Longoria, Bulls squeak by Knights

Evan Longoria stroked a go-ahead double in the eighth inning as visiting Durham rallied past Charlotte, 4-3, on Sunday.

With the score tied, 3-3, Jon Weber singled to open the eighth and scored on Longoria's hit to center field. Longoria, who made his Triple-A debut on Aug. 2, also walked and scored on Wes Bankston's sacrifice fly in the fourth.

Justin Ruggiano hit an RBI double and Weber followed with a run-scoring single in the fifth to help the Bulls (66-55) erase an early three-run deficit.

Durham starter Jae Seo (6-3) ended a personal two-game skid after giving up three runs on seven hits while striking out seven over seven innings. Chad Orvella worked around two hits and a walk in the ninth for his 17th save.

Earl Snyder and Tomas Perez lined consecutive RBI doubles in the first for the Knights (54-68).

Charlotte's Carlos Vasquez (2-3) allowed a run on a hit and a walk with three strikeouts over two frames. Starter Nick Masset surrendered three runs on five hits and three walks while fanning seven over five innings.

This story was originally published August 12, 2007 at 11:52 PM with the headline "Longoria, Bulls squeak by Knights."