It’s a good thing the Durham Bulls read this blog, Vol. 3: they beat Indianapolis Indians, snap losing streak
They didn’t exactly round up the Indians, but the Bulls hitters went 3-8 with runners in scoring position and made the most of the opportunities they had in beating Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon, 3-1. If you want to be a buzzkill, you could argue that Chris Richard went 2-3 with RISP and the rest of the team was an unimpressive 1-5; but that’s acting like Richard isn’t really part of the team. In terms of productivity if not batting average, Richard is probably the second-best Bull with men on base. He knocked in the go-ahead run yesterday in the top of the eighth inning after putting the Bulls on the board in the third. It was somehow refreshing that all three of Richard’s hits were singles—as were all of the Bulls’ seven hits—as if to prove (me wrong by demonstrating) that he and his teammates don’t have to hit home runs in order to win. They do have to keep striking out, though: twelve more against major league-seasoned Tom Gorzelanny and a pair of relievers.
Other ways in which Wednesday’s game (once again) proved me wrong:
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