Bulls Advance to Third Straight Finals with Sweep
MOOSIC, PA - The Durham Bulls beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 17-2 Saturday night at PNC Field, sweeping the Best-Of-5 Governors' Cup First Round and advancing to their third straight Governors' Cup Finals.Durham took hold of the game from the get-go, scoring four times in the top of the first inning.
MOOSIC, PA - The Durham Bulls beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 17-2 Saturday night at PNC Field, sweeping the Best-Of-5 Governors' Cup First Round and advancing to their third straight Governors' Cup Finals.
Durham took hold of the game from the get-go, scoring four times in the top of the first inning.
The moment proved important, as in the top of the third the Bulls struck for two more on RBI knocks from Gale and
After the RailRiders got a run back in the eighth, Durham put the icing on the cake with a six-run ninth inning, highlighted by a three-run homer off the bat of Dalton Kelly that made it 17-2.
Meanwhile Slegers turned in his third straight strong outing, earning the win by tossing 6.1 shutout innings, allowing just three hits, walking no one and striking out eight.
The Bulls will take on the winner of the Columbus-Gwinnett series in the Governors' Cup Finals, and that series will begin Tuesday in either of those cities. Durham will host Games 3, 4 (if necessary) and 5 (if necessary) from Sept. 12-14 in the Best-Of-5 championship round. The Bulls are aiming for their third straight IL title, and seventh overall, in 22 seasons as an International League member.
The Bulls return to the DBAP for Games 3-5 of the Governors' Cup Finals on Sept. 12. Single-game tickets and group outings are available now at durhambulls.com, or by calling the Mako Medical Ticket Office at 919.956.BULL.