The Tides’ playoff hopes continued to slip away with their third loss in their last four games, dropping them 2.5 games back of wild card-leading Columbus with seven games left to play. Including Columbus, the Tides have four teams they would need to pass to claim the wild card spot, so it’s going to take a multi-team collapse in the final week for Norfolk to make the postseason.
In this game, starter Luis Ysla gave up five runs and nine hits in four innings, including a double by ex-Oriole Ryan Flaherty, who’s now toiling for the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate.