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Bisons Notes - Durham at Buffalo (7:05 P.M.)

June 30, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Buffalo Bisons (41-41, 5th(-6.0), North) vs. Durham Bulls (38-45, 3rd(-9.0), South)

Saturday, June 30, 2012 (7:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Field

LHP Mark Cohoon (0-0, 17.18) vs. LHP Alex Torres (2-3, 7.06)

TV: Time Warner SportsNet 13

Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com

TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Durham Bulls in the first of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). The Herd won last night against Louisville by a score of 8-0 for their third straight and a series win. Buffalo will go on a five-game road trip before the All-Star break against Syracuse and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Bisons are 22-18 at home this year.

vs. BULLS: The Bisons are 0-4 against Durham this season as the Bulls swept a four-game set, June 22-25. In 2011, the Herd went 3-5 against the Bulls. Since their return to the International League in 1998, the Bisons are 58-58 (.500) overall against Durham and are 32-24 (.571) at Coca-Cola Field.

COHOON: LHP MARK COHOON will make his second start tonight for the Bisons since being called up June 24. Cohoon went 3-7 in 12 starts with Binghamton (AA) with a 4.11ERA before being called up. The southpaw had 18 starts last season for the Herd in which he went 4-11 with a 6.11ERA.

J-ROD: INF JOSH RODRIGUEZ went 4-5 yesterday and fell a triple short of the cycle. He now has four multi-hit games for Buffalo and at least one hit in six of his first seven games with the Herd. Rodriguez is hitting a combined .303 with eight home runs and 34RBI in 64 games between Double-A Binghamton and Buffalo this season.

LONGBALL: OF MATT DEN DEKKER, INF OSWALDO NAVARRO and INF JOSH RODRIGUEZ all had solo-shots for the Herd last night. Rodriguez now has three home runs in seven games since being called up on June 21. Navarro hit his first home run as a Bison and his first since April 15 with Binghamton (AA) earlier this season.

BISON BITS: RHP MATT HARVEY got his team-leading seventh win last night retiring the first 14 batters he faced and striking out nine. he now leads the IL with 96 strikeouts on the year...INF BRAD EMAUS went 3-4 with a double and 3RBI last night. He is six for his last 18 at the plate (.333) with four RBI..RHP ELVIN RAMIREZ pitched a scoreless eighth inning last night to drop his ERA back down to 0.98.

BISON BITS: RHP MATT HARVEY got his team-leading seventh win last night retiring the first 14 batters he faced and striking out nine. he now leads the IL with 96 strikeouts on the year...INF BRAD EMAUS went 3-4 with a double and 3RBI last night. He is six for his last 18 at the plate (.333) with four RBI...After missing 61 games on the disabled list, OF ADAM LOEWEN has been activated and transferred to Single-A St. Lucie.

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