Center fielder Anthony Gose hits a double in the first inning. He would score on Chad Huffman's home run to put the Hens up 2-0.
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Bulls starting pitcher Blake Snell delivers to the plate.
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Hens center fielder Anthony Gose does not come up with a sinking double hit by Durham's Nick Franklin in the fourth inning.
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With the temperature at 75 at the start of the game, Laynie Tipton, 11, and a student at Jefferson Elementary School in Monroe, Mich., and her parents Shellie, center, and Jason Tipton, enjoy an Italian ice at the ballpark.
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Gabe Rice, a sixth grader at McTigue Elementary School, looks to get more autographs for his glove.
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Hens starting pitcher Matt Crouse in the dugout after the fourth inning, an inning in which he gave up up two runs on four hits.
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Hens relief pitcher Bruce Rondon in the dugout as girls and boys in attendance scream in a non-game-related cacophony.
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Hens center fielder Anthony Gose does not come up with a sinking double hit by Nick Franklin.
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Hens shortstop Dixon Machado slides to his feet after making a backhanded catch of a ball hit by Rickie Shaffer in the fourth.
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Hens starting pitcher Matt Crouse at the end of the second inning.
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Hens second baseman Argenis Diaz (3) makes the catch of a ball hit by Bulls' infielder Patrick Leonard in the third inning. Outfielder Wynton Bernard is left, and first base player Chad Huffman is right.
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Chad Huffman is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning.
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Anthony Gose rounds the bases, left, after Chad Huffman, right, hits him home on a two-run home run in the first inning.
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Hens starting pitcher Matt Crouse delivers to the plate against Durham.
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Ike Blessitt, left, who played for the Toledo Mud Hens and the Detroit Tigers in the 1970s, with Trinity Lutheran eighth grader Robert Hann, center, and Rich Crawford, both of Monroe. Blessitt underscored the importance of reading to the eighth grader.
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