Kyle Stowers provided Norfolk’s only offense with a solo home run in the second inning. The blast marked the only extra-base hit for the Tides. Heston Kjerstad, Coby Mayo, Daz Cameron and José Godoy all notched a single.
Bruce Zimmermann allowed a pair of runs in three innings. Joey Krehbiel recorded a scoreless inning with a pair of strikeouts, but this one felt about as uneventful as it gets for the Tides.
Double-A: Erie SeaWolves (Tigers) 12, Bowie Baysox 10
Bowie did its best to mount a comeback with five runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth, but Erie avoided a complete collapse.