IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Leroux Shines as Pigs Rally to Top Tides, 8-4

August 1, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


Pitching on three days rest, RHP Chris Leroux tossed six shutout innings of relief as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (48-60) rallied to top the Norfolk Tides (62-44) 8-4 on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Park.

Leroux (2-3) allowed four hits while walking one and fanning two over his 6.0 IP. The six innings of work is the longest relief outing for an IronPigs pitcher since Joe Savery went seven against Syracuse on July 1, 2010.

LHP Adam Loewen (1.2 IP, H, BB, 3 K) worked out of a two on, one out jam in the eighth and got the final five outs to pick up his ninth save of the season.

Norfolk grabbed an early 4-0 lead with four runs in the first. Audry Perez came through with a two-run single, Michael Almanzar plated a run with an RBI groundout and Pigs starter Anthony Vasquez issued a bases loaded walk to Dariel Alvarez.

Vasquez (n/d) gave up the four runs on five hits to go along with a walk and a strikeout in just one inning of work. The southpaw threw 48 pitches in the inning.

The Pigs cut the lead to 4-3 with a trio of runs in the home half of the inning. Tyler Henson (2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R) drove home a run with an RBI double, Tides starter Eddie Gamboa issued a bases loaded walk to Cord Phelps and Chris McGuiness (1-3, 3 RBI, R) knocked home another run with a sac fly.

A four-run third opened up a 7-4 lead for the IronPigs. Back-to-back walks started the inning before McGuiness plated both with a two-run double. Henson and KC Serna (1-3, RBI, 2 R) each came through with RBI singles later in the inning.

Gamboa (8-8) allowed six runs on two hits to go along with eight walks and a strikeout in 2.0 IP.

Chase d'Arnaud's RBI single in the home half of the eighth extended the Pigs' lead to 8-4.

The series wraps up on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. as LHP Jesse Biddle (2-0, 4.05) gets the ball for Lehigh Valley against a starter yet to be determined for Norfolk.

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