Kyle Bradish twirled five two-hit innings, allowing just one run on a walk, a pair of groundouts, and a single. He struck out three RailRiders. Of 67 pitches thrown on the day, 39 were strikes. Through two starts totaling nine innings, Bradish has a 1.00 ERA and nine K’s.
Nick Vespi relieved Bradish in the sixth with an impressive inning of his own: he struck out two, allowed no hits and threw 14 of 17 pitches for strikes. Cole Uvila closed out Game 1 with a scoreless inning.
The bulk of the Tides’ offense was supplied by Richie Martin (1-for-4), who drove in two runs with a double, Jacob Nottingham (2-for-2 with a walk), who drove in a run with a three-bagger, and Rylan Bannon, who went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.