Ryan Mountcastle got the Tides on the board in the first with an RBI single to drive home Cedric Mullins. In the second, Mullins increased the Norfolk lead to four with a three-run home run that hugged the left field foul line until it reached the stands. The Tides kept tacking on runs, getting one each in the third and fourth innings, then four in the seventh.
Mullins was 3-for-5 with three RBI, three runs scored and a steal. He was just a double shy of hitting for the cycle. The center fielder is hitting .293 with an .