Chad Huffman homered for the second straight game for the Clippers in their 8-3 victory over the Durham Bulls on Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The win gives the Clippers a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Chris Archer (0-1) settled down after allowing four runs in the first two innings to the Clippers and went five and two-thirds innings allowing seven hits and five runs, walking three and fanning a Triple-A career high 11.

The Bulls were down 3-0 in the bottom of the first inning when Tim Beckham got things going with a single. Matt Carson followed with a one-out double to put runners on second and third for Dan Johnson. Johnson drove a singled to center field to score both Beckham and Carson and cut the lead to 3-2, which was as close as the Bulls would get. The Clippers tacked on one run in the second on Travis Buck’s RBI single and would add another in the sixth on Tim Fedroff’s RBI single to make it 5-2.

The big blow came from the Clippers offense in the seventh inning when Juan Diaz connected on an Adam Russell fastball for a two-run double to give Columbus a 7-2 lead. They would go on to add another run when Diaz scored on a Luke Carlin double.

Talbot (1-0) went seven innings allowing seven hits and two runs walking one and fanning five to earn the victory. Jason Rice, Tyler Sturdevant, and Cory Burns combined to work the last two innings allowing three hits and a run, while walking two.

Durham will head to Columbus facing elimination in Game 3 on Friday September 9. The Bulls will send Alex Torres to the mound against the Clippers Joe Martinez. The game can be heard on 620 the Buzz.