Dariel Alvarez homered for Norfolk, Trey Mancini continued to beast Double-A since being promoted there, and other happenings in the Orioles affiliates on Wednesday.
The up 'til now excellent Tides starter Michael Bowden had his first real rough outing in this game, giving up five runs on six hits in less than two innings of work. One of the runs was unearned due to an Audry Perez passed ball, but that doesn't make it a whole lot better. Ben Rowen followed, giving up only one run in 3.1 innings of work. The side-armer has a 2.