Bulls Drop 2026 Home Opener to Lehigh Valley

Durham, NC — The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs spoiled the 2026 International League home
opener for Durham, defeating the Bulls 4-3 at the DBAP on Tuesday night.

The Bulls (0-4) spotted the Iron Pigs (4-0) a 2-0 lead in the rst when a pair of leadoff walks
scored against rst-time starter KC Hunt (L, 0-1). Carter Kieboom blooped in a run-scoring
single followed by an RBI-double from Caleb Ricketts.

Logan Davidson scraped the Blue Monster for a double to chase home Raynel Delgado in
the second to trim the de cit to 2-1.

The Iron Pigs picked up another run against Hunt in the third to make it 3-1, then stretched
to 4-1 on a fth inning double by Liover Peguero off of reliever Jonny Cuevas.

The Bulls started to rally in the sixth when Dom Keegan drilled a run-scoring single to center
to score Jacob Melton from second base.

Trailing 4-2 in the ninth, Delgado legged out an in eld hit, followed by Logan Davidson getting hit on the right foot by a pitch to put the tying runs on. After a double steal, Edward Olivares walked to load the bases against reliever Seth Johnson.

Pinch-hitter Blake Sabol bounced into a force play, but beat the return throw at rst base to keep the game alive and score Delgado to make it 4-3. But Victor Mesa Jr. fanned on a fastball from Johnson (S, 1) to close out Durham’s fourth straight loss to open the season.

Former Bull and Tampa Bay reliever Trevor Richards (W, 1-0) notched the win in relief by
retiring all six batters he faced, four on strikeouts.
The six-game series continues on Wednesday night with Jesse Scholtens slated to oppose Bryse Wilson at 6:45 PM ET.