Craig Colbourne leads Bulls with 3-3 day and 3 RBI's.
Friday - July 24
at NC State University
6:20pm Richmond Braves 16's National 9, Triad Bulls 7 -- FINAL, 5 innings
Headline: Craig Colbourne lead Bulls at the plate with 3-3, 3 RBI night.
The Braves started the game with 2 runs in the top of the first inning and 1 more in the second for a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Ryan Harrell and Nathan Harrell started the inning with back to back doubles (Nathan's scoring Ryan) and cut the Braves lead to 3-1. The Bulls loaded the bases and Davis O'Brien and Alec Widmer drew back-to-back bases loaded walks to tie the game at 3-3. With 2 outs and bases still loaded, Craig Colbourne hit a bases-clearing double to left center (scoring Chamberlain, O'Brien and Widmer) and the Bulls took a 6-3 lead at the end of the second inning.
The hard hitting Braves kept pounding the ball and tied the game up in the top of the 3rd with 3 runs. 6-6.
In the top of the 4th, the Braves added 2 more runs for a 8-6 lead.
The Bulls cut the lead to 8-7 in the bottom of the 4th when Davis O'Brien scored on Devin Lumley's ground ball to shortstop.
The Braves upped the lead to 9-7 in the top of the 5th. The Bulls were unable to rally in the bottom of the 5th and the game ended due to time limit.
Leading hitters for the Bulls: Craig Colbourne (3-3 with a double and 3 RBI's), Nathan Harrell (1-3 with a double and 1 RBI), Ryan Harrell (1-3 with a double), Isaac Campbell (1-3) and McKay Chamberlain (1-3).
Bulls fall to 2-2 in pool play.
| BOX SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
R |
H |
E |
| Richmond Braves 16's National |
2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
| Triad Bulls |
0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
Date: July 24, 2015
Time: 6:20pm
Venue: North Carolina State University
