Baseball: Triangle Offense, Indy Week

Bulls rally falls short, lose to Indians in extras

Jonathan Stout — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:00 -0400

After rallying from a four-run deficit, the Durham Bulls were not able to surpass the Indianapolis Indians, falling 6-4 Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

In front of an almost sold out crowd of 9.565, fans were into the game early and often.…

Mudcats' first-half woes get worse with extra-inning defeat

Mike Potter — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:56:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats have been eliminated from the Carolina League’s first-half race for about a week, so now they’re trying to get momentum for a better second half.

Tonight David Wallace’s club will play the second of a three-game set with its nemesis Myrtle Beach Pelicans, who come in percentage points ahead of the Winston-Salem Dash atop the Southern Division and have won all but one meeting in the series.…

Mudcats' woes get worse with late Salem comeback

Mike Potter — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:41:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Back again with the Carolina Mudcats, who are desperately needing to mix in a win.

The Carolina League’s last-place team will take a five-game overall losing streak and eight-game overall losing streak into tonight’s contest with the Salem Red Sox.…

Mudcats suffer rare sweep at home, stay double digits out of first

Mike Potter — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:47:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats will finish their series with the Lynchburg Hillcats on an unseasonably cold evening.

And right now it’s about turning around the momentum.…

Wil Myers suffers tummy upset, but Bulls wave off Chiefs, win 4-2

Jonathan Stout — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:08:00 -0400

On a perfect night for baseball, with temperatures in the mid 60s, the Durham Bulls defeated the Syracuse Chiefs, 4-2, in its only win of the four-game home stand.

The crowd on hand, 8,227, at Durham Bulls Athletic Park was electric all night and even sustained “the wave” for almost the entirety of the eighth inning.…

Bulls lose to Chiefs, twice

Jonathan Stout — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:00 -0400

I’m a new intern with INDY Week with a primary focus of covering the Durham Bulls over the summer. Next fall I’ll be a senior at N.C. State and the sports editor at N.C. State's campus paper, the Technician.…

Clutch hitting Keys Frederick victory over host Mudcats

Mike Potter — Sat, 04 May 2013 22:19:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Back to the Carolina Mudcats on an unseasonably cool, cloudy May evening, and they have some work to do.

The Carolina League plays two 70-game halves, and 28 games into the race they’re in last place and five games out of first in the Southern Division.…

One big swing derails Mudcats as Nats recover with 2-0 win

Mike Potter — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:27:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Checking in on the Carolina Mudcats, who happen to be in last place in the Carolina League.

All of that doesn’t mean much, as through 18 games the league’s hottest teams are a scant two games ahead of the coldest.…

Break out the brooms: Muddies complete Winston-Salem sweep

Mike Potter — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:03:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON It’s the finale of the Carolina Mudcats’ season-opening three-game set, and they’re looking to do something they did only three times all last season.

They’ve won the first two of the series against the Winston-Salem Dash — the first in a rout and the second with an eighth-inning comeback — and will look for the sweep on a proverbial perfect spring afternoon for baseball.…

Phenoms lead opening attack as Mudcats crush Winston-Salem

Mike Potter — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:00:12 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Boys of Summer have taken the field in the Triangle, and for the Carolina League opener they’ve at least brought the spring weather with them.

At least for April, there aren’t much better nights for baseball around here, as the rain is gone and there is no wind and it’s 62 degrees at first pitch.…

Seasons change: Mudcats host Winston-Salem in Friday opener

Mike Potter — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:49:00 -0400

FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Play ball!

The Carolina Mudcats hope to make a run at their first Mills Cup starting Friday night at 7:15, when they host the Winston-Salem Dash in the first pro baseball game in the Triangle this season.

The Mudcats will boast a pair of fresh-faced first-round draft picks and a young new manager when Cody Anderson (4-7, 3.20 at Lake County last season) takes the hill against Bryan Blough (2-0, 3.93) in the first of their three-game set against the Chicago White Sox affiliates.…

Durham Bulls to host 2014 Triple-A All-Star Game

Adam Sobsey — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:01:10 -0500

DBAP/ DURHAM—The Durham Bulls announced this morning that they will host the 2014 Triple-A All-Star Game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The exact date has not been announced yet, but expect it around the second or third week of July.…

Harrison, Rodon, Boyd collect more hardware from Hot Stove

Mike Potter — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:50:20 -0500

McKIMMON CENTER/RALEIGH Texas Rangers left-hander Matt Harrison was the first active player in seven years not named Josh Hamilton to win the Will Wynne Award as the North Carolinian contributing most to baseball.

And N.C. State southpaw Carlos Rodon had a kind of three-peat, winning the state’s college player of the year award after finishing his high school career as back-to-back winner of the Jim “Catfish” Hunter Award as Wake County high school player of the year.…

Reno comes up Aces, denies PawSox Triple-A Championship

Mike Potter — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:51:01 -0400

DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK It’s the Triple-A National Championship Game on a soggy September night.

And although the Durham Bulls had their worst season in six years and didn’t get anywhere near the game, there’s a great crowd of 8,601 in the house.…

Alex Torres, Durham Bulls shut out Charlotte Knights in final home game of season: Keeping the Faith

Adam Sobsey — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:00:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—Faith is, as a bestseller tells us, the evidence of things unseen, and we haven't seen Alex Torres recently. Torres pitched pretty well in his first start of 2012, way back in the second game of the season—but he didn't pitch that well, not as well it as the box score suggests.…

Durham Bulls fall to Charlotte Knights: Time of the Season

Adam Sobsey — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:00:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—We may know what time of the season it is—the last home game of the Bulls' season is tonight—but what season is it, exactly? Not long ago, a cold front dropped Durham's weather way down into the temperate range (you could wear long sleeves and pants), and it seemed that summer was over early.…

Durham Bulls hold off Norfolk Tides to win season-high sixth straight: Professionals

Adam Sobsey — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:33:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—What to make of a team that has been bad pretty much all season long and is only now, at the end of days, playing like a winner? The Bulls beat Norfolk Sunday evening, building a 4-0 lead through five innings and then sweating out a tense ninth inning to win, 4-3.…

Niemann survives line drive off the hand, Bulls win fifth straight

Mike Potter — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:41:29 -0400

DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK It’s a bit too late to do anything about the pennant race, but the Durham Bulls are very hot right now.

Heading into the fourth of a five-game home set with the Norfolk Tides, the Bulls have won four straight games.…

Durham Bulls take third straight from the Norfolk Tides: Looking up

Adam Sobsey — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:31:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—About 15 minutes before game time, the plane flew over the ballpark and what looked like four puffs of pink smoke popped out. It wasn't long before the parachutes deployed and the jumpers began their descent to Goodmon Field.…

Jake Arrieta and Norfolk Tides throw 1-hitter, but Chris Archer and Durham Bulls beat them: Going mental

Adam Sobsey — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:29:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—The Durham Bulls shut out the Norfolk Tides last night, 2-0, despite getting only one hit, a two-out, first-inning single by Chris Gimenez. A wonderful pitching duel between the Bulls' Chris Archer and the Tides' Jake Arrieta was decided in the sixth inning, when Arrieta came unglued and walked four straight batters to force in one run and threw a wild pitch to score the other.…

Pendleton stops the bleeding as Bulls top Charlotte 3-1

Mike Potter — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:32:01 -0400

DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK The Durham Bulls play the back half of their two-game set with the Charlotte Knights, who are closing in on the South Division title.

The Bulls, meanwhile, are nearly eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in six years.…

Charlotte Knights thump Durham Bulls: More Mr. Nice Guy

Adam Sobsey — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:00:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—Three nights in a row, Durham pitching has gotten bombed, and three nights in a row they've lost (actually four if you count the last game of the Ohio road trip). Last night, it was Cesar Ramos' turn to get the Dresden treatment.…

"Actually, don't ask Neil": Gwinnett Braves rally, outscore Jeff Niemann and Durham Bulls in 11 innings

Adam Sobsey — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:00:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—"Play the game the right way," goes the crusty old baseball saying, and so it ought to be written about the right way, too. On Sunday afternoon, the Durham Bulls tweeted a link to the video of the scintillating 3-6-1 double play turned on Saturday by Henry Wrigley, Tim Beckham and Jim Paduch.…

Gwinnett Braves make Durham Bulls disappear: Magic and Loss

Adam Sobsey — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:00:00 -0400

DBAP/ DURHAM—If it wasn't for bad Lueke, the Bulls would have no Lueke at all.

Sorry about that.…

Torra sizzles as Bulls hit four homers in rout of Columbus

Mike Potter — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:28:15 -0400

DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK The Durham Bulls come into the finale of their homestand looking for a split of their four-game set with the Columbus Clippers.

And it would be helpful to get some offense.…