Tides Suffer Defeat In Series Finale
September 3, 2023 - International League (IL)
Norfolk Tides News Release
WORCESTER, MA - The Norfolk Tides (81-50) fell to the Worcester Red Sox (71-60), 5-4, on Sunday afternoon at Polar Park. A late home run sinks the Tides as they fall short on a late comeback attempt in the ninth to drop the series finale.
Two extra-base hits opened play this afternoon, beginning with a Connor Norby double. Shortly after, Heston Kjerstad stepped up to the plate a crushed a 2-1 pitch to right-center field for a two-run jack that gave the Tides the early lead in the opening frame.
It wouldn't take long for Worcester to respond, scratching the equalizing run in the home half of the first with an RBI double off the bat of Ronaldo Hernandez, tying the game at two apiece.
Both starting pitchers would settle in with each tossing three straight scoreless frames. After Brian Van Belle posted another zero in the fifth, the Red Sox took their first lead of the game in the bottom half of the inning with a David Hamilton RBI single to go up 3-2.
The Red Sox tacked on two more in the bottom of the seventh when Hamilton struck again, this time with a two-run blast the extended the Worcester lead to three.
Norfolk earned on back in the eighth as Josh Lester got an 0-1 pitch he could handle and sent it over the wall in right-center field to pull the Tides within two of the Worcester 5-3 lead.
In their final turn at bat, the Tides scratched a run with Norby scoring on a Lewin Díaz groundout. The tying run moved up to second on the play, but Norfolk was unable to bring him around and fell by a 5-4 score to the Red Sox.
Norfolk has a scheduled off day tomorrow but resumes action on Tuesday night with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. at Harbor Park to kick off a two-week homestand, beginning with a six-game set against the visiting Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
POSTGAME NOTES
Cheddar Kjerstad: Checking in with a multi-hit performance this afternoon was Heston Kjerstad, who went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in the first...it was his 22nd multi-hit game and his second three-hit performance in a row...Kjerstad has hit safely in 11 of his previous 13 games since August 20, batting .309 (17-for-55) with seven runs, three doubles, two triples, a home run, five RBI and four walks while slashing .367/.491/.858.
Norby Knocks: Extending his hit streak to nine games today was Connor Norby, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, a double and two walks...since August 25 when his streak began, he is batting .400 (16-for-40) with 12 runs, five doubles, a triple, two home runs and four RBI...his first inning double was his 36th of the year which ties him for third in Orioles affiliate history (since 2007) with Drew Dosch (2016) for most doubles in a season.
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