SYRACUSE 5, DURHAM 3 (BOX)
Syracuse trailed 2-1 after three, but a big performance in the middle innings pushed them to victory. Danny Mendick hit a big boy homer, hitting it over the Blue Monster in Durham to take the aforementioned 2-1 deficit and made it a 4-2 lead. Danny Mendick provided insurance to the lead he created with an RBI double to make it 5-2. Durham would push across a run in the ninth, but the lead proved to be too large for them.
- SS Danny Mendick: 2-4, R, 2B, HR (8), 4 RBI, BB
- 2B Ronny Mauricio: 0-5, 2 K
- DH Mark Vientos: 2-5, R, 2B, K
- 1B Luke Voit: 0-4, BB, 3 K
- CF Rafael Ortega: 1-4
- RF Jaylin Davis: 0-3, 3 K
- C Michael Perez: 1-3, R, BB
- 3B Luke Ritter: 0-3, R, BB
- LF Carlos Cortes: 3-4, R, 2 2B, K
- LHP Joey Lucchesi: 7.