Tides Play Long Ball in Win Over Stripers
July 3, 2022 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
NORFOLK, Va. --- The Norfolk Tides (38-40) closed out this six-game series against the Gwinnett Stripers (37-41) with a 6-3 win on Sunday night at Harbor Park. The Tides earned their first series win at home this season and end their season series against the Stripers with an 8-10 record.
The Stripers jumped all over Tides starter Bruce Zimmermann in the opening frame, scoring three times on four hits on the aid of two errors by the home team. But Zimmermann settled in and posted nothing but zeroes in his next 6.0 innings of work and allowed just four hits, all singles, during that span. He struck out six batters in total and did not issue a walk in his second-straight quality start.
Buyoed by Zimmermann's outing, Norfolk began to chip away at the lead in the second, when Yusniel Diaz crushed a two-run home run to cut the Gwinnett lead to one. The Tides would then take the lead for good in the fourth, where Jacob Nottingham led off the inning with a solo shot to tie the contest and Anthony Bemboom then followed with a single. He would later score the go-ahead run on a two-out RBI-double from Jordan Westburg.
Kyle Stowers added some insurance in the seventh, with a titanic blast to center field to make it 5-3. Stowers now has 15 home runs this season, tied for the most in the organization. Gunnar Henderson also added a run in the eighth with a two-out single to score Cadyn Grenier.
Kevin Smith followed in relief, tossing 2.0 scoreless frames to earn his second save of this series. Smith had entered this six-game set with just one save in his professional career. The lefty struck out two batters and walked just one.
The Tides travel to Jacksonville tomorrow for the first of the two Monday games they will play this season against the Jumbo Shrimp. The Tides are set to start RHP Cody Sedlock (3-1, 6.50) and the Jumbo Shrimp will counter with RHP Elieser Hernández (3-1, 3.43). First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
TIDES DIG THE LONG BALL: Yusniel Diaz, Jacob Nottingham and Kyle Stowers all homered in tonight's game and the Tides have now homered in seven-straight games, the longest active streak in the International League...it is the second-longest streak by Norfolk this season, trailing a stretch of 11-straight games with a home run from May 15-27...the Tides are on pace to hit 186 home runs this season, which would shatter the franchise record of 151, set in 1971.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BRUCE: Bruce Zimmerman was solid again in tonight's ballgame, tossing his second-straight quality start...after he allowed three runs on four hits in the first inning, Zimmermann yielded just four hits, all singles, over his final 6.0 frames and struck out five batters...he did not allow a Gwinnett baserunner to reach second base during that span as well.
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