Norfolk Swept in Wednesday Doubleheader
August 22, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Norfolk Tides News Release
The Norfolk Tides were swept in a doubleheader Wednesday, dropping a pair of games to the Charlotte Knights.
In the opener, Norfolk was limited to four hits in a 5-2 setback.
Norfolk starter Luis Ortiz (2-1) suffered his first Triple-A loss, allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings of work. Ortiz, acquired by Baltimore from the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a trade deadline deal for Jonathan Schoop, walked one and struck out four while throwing 59 of his 89 pitches for strikes. He yielded run-scoring groundouts in the first and second frames before allowing a sacrifice fly to Ryan Cordell in the fifth. Through four starts with Norfolk, the 22-year-old right-hander has now registered a 3.43 ERA.
Chance Sisco had two singles and an RBI to help pace the offense, while Mike Yastrzemski added an RBI double. DJ Stewart singled and walked in the setback.
Charlotte starter Spencer Adams (4-5) earned the win after allowing two runs on four hits over six solid innings. He walked four and struck out two before giving way to Ian Hamilton, who worked a perfect seventh inning to earn his eighth save of the season.
In the nightcap, the Tides were held to three singles in a 3-0 defeat.
Tides starter Lucas Long (2-2) got off to a rough start in the nightcap, taking the loss despite a strong finishing effort. He yielded three first inning runs - two of which were earned - on three hits and a walk in the opening frame, but settled down to finish his outing with four scoreless innings. He faced just one batter over the minimum over his final four innings and retired each of his last eight batters - including four by strikeout.
Stewart, Joey Rickard and Breyvic Valera singled in the loss, as Norfolk was shutout for just the sixth time this season.
Four different Charlotte hurlers combined on the shutout, with Tyler Danish (2-3) earning the win and Gregory Infante picking up the save.
The Tides and Knights have now played 30 innings of baseball over the last two days, with the teams slated to wrap up their five-game set with a nine-inning contest on Thursday afternoon at Harbor Park. Luis Ysla (0-2, 3.27) will make the start for Norfolk and be opposed by right-hander Jordan Stephens (3-5, 4.28), with first pitch scheduled for 12:05.
Notes: Despite the game being played at Harbor Park, the Tides served as the visiting team in game two, which was the makeup of a game that was rained out in Charlotte on August 2nd...Prior to Wednesday's doubleheader, OF Jaycob Brugman and IF Adrian Marin were placed on the disabled list, making room for OF Joey Rickard and IF Steve Wilkerson on Norfolk's active roster... The start of the second game was delayed 71 minutes due to rain...Donnie Hart worked a scoreless inning in game two, giving him 13 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run.
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