Bulls power past first-place Gwinnett behind three home runs
Durham hit three homers, beat first-place Gwinnett 7-2, and finished the job without a late wobble. Logan Davidson’s first-pitch blast set the tone.
Durham did not just beat first-place Gwinnett. It took the opener, hit three home runs, and walked out of Gwinnett Field with a 7-2 win that looked controlled from the moment Logan Davidson jumped on the first pitch he saw from Victor Mederos in the fifth inning and sent it over the right-field wall.
That swing broke a scoreless game and gave the Bulls the kind of edge that changes the temperature of a road afternoon. Blake Sabol and Carson Williams followed with homers of their own, turning a tight game into a clear statement win for Durham, which improved to 16-25. Gwinnett fell to 25-16, and with the six-game series tied 1-1, the Bulls at least forced the Stripers to answer back after losing their footing in the opener.
The best part for Durham was how the offense came from multiple places instead of one hot hand carrying everything. Davidson’s homer was his fourth of the season, while Sabol’s was his second, and both hitters had already shown extra-base pop in recent games. Earlier Bulls video from April 30 showed Davidson and Sabol both going deep in the same game, and that kind of repeat production matters for a Triple-A lineup that can change fast when the major league club needs bodies.
Homer Bush Jr. added another useful line to the night by tying his career hits mark in the win, a small but telling note in a game where Durham kept stacking positive at-bats. That is what makes the result more than a one-off power display. The Bulls beat the team sitting on top of the standings, did it on the road in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and never let the game slip into the kind of messy late innings that can erase a strong start.
For Durham, that is the real takeaway. A 7-2 win over the division leader is not just another box score entry. It is evidence that the Bulls can still punch above their record, generate damage in bursts, and protect a lead once they have one. In a league built on churn, that is how momentum starts to mean something in the standings.
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