5 months ago
OKLAHOMA CITY – Pinch runner Rashad Eldridge raced home on a wild pitch by Oneli Perez in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Durham Bulls beat the Memphis Redbirds 5-4 Tuesday night in the Triple-A championship game.
The Bulls are the Tampa Bay Rays' Triple-A baseball team affiliation.
The first pitch Perez threw after entering the game skittered past catcher Brandon Yarbrough to the backstop to allow Eldridge to score the winning run for Durham. The Bulls mobbed Eldridge in the batter's box after he scored and gathered along the third-base line to celebrate their title.
Michel Hernandez led off the inning with a double to the gap in left-center field and was replaced by Eldridge, who then moved to third on a wild pitch by Royce Ring.
Starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson, who began the year with Double-A Montgomery and was promoted to the Bulls in late July, threw five shutout innings and was named the game's MVP.
Rays prospect and Southern League MVP Desmond Jennings was 3-for-5 for the Bulls. Sean Rodriguez homered and Ray Olmedo was 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI.
Mitch Talbot threw a perfect top of the 11th for the win.
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