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Bisons Notes - Buffalo at Durham (6:05 p.m.)

May 11, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Tonight's game begins a 7-game homestand for the Bisons at Coca-Cola Field against the Durham Bulls (May 11-13) and the Toledo Mud Hens (May 14-17)

Buffalo Bisons (15-15, 3rd(-2.5), IL North) vs. Durham Bulls (19-12, 1st(+1.5), IL South)

Monday, May 11, 2015 (6:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Field

LHP Daniel Norris (0-1, 1.59) vs. RHP Dylan Floro (3-2, 3.82)

Radio: ESPN 1520 AM, Bisons Baseball Network

Today's Game

Tonight the Bisons host the Durham Bulls in the first game of a three-game series at Coca-Cola Field (6:05 p.m.). The Herd is also opening up a seven-game homestand as the Toledo Mud Hens will come to town for four games starting Thursday. The Bisons have lost six straight games and are in 3rd place in the IL North Division (-2.5 games).

vs. the Bulls

The Bisons and Bulls are starting the second-half of their 2015 season series. Durham swept three games from Buffalo at Durham Bulls Athletic Park last week. With this year's unbalanced schedule, the Bisons and Bulls will play each other just six times in 2015.

Daniel Norris

LHP DANIEL NORRIS makes his second start of the season tonight. The southpaw faced these Bulls in his 2015 Bisons' debut last Wednesday and allowed just one run in 5.2 innings of work in Durham's 1-0 win. Norris struck out four and walked just three, retiring eight batters in a row at one point. Norris was 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA in five starts for the Blue Jays this year before joining the Bisons.

Matt Hague

INF MATT HAGUE'S hit in all six Bisons road games last week and now has the longest active hit streak in the International League at 11 games. Hague has averaged .318 (14-44) with two doubles, five RBI and five walks since April 29. Hague leads the Bisons team with 35 hits, 14 runs scored and a .421 on-base pct.

Starting Strong

Bisons' starting pitchers did not allow more than two runs in any of the six games on their past roadtrip. The rotation combined to post a 1.71 ERA win only six earned runs in 31.2 innings of work. The group also struck out 21 batters and walked just 10 batters.

Bisons Bits

INF ANDY BURNS has doubled in three of his last five games and has posted a .289 average in his first 19 career Triple-A games. He brings a five-game hit streak into tonight's contest (.300, 6-20)..LHP ROB RASMUSSEN has struck out 14 batters in 13.1 innings, holding hitters to just a .212 average against...The Bisons have just one Triple-A home run this year on their roster, belonging to INF MATT HAGUE. Buffalo has not hit a homer in 512 at-bats, a stretch that goes back to April 25.

Blue Jays Update

The Blue Jays (16-16) fell to the Red Sox by a 6-3 score on Sunday afternoon. Former Bison RHP Ryan Tepera made his major league debut and threw two innings of hitless relief. R.A. Dickey took the loss for Toronto, allowing six runs in six innings. Toronto is in Baltimore tonight with a 7:05 p.m. start.

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