Week 6: Pretty Much a Distaster

I got lazy, and a bit apprehensive, after last week's disaster at Harbor Park. I'm late. 

So far this year Norfolk has won 8 of 9 games against the Bulls, and the Bulls are going to have to play another 6 games against them starting on the 4th of July. On a positive note, that will be after the Great Re-Set and will not count against the first half of the season. 

At any rate, at the end of the week in Norfolk the Bulls were two games over .500 and tied for 7th place in the International League. Not what Bulls fans are used to. The team saw a decline in all major performance metrics. 

5/8: Week 6		Change
OPS	.793	- .04
ERA	5.03	+ .22
WHIP	1.49	+ .04
uERA	.705	- .037
Run Diff	-13	- 18

                                                            Matchup

The Knights are another traditional rival of the Bulls, but not in recent years. They aren't doing all that well in 2023, but neither are the Bulls.

Matchup: Bulls vs Knights, May 9, 2023
As of May 8, 2023	W-L	Rk	RDiff	OPS	ERA	WHIP	uERA
Durham Bulls (Rays)	17-15	7	-13	.793	5.03	1.49	0.71
Charlotte Knights (White Sox)	16-17	11	-36	.758	5.94	1.69	0.35
RDiff-Run differential;  Rk - Rank in International League; WHIP - Walks/Hits per Inning; uERA-unearned runs per 9 innings

The Bulls did win last night's game against the White Sox franchise, looking very good in a 5-3 game. Progress?