Bruce Zimmermann unfurled his most dominant outing of the season, tossing six shutout innings and racking up more strikeouts (eight) than baserunners (seven). If Grayson Rodriguez gets demoted to the minors after last night’s poor start for the Orioles, Zimmermann might be on the short list to replace him in the rotation. Reed Garrett worked two scoreless innings, and Nick Vespi threw two pitches to get a save in a five-run game. Nice work if you can get it.
It was a well-balanced offensive attack for the Tides, with their 14 hits split between eight different batters. Leadoff man Connor Norby (#9 on Camden Chat’s prospect list) was the spark plug with a 4-for-5 game, including a two-run homer, his fifth.