Norfolk Drops Road Trip Finale, 4-0, at Nashville
May 8, 2022 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Norfolk Tides (14-16) fell to the Nashville Sounds (20-9), 4-0, on Sunday at First Horizon Park, dropping their second-straight series, to cap their season-long 12-game road trip.
The Tides were blanked in consecutive contests for the second time during this road trip (April 29-30 at Gwinnett) and have been shut out four times overall this season.
Richie Martin led the way offensively, going 3-for-4 for his second three-hit game of the season. Martin hit safely in each of the four games he played in during this series, going 7-for-14 (.500). He was the only Tides batter to have multiple hits.
The Sounds scored twice in the second without putting the ball in play. Keston Hiura was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Jon Singleton followed with an RBI-walk. Those two runs were enough for Nashville, as their pitching staff limited Norfolk to just five hits.
Nashville added to their lead with a pair of runs in the sixth, on RBI-singles from Singleton and David Dahl, to make it 4-0.
Orioles' top prospect Adley Rutschman went 1-for-3 with a walk and overall went 3-for-10 (.300) in his first three games with the Tides this season.
Norfolk enjoys a day off tomorrow before returning to action on Tuesday at Harbor Park to take on the Memphis Redbirds. First pitch for the series opener is scheduled for 6:35 p.m., with the starting pitchers for teams to be announced.
POSTGAME NOTES
RICHIE THE KID: Richie Martin went 3-for-4 in today's series finale and has now hit safely in four-straight games...this was his second-three hit game of the season and his fifth multi-hit performance overall...in this series against Nashville, Martin went 7-for-14 (.500) with a double and a triple.
RUTSCHMAN REPORT: Adley Rutschman went 1-for-3 with a walk today...the Orioles top prospect went 3-for-10 (.300) with two walks in his first three games at the Triple-A level, recording one hit in each contest...Rutschman has hit safely in five-straight games with the Tides dating back to last season, including 13 of his last 14 (Sept. 19-present).
BUY THE DIP: Marcos Diplán posted another scoreless outing in relief, working a perfect eighth inning...Diplan has allowed just one earned run in 10.2 innings, spanning nine games...he is holding opposing hitters to a .179 (7-for-39) average.
TROUBLE WITH THE SUN: Norfolk's loss today brings their record in day games to 1-8, including 1-4 in such contests on the road, compared to 13-8 in night games...the Tides have a .219 (59-for-269) average and have scored 35 runs in nine games (3.9 R/G) under the sun, while posting a .246 (179-for-728) average with 106 runs in 21 games (5.0 R/G) under the lights.
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