Norfolk Ends Road Trip With Loss At Gwinnett
July 23, 2023 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
Lawrenceville, Ga - The Norfolk Tides (60-34) fell to the Gwinnett Stripers (42-53), 6-2, on Sunday at Coolray Field. The Tides could only score two runs in the sixth, resulting in a 3-3 series split.
Tides starter Drew Rom started off hot, facing the minimum throught hte first two innings. That flipped when Yolmer Sanchez led the third off with a double, advanced to third on a single, and scored on an RBI groundout by Braden Shewmake to break the game open. Vaughn Grissom followed Shewmake with an RBI single to put the Stripers up 2-0.
The Stripers continued their early game success in the fourth with two more runs. Joe Hudson knocked an RBI double to knock in the first run. He scored on a single by Sanchez to make in 4-0.
Norfolk scored their only two runs in the top of the sixth. Ryan McKenna led off with a double, then advanced to third on a bloop double by Heston Kjerstad. Both of them scored when Connor Norby knocked a two-run single to make it 4-2.
That was as close as the game would get from there, as Gwinnett answered right back with two runs of their own. Magneuris Sierra knocked in the first run of the inning follwed by a Luke Williams RBI single to finalize the 6-2 victory.
The Tides return to Harbor Park Tuesday to start a two-week homestand. They start with Nashville this Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. to start a six-game series. Next week, the Tides will host Charlotte for a six-day, seven-game series due to the July 3 rainout.
POSTGAME NOTES
Norby Knocks: The only run producers for the Tides today was Connor Norby, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI...he hasn't gone hitless in back-to-back games since April 28, hitting safely in 54-of-69 games...in that that span, he's slashing .288/.349/.488/.837.
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