Durham Bulls Defeat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 7-3

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Durham, NC - A ninth-inning rally fell short on Opening Night at  the Durham Bulls Athletic Park as the Bulls dropped the first game  of four to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 7-3. The Yankees  homered three times off Bulls pitching before a crowd of 10,777.  Bulls third baseman Evan Longoria was pulled from the starting  lineup 40 minutes prior to gametime as he left for Tampa Bay.  Longoria will be selected to Tampa and placed on the 40-man roster  tomorrow.
 
 
 
 North Carolina-native Chris Mason started for the Bulls and held the  Yankees to two runs, retiring eight in a row before two walks set up  a three-run home run by Cody Ransom in the sixth. The Yankees scored  two more off Brian Henderson, and Dale Thayer pitched an inning of  scoreless relief.

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 The Bulls’ offense awoke in the ninth, with Jon Weber hitting a two- out, two-run home run in the final frame, but could not even the  score. Weber went 3-for-4 on the night, with three runs batted in  and a stolen base. Chirs Richard was 2-for-4 with a run scored on  the evening.
 
 
 
 Longoria will be selected to Tampa Bay’s roster before tomorrow’s  game against Baltimore, replacing the injured Willy Aybar. Lefty  Mike Prochaska will be assigned to Durham from Hudson Valley.

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