Tides Can't Keep up with Sounds in Loss
Published on August 3, 2022 under International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
NORFOLK, Va. --- The Norfolk Tides (46-54) lost to the Nashville Sounds (61-39), 8-2, on Wednesday at Harbor Park. The Tides have lost four games in a row.
Nashville scored their first run in the top of the second when Joey Weimer hit an RBI single to score Pablo Reyes. Garrett Mitchell launched his first Triple-A home run in the fourth inning, giving three more runs to the Sounds. Jackson Reetz capped that inning with a solo home run, putting the Sounds up 5-0.
The Sounds added more runs in the sixth and seventh inning. Sal Frelick hit an RBI single in the sixth and Brice Turang hit a solo home run in the seventh to give Nashville their sixth and seventh runs.
The only two runs scored for the Tides were done by Kyle Stowers, who hit a two-run homer in the sixth. It was his 18th of the season. But Nashville would score one more insurance run when Reetz knocked in Mitchell, who led the inning off with a double. That finalized the 8-2 win for Nashville
Game three of the series starts tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. RHP Chris Vallimont (2-4, 5.46) will start for the Tides and will face off against Sounds starter RHP Dylan File (5-6, 4.58).
POSTGAME NOTES
TOP GUNNAR: Extending his hitting streak to 14 games tonight was Gunnar Henderson, who went 2-for-5...during that streak, he's batting .364 (20-for-55) with 11 runs, three doubles, two triples, three home runs, nine RBI and seven walks...it's the longest hitting streak by a Tide this season...in all, it's longest active hitting streak in the International League...he hasn't struck out more than once in 16 straight games (since July 8), the second-longest streak by a Tide this season.
STOWERS POWERS: Kyle Stowers continues to play well, who went 1-for-3 with the two run homer and a walk...Stowers extended his hitting streak to eight games, batting .394 (13-for-33) with five runs, a double, a triple, two home runs, 11 RBI and a walk ...Stowers ranks among International League leaders in extra-base hits (44, 1st), doubles (23, T-4th), slugging (.536, 6th), OPS (.898, 7th) and RBI (63, 10th).
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