There were promising individual stories here even though the result was a Tides loss. For starters, 40-man pitcher Chris Vallimont took the loss despite a quality start: Two runs allowed on three hits and a walk in a six inning start. He struck out seven batters and now has 22 strikeouts to five walks since arriving with the Tides. One bad outing has his ERA inflated (5.14) but if he keeps pitching like that, it’ll come down.
For the Tides offense, Terrin Vavra was on base four times, picking up two hits and two walks. Jordan Westburg had a pair of hits, and Kyle Stowers was 1-3 with two walks.