Tides fall to Bisons 4-1
Published on April 12, 2006 under International League (IL1)
Norfolk Tides News Release
April 12, 2006 - Buffalo plated two runs in the 8th and 9h innings to break open a scoreless tie, as the Tides fell 4-1 Wednesday night from Harbor Park.
With one out in the 8th inning, Tides reliever Tim LaVigne (0-1) hit Buffalo shortstop Jose Flores with a pitch, and catcher Einar Diaz followed with a home run just inside the left field foul pole to give the Bisons a 2-0 lead.
Norfolk mounted a brief rally in the bottom of the 8th inning, as Lastings Milledge and Jeff Keppinger led off the inning by drawing walks and were moved up a base on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Basak. Milledge came into score on an RBI groundout by Chase Lambin, but Keppinger was stranded at third as Julio Ramirez was retired on a groundout off of Buffalo reliever Andrew Brown (2-0).
Buffalo added two insurance runs in the ninth inning, as Virginia Beach native Jason Dubois belted a solo home run and Ben Francisco added an RBI single.
Ben Howard worked a perfect ninth inning to record his first save of the season.
Norfolk starter Jeremi Gonzalez was very impressive in earning a no-decision, as he allowed just three hits in 7.0 shutout innings of work. The right-hander walked one and struck out nine, and left with the score tied 0-0 after 7.0 innings.
The Tides finish up their initial homestand of 2006 with a 12:15 Business Special from Harbor Park Thursday afternoon. Blake McGinley is scheduled to take the hill for the Tides agains Buffalo right-hander Dan Denham (0-0, 5.40).
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