Claudio Custodio limited Durham to two runs through the first four innings, but the Tides bullpen allowed the Bulls to break things open late. Shawn Armstrong tossed a scoreless inning, but Cody Carroll allowed a pair of runs and Eric Hanhold gave up three more in the seventh.
Ryan Ripken drove in Brett Cumberland with a single in the second, and Robert Neustrom plated Mason McCoy with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Norfolk tallied only four hits in total. Cumberland doubled, while McCoy and Jahmai Jones added the others.
Double-A: Bowie Baysox 5, Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants) 4
Patrick Dorrian clinched the game with a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning.