The Tides had a little of that late comeback magic working like the big league Orioles did last night, scoring a run in the eighth and two in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Knights. Pedro Alvarez had three hits for Norfolk and drove in four of its runs. The guy that the Orioles beat writers suspect could be called up soon, Michael Bourn, went 2-5 and is now batting .216.
The recently-demoted Donnie Hart pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief in the game, scattering three hits. Jimmy Yacabonis, whose early success has led to some wonder if he too could be in line for a big league shot, was asked to pitch 2.