Bulls Win Eighth in a Row
Published on July 29, 2010 under International League (IL1)
Durham Bulls News Release
Durham, NC - J.J. Furmaniak's double to center field scored Desmond Jennings with the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning as the Bulls held on for their eighth straight win, 2-1 over the Iron Pigs on Thursday afternoon.
Fernando Perez led off the inning with a single but was forced out at second on Jennings' groundball to third. Furmaniak followed with his RBI-double to give the Bulls the lead.
Durham got on the board first in the sixth inning. Angel Chavez led off the inning with a single followed by a bunt single from Jose Lobaton. Perez got on with a bunt single to load the bases, then Jennings hit into a forceout scoring Chavez.
Lehigh Valley answered in the bottom of the ninth when John Mayberry homered to left field off of Bulls reliever R.J. Swindle.
LHP Darin Downs (3-1) picked up the win pitching two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts. RHP Brian Gordon (1-2) took the loss allowing one run on three hits in three innings of work.
The Bulls and Iron Pigs finish the series on Friday night at 7:05 PM. Catch all the action with Neil Solondz on www.durhambulls.com .
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