The Durham Bulls lost to the Syracuse Mets 5-4. Trevor Richards threw 2.0 scoreless innings as he works himself back to a bigger workload. The Mets scored three runs in the third to take a 3-0 lead. That would last until the seventh. Emilio Bonifacio walked with the bases loaded to score the first run for Durham. The second run of the inning scored on a RBI groundout by Kean Wong. Syracuse extended the lead to 5-2 in the eighth. Jason Coats two run homer in the ninth brought the Bulls within one, but the rally fell short.