Triple a baseball championship game 2012

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Our glass display cases are a necessity for any committed sports memorabilia enthusiast. Your timeless pieces, whether autographed helmets or balls, will be safe from dust and fading with our top-of-the-line exquisitely crafted cases. Both the Durham Bulls and Buffalo Bisons won the first two games of their season ending series. Therefore, prior to the start of the Bulls evening game in Charlotte, the team knew that all they needed was a win that day to clinch the Triple-A East League Championship.

They did win, but in a come from behind victory in which they scored the game winning runs in the top of the 9 th innings. The Durham Bulls won 2 of the remaining games to win the series with the Charlotte Knights 5 games to 1.

That gave them a final end of season record of 77WL and a. On the other hand, the Buffalo Bisons closed out their series with the Red Wings with 3 wins and 3 losses, a 71WL end of season record, and. The Bulls starter was twenty-two year old left hander Ian Seymour, Seymour, who was a second round pick of the Tampa Bay Rays in the draft, was pitching his first season of Minor League ball in He was just promoted to the Durham Bulls on September 9th and in this game was making his second start at the AAA class.

The Charlotte Knights sent a much more seasoned pitcher to the hill—28 year old right hander Alex McRae. McRae made his Major League debut on August 1, and had pitched briefly in the majors in , , , and The Durham Bulls quickly got on the scoreboard. They scored 1 run in the top of the first inning and then 2 more in the second to break out to a 3 run to 0 lead.

In the first inning, Bulls number two hitter, left fielder Ryan Boldt singled; stole second base; and with two down crossed the plate with run 1 of the game on an RBI double by cleanup hitter Dalton Kelly 1B. Then, in the second inning, 6 batter, second baseman Esteban Quiroz walked; advanced to third on a single by the next batter Nathan Lukes CF ; and score run 1 when catcher Brett Sullivan hit into a force out on which Lukes was out at second base.

With two outs, Sullivan advanced into scoring position at second base on a wild pitch and then crossed the plate with run 2 on an RBI single by Bulls leadoff hitter Vidal Brujan SS. Meanwhile, Ian Seymour harnessed the Charlotte Knights offense. He threw five shutout innings. Over that stint, he allowed just six base runners, 3 on hits and 3 on walk, while striking out 3 Knights batters. The Durham Bulls extended their lead to 6 runs to 0 with a two run rally in the top of the sixth inning and a single run in the ninth.

The key hit in the 6 th innings was a 2 run home run by number eight hitter, catcher Brett Sullivan That gave Sullivan, who is shown in the photo above, a team leading 3 runs batted in for the day.

From the sixth inning through the eight, Bulls right hand relievers Colby White and lefty Brian Moran held the Charlotte Knight scoreless. Then, in the 9 th one of the Bulls top regular season late innings reliever, Phoenix Sanders, came in for the close.

However, Sanders gave up a single to the first Knight hitter he faced. Then, the next batter, cleanup hitter Jake Burger 3B hit a 2-run homer. But, then Sanders struck out the next three Charlotte hitters he faced to secure a Bulls victory. Ian Seymour got the win. The Durham Bulls were off to a 1 game to 0 lead in the series. However, that win made their regular season record 73WL, which clinched the Southeastern Division Championship title for Durham and advanced them one step closer to winning the Triple-A East League Championship.

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