Durham Bulls Game Notes
August 6, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Durham Bulls News Release
Indianapolis Indians (65-47) vs. Durham Bulls (53-58); 7:05 p.m.
RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 1.69) vs. LHP Drew Smyly - MLB Rehab (0-1, 15.43)
The Bulls play the finale of a four-game set against the Indianapolis Indians in the second series of a season-long 10-game homestand. Durham is 1-5 to kick off the homestand, is 2-8 over its last 10 games, is 4-13 over its last 17, and is just 6-15 since the All-Star break. The Bulls have dropped 31 of their last 45 contests to go from a 2.0-game lead in the IL South to an 11.5-game deficit, their largest division deficit of the season. Indianapolis - the Pittsburgh Pirates' top affiliate - has won seven of its last eight, and enters today with the 2nd-best record in the IL behind Norfolk (64-46).
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