IL Norfolk Tides

Sounds Blast Away Tides to Even Series

Published on June 23, 2023 under International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release


NASHVILLE, Tn --- The Norfolk Tides (47-25) fell to the Nashville Sounds (39-33), 10-3, Friday night at First Horizon Park. The Tides are on their coldest streak of the season, losing eight of their previous 12 games.

Norfolk's only lead of the game came in the top of the fourth. Heston Kjerstad doubled, then scored on a fielding error at third base that skipped away and allowed the Tides to go up, 1-0.

Nashville's power began right after that half-inning. They put up five runs in the bottom-half, highlighted by a Tyler Naquin three-run homer. Norfolk allowed another run in the fifth inning, then two more in the sixth. Josh VanMeter belted a solo shot in the sixth, sparking the Sounds to an 8-1 lead.

Norfolk scored a run in the seventh when Jordan Westburg launched his 18th home run of the season. In the eighth, Nashville sunk their dagger with back-to-back solo bombs by VanMeter and Alex Jackson to top off their 10 runs. The Tides did score one more time in the ninth on an RBI single by Connor Norby but that was it as they lost, 10-3

With the series tied 2-2, game five will be played tomorrow at 7:35 p.m. Eastern Time Zone. Norfolk is scheduled to throw LHP Bruce Zimmermann (3-3, 3.50). The Sounds will throw their own southpaw in Robert Gasser (5-1, 4.24).

POSTGAME NOTES

Cheddar Kjerstad: Getting another extra-base hit tonight was Heston Kjerstad, who went 1-for-3 with a run, a double and a hit-by-pitch...10 of his 18 hits with Norfolk so far has gone for extra bases (five doubles, a triple, four home runs)...between Bowie and Norfolk, he has not gone back-to-back games without a hit since April 26, where in 47 games he's batting .333 (61-for-183) with 13 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 20 RBI, 12 walks and seven hit-by-pitches.

Wild, Wild West: Hitting his 18th home run of the season tonight was Jordan Westburg, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and a solo bomb overall...the 18 home runs matches his total last season, doing so in 66 games this season and 91 games in 2022...he ranks second all-time in franchise history as an Orioles affiliate for career home runs (36), trailing Christian Walker (42)...he's now tied for second in the International League in home runs, while leading the entire league in runs scored with 57...he now leads the team in multi-hit games with 24, passing Connor Norby.

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