IL1 Gwinnett Stripers

G-Braves Fall to Tides, 6-2

Published on September 1, 2010 under International League (IL1)
Gwinnett Stripers News Release


The Norfolk Tides defeated the Gwinnett Braves 6-2 on Wednesday night at Harbor Park. The G-Braves could not dig their way out of a first inning hole in which Norfolk scored 5 runs. Gwinnet starting pitcher Erik Cordier made his first Triple-A start for the team but was not able to make it out of the first inning. Gwinnett (69-69) remains in 2nd place in the International League South but fall to 17 games behind the IL South champions, the Durham Bulls. Norfolk (64-75) remains in 4th place in the IL South.

It Was Over When: In the first inning, Cordier gave up 5 R/ER on 2 hits in the bottom of the first inning. The G-Braves were never able to recover from Norfolk's big first inning.

Braves Beat:

On the Mound: Corider (0-1) walked 4 batters and struck out 1.Cory Gearrin went 3.1 innings and held Norfolk scoreless while giving up only 2 hits. Steven Marek struck out the all 3 batters he faced.

At the plate: Catcher Clint Sammons went 3-for-4 with an RBI on the evening, DH Barbaro Canizares went 2 for you .

The opposition:

On the Mound: Norfolk starting RHP Timothy Bascom struck out 3 batters and gave up 1 R/ER in 6 innings played.

At the plate: Michel Hernanez went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI. SS Blake Davis went

On Deck: Gwinnett hits the road for its final trip of the season, taking on the Durham Bulls in game one of a short two game series at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday. The G-Braves will send RHP Todd Redmond (9-10, 4.04 ERA) to the mound against RHP Aneury Rodriguez (6-5, 3.58 ERA) for the Bulls. The game will be broadcast on the radio at WDUN-550 AM.




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