Starter Brandon Barker got his first taste of Triple-A with the O's organization as a presumably emergency fill-in starter. He needed just 77 pitches to get through five innings, with one unearned run scoring across four hits and one walk allowed. Barker struck out six batters.
The bullpen melted down in the eighth inning as two relievers combined to allow five runs to send the Tides into the loss column to close out their season.
This is not the end of the road for Bowie, as they have qualified for the Eastern League playoffs. They tied the game in the top of the eighth only to fall behind again in the bottom of the inning.