Durham Bulls Daily

A six-run Charlotte fourth inning keyed a 6-4 win over the Durham Bulls.  Joe Rock surrendered six runs (five earned) in absorbing the loss.

Durham scored three times in the first inning thanks to a run-scoring triple by Curtis Mead and a two-run home run by Jonathan Aranda.

Shane Baz tossed six outstanding innings to pick up his second straight win, leading the Durham Bulls to a 5-2 victory over the Charlotte Knights.

Baz fanned eight and yielded just one run.

CJ Hinojosa hit a two-run shot in the fourth inning.  Durham scored three times in the first inning thanks to three walks and a single from Austin Shenton.

Rob Brantly hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Durham Bulls past the Charlotte Knights 4-3.  Ronny Simon doubled home three runs in the sixth to give the Bulls a 3-2 lead.

Charlotte hit three solo homers, a pair of shots in the fourth inning and a game-tying home run in the 7th.

Enmanuel Mejia notched the victory in relief, his staff-leading 5th.

Four Durham pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout of the Charlotte Knights, with the Bulls defeating the Knights 7-0.

Jeffrey Springs, Angel Sanchez, Michael Gomez and Manny Rodriguez collaborated on the third shutout of the year by Durham pitching.  Springs worked two innings in his first Triple-A rehab start.  Sanchez tossed the next five on 54 pitches.

Durham hit five home runs: Ronny Simon, Heriberto Hernandez, Curtis Mead, Austin Shenton and Logan Driscoll.

Charlotte scored twice in the 10th to defeat the Durham Bulls 8-6 on Tuesday night.  

Durham rallied from 6-2 down in the eighth inning to force extras.  CJ Hinojosa hit a two-run homer and Jonathan Aranda singled to left to make it 6-5 in the eighth.  Heriberto Hernandez delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth to tie the game.

Rob Brantly, Ronny Simon, Curtis Mead and Kameron Misner all homered as the Durham Bulls beat the Gwinnett Stripers 11-2 on Sunday to claim the series 4-games-to-2.  Jonathan Aranda collected four hits and a walk, driving in two and scoring three times.

Joe Rock allowed one run in his four-inning start, while Enmanuel Mejia notches his fourth relief win of the season, pitching a scoreless fifth inning.

Shane Baz fanned 10 in defeating the Gwinnett Stripers 7-3 on Saturday night.  Baz earned his first post-Tommy John surgery win, permitting just one run.

Austin Shenton had three hits and three RBI,m while CJ Hinojosa and Ronny Simon connected for solo home runs.

The Gwinnett Stripers defeated the Durham Bulls 10-1 on Friday night.  The Bulls managed just six singles in their second straight defeat.  Tyler Alexander suffered the loss in his Durham debut.

The Gwinnett Stripers halted Durham's seven-game winning streak, dealing the Bulls a 17-3 defeat. Former Bulls infielder Andrew Velasquez homered and drove in five runs for Gwinnett. Kameron Misner had three hits, including two doubles in the loss for Durham.

Jonathan Aranda hit a tie-breaking homer in the last of the eighth to cap a five-run inning to lead the Durham Bulls to a 5-3 win over the Gwinnett Stripers.

The win, Durham's seventh in a row, came after the Bulls were blanked on one hit through seven innings.