Tides Cruise To Series Openeing Win Vs. Stripers
May 24, 2022 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
NORFOLK, Va. --- The Norfolk Tides (21-22) began a season-long 12-game homestand with a 10-1 victory over the Gwinnett Stripers (21-22), on Tuesday night on a cold rainy night at Harbor Park. The game was called due to rain with the Tides batting in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out.
DJ Stewart put Norfolk in front, by blasting a mammoth three-run home run off of the video board in right field to make it 3-0 Tides.
Dean Kremer was excellent in his second Major League rehab appearance, his first with the Tides, tossing 3.0 scoreless frames, walking just one batter and striking out six.
The Tides broke the game wide open with a seven-run fifth. The first four batters reached safely, leading to Shed Long Jr. earning his first RBI of the season with a bases loaded walk. Rylan Bannon followed by clearing the bases with a three-run double and Kyle Stowers then crushed his team-leading 10th home run of the season to cap the inning.
Nick Vespi worked a shut-out fourth inning, striking out two, and has not allowed an earned run in his first 13 games, spanning 15.1 innings.
The two teams will be back in action tomorrow night in game two of this six-game set. LHP DL Hall (0-0, 6.52) is scheduled to take the mound for the Tides and RHP Huascar Ynoa (1-2, 6.04) is tabbed to make the start for the Stripers, with first pitch slated for 6:35 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
DEAN OF STRIKEOUTS: Dean Kremer was dominant in his first MLB rehab appearance with the Tides, his second overall rehab appearance...Kremer fired 3.0 scoreless frames, allowing no runs and no hits, while striking out six batters and walking one...it was his most strikeouts in an outing since whiffing seven batters on July 13, 2021, at Memphis...through his first two rehab appearances, Kremer has allowed no runs and just one hit in 5.0 innings of work, amassing 11 strikeouts and issuing one walk.
DJ TURN IT UP: DJ Stewart went 2-for-3 with a HR and three RBI in his 2022 Harbor Park debut...in four games with the Tides this season, Stewart has gone 5-for-13 (.384) with three runs scored, one double and one home run.
SIT 'EM DOWN: For the seventh time in the last 11 games, the Tides pitching staff has whiffed at least 10 batters, after punching out 11 in tonight's contest...during that span (since May 12), Norfolk pitchers have amassed 125 strikeouts, the most in the International League.
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