bulls 6, Norfolk Tides 7 Alex Torres pitched well, allowing just one run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings.  But, reliever Jay Buente allowed four runs while recording just one out in the bottom of the ninth and Rob Delaney allowed the tying and winning runs to take the loss.  Matt Carson (4) [...]

Durham Bulls 4, Norfolk Tides 1 Matt Moore just might be the best pitcher the Rays have.  Period.  Tonight, he allowed one run on four hits over six innings while striking out ten.  He’s now 4-0 since being promoted to Durham.  That’s after being recognized as the Southern League’s best left-handed starter.  Dan Johnson hit [...]

Durham Bulls 0, Charlotte Knights 2 Chris Archer may have had his best start of the season, pitching seven shutout innings while allowing eight hits and, more importantly, just one walk.  But, Mike Ekstrom relieved him in the eighth and promptly allowed two runs to take the loss.  Bulls’ hitters managed only four hits in [...]

Durham Bulls 2, Charlotte Knights 10 Andy Sonnanstine started and was hit hard by the Knights, allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits over three innings.  He falls to 3-6 with the Bulls.  Dan Johnson hit his 11th home run of the season.  The Bulls remain three games up on Gwinnett with five games [...]

Durham Bulls 4, Gwinnett Braves 3 Russ Canzler celebrated being named the IL’s Most Valuable Player by driving in the go ahead run in the eighth and Tim Beckham was 3 for 4 with a double and two runs scored to lead the Bulls.  Lance Cormier started and allowed two runs on five hits over [...]