
Pigs Continue Series with Bulls
June 11, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs will continue their series with the Durham Bulls on Saturday night. First pitch from Coca-Cola Park is slated for 6:35 p.m.
RHP Ben Lively (2-0, 2.37) gets the ball for the Pigs on Saturday night. Lively's last start came on Monday at Gwinnett when he allowed two hits while walking three and fanning six over six plus shutout frames in a win. The right-hander's combined total of nine wins between Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley is T-1st in all of MiLB along with Akron's Shawn Morimando.
RHP Jaime Schultz (5-2, 2.57) will be on the bump for Durham opposite Lively. Schultz got the win on Monday at Norfolk when he gave up one hit to go along with 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work. The Albany, N.Y. native has allowed one earned run or less in eight of his last nine starts.
After a three-hit game on Friday, Pigs 1B/OF Darin Ruf is now hitting .389-4-14 over his last 14 games (21-54, 4 2B, 3B, 14 R, .722 SLG %.).
There will be postgame fireworks presented by TD Bank and Saturday is also FeRROUS' birthday celebration with various mascots from around the area in attendance.
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