Offense Quiet as Norfolk Falls to Worcester
July 16, 2022 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
NORFOLK, Va. --- The Norfolk Squeezers (43-46) fell to the Worcester Red Sox (47-42), 6-3, on Saturday night at Harbor Park. The Tides donned their "Squeezers" alternate identity, celebrating the orange crush, a Hampton Roads favorite.
The Red Sox jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second, but the Squeezers were not behind for long, as Jacob Nottingham knotted the ballgame up at 1-1 with an RBI-single.
That's as close as it would get for Norfolk in the game, as Worcester added four more runs over the next three innings, pushing their lead to 5-2. The Squeezers would only tack on one more run in the contest, when Terrin Vavra doubled home Dylan Harris in the fifth. Vavra went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks, extending his on-base streak to 20 games, the longest streak by a Tides batter this season.
Anthony Bemboom launched his first home run of the season in the ninth, cutting the Woo Sox lead to 6-3, but the Squeezers were unable to push any more runs across in the inning. Norfolk has now hit four home runs in the ninth inning during this series.
Bruce Zimmermann suffered the loss in the start, allowing five runs on 11 hits, including one home run in 5.0 innings of work. He struck out four batters and walked one.
The two teams will be back in action tomorrow, in the final game before the all-star break. The Tides set to start LHP DL Hall (2-4, 3.83) with the Red Sox slated to start LHP Chris Murphy (2-0, 3.00). First pitch is slated for 4:35 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
TERRIN UP THE BASEPATHS: After drawing a walk to lead off the game, Terrin Vavra extended his on-base streak to 20 games...it is the longest such streak by a Tides batter this season and it is the second-longest active streak in the International League...during this span, he is batting .329 (23-for-70) with 14 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI...he is getting on base at a .472 clip (14 BB, 5 HBP) and is slugging .500, good enough for a .972 OPS...he is the first Tides batter since Tyler Nevin, who reached safely in 25-straight from June 17 - July 17, 2021, to have a 20-game on-base streak.
LOW TIDES: By scoring just three runs in tonight's game, the Tides have now scored three runs or fewer in four of the five games in this series...Norfolk went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and are batting .209 in that situation during the series.
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