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July 4, 2022 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release


Last Game Out: The Norfolk Tides (38-40) closed out this six-game series against the Gwinnett Stripers (37-41) with a 6-3 win on Sunday night at Harbor Park. The Stripers jumped all over Tides starter Bruce Zimmermann in the opening frame, scoring three times on four hits on the aid of two errors by the home team. But Zimmermann settled in and posted nothing but zeroes in his next 6.0 innings of work and allowed just four hits, all singles, during that span. He struck out six batters in total and did not issue a walk in his second-straight quality start. Buyoed by Zimmermann's out- ing, Norfolk began to chip away at the lead in the second, when Yusniel Diaz crushed a two-run home run to cut the Gwinnett lead to one. The Tides would then take the lead for good in the fourth, where Jacob Nottingham led off the inning with a solo shot to tie the contest and Anthony Bemboom then followed with a single.

He would later score the go-ahead run on a two-out RBI-double from Jordan Westburg. Kyle Stowers added some insurance in the seventh, with a titanic blast to center field to make it 5-3.

Gunnar Henderson also added a run in the eighth with a two- out single to score Cadyn Grenier. Kevin Smith followed in relief, tossing 2.0 scoreless frames to earn his second save of this series.

Tides Dig the Longball: Yusniel DÃ-az, Jacob Nottingham and Kyle Stowers all homered in last night's game and the Tides have now homered in seven-straight games, the longest active streak in the International League...it is the second-longest streak by Norfolk this season, trailing a stretch of 11-straight games with a home run from May 15 - 27...the Tides are on pace to hit 186 home runs this season, which would shatter the franchise record of 151, set in 1971...the home runs hit last night snapped a seven-season ho- merless streak for the Tides on July 3, where Nate McLouth was the previous to do so in 2012.

Hello, My Name is Bruce: Bruce Zimmerman was solid again in Last night's ballgame, tossing his second-straight quality start...af- ter he allowed three runs on four hits in the first inning, Zimmer- mann yielded just four hits, all singles, over his final 6.0 frames and struck out five batters...he did not allow a Gwinnett baserun- ner to reach second base during that span as well...between three seasons in his Norfolk Tides career, he's 5-3 with a 4.27 ERA (34 ER, 71.2 IP) in 14 games (13 starts), recording 68 strikeouts to 32 walks (1.41 WHIP).

Stowers Powers: Kyle Stowers went 3-for-5 last night with two runs scored, a double, a home run and one RBI...it was his third three-hit game of the season, which is tied for third-most on the Tides this season...he's the first Tide to reach 20 doubles this sea- son, where only one Tide did so in 2021 (Mason McCoy, 21)...his home run was his 15th of the season, which matches him with teammate Jordan Westburg for most in the Orioles organization this season...Stowers ranks among International League leaders in slugging (3rd, .551), extra-base hits (3rd, 35), OPS (4th, .911), doubles (4th) and home runs (T-7th).

Happy July 4th!: Tonight is the first time Tides have hosted a July 4th special at Harbor Park since 2019...Norfolk has played in 13 games on July 4 as an Orioles affiliate (since 2007), going 8-5...the Tides have won five of their last seven games on Independance Day (since 2014)...in 13 road games on July 4 since 2007, the Tides are 8-5 with a 3.92 ERA while hitting .271 with 15 home runs and 57 runs scored (4.38 runs per game)...Norfolk has homered in five straight July 4 games (since 2016)...including home and away games, the Tides are 18-9 when playing on a July 4th special...the Tides are now 2-5 at home with postgame fireworks.

DÃ-az Goes Yard: Snapping an 0-for-7 streak last night was Yusniel DÃ-az, who went 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer...it was his third home run and his third multi-hit game this season...

last year, DÃ-az had four home runs in 59 games, where he has three in 19 games this year.

International League Update: The International League (IL) East Division remains tight, as Norfolk's win last night brought Norfolk within 4.0 games behind first place, and yet they are seventh in the division...the prior time the Tides were 4.0 GB was on May 10...the Tides hit the road today to face one of the four teams tied for first in the IL East: Jacksonville, who was fifth in the division entering yesterday...when the Tides return to Harbor Park next week,they host. Worcester (42-36), who's also tied for 1st in the IL East and have won 11 of their last 13 games.

Navy Town Showdown: Introduced in the 2021 season, the sea- son series between Norfolk and Jacksonville, both historic Navy towns, is known as the Navy Town Showdown presented by your local GEICO agents...The winner of the season series is presented with a ships bell trophy...The Jumbo Shrimp won last season, 25- 11...the first series at Harbor Park from May 31 to June 5 settled in a 3-3 split...This season, the two teams are scheduled to play each other 21 times, matching the season-high (also 21 games vs. Durham).

Tidebits: The Tides earned their first series win at home this sea- son and end their season series against the Stripers with an 8-10 record...the ninth home run of the season for Jacob Nottingham last night snapped an 17-game homer-less streak (67 at bats, 72 plate appearances | June 9)...Jordan Westburg's RBI double last night was his 18th extra-base hit since his Triple-A debut on June 8, which leads the International League during that span...Cadyn Grenier's hit yesterday snapped an 0-for-19 hitless streak...Terrin Vavra extended his team-leading active on-base streak to 11 games with a walk last night.

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