Although the Tides bashed three home runs — by Chance Sisco, Drew Dosch, and Pedro Alvarez — it wasn’t enough to overcome a disastrous outing by John Means, who was torched for eight runs in 1.2 innings. Only three of the runs were earned, but that was because of Means’ own error on a bunt, so he can’t really point fingers. The extra out kept the Stripers alive in the second, and Carlos Franco blasted a grand slam to cap a seven-run inning.
In relief, Stacey’s cousin Lucas Long (not actually Stacey’s cousin) and Tim Melville combined for 5.