Bisons return to action, fall to Norfolk, 5-2
After inclement weather canceled most part of the Bisons' season-opening homestand, the Herd took the diamond for the first time in a week but lost 5-2, Friday night in Norfolk.A combined effort by the Tides' pitching staff shut down the Buffalo offense, holding the Bisons to just six total hits
After inclement weather canceled most part of the Bisons' season-opening homestand, the Herd took the diamond for the first time in a week but lost 5-2, Friday night in Norfolk.
A combined effort by the Tides' pitching staff shut down the Buffalo offense, holding the Bisons to just six total hits while Norfolk slashed 15 hits on their way to the win.
Norfolk starter
Fresh off activation from the disabled list,
Down three runs in the fourth inning, the Bisons countered with a two-out rally, loading the bases with a pair of walks drawn by
Even with Melville's night finished, the Bisons were still unable to drum up consistent offense to scratch crooked numbers across the plate until the top of the seventh. Much like the fourth inning, the Bisons planted two runners on base with the one and two hitters, Pompey and Dwight Smith Jr. Both were dealt walks to put a Buffalo runner in scoring position for the first time in three turns at bat. A double steal placed both Pompey and Smith Jr. in a prime spot to score.
Bisons' skipper Bobby Meacham's gamble payed off after Buffalo cashed in on its second run of the game with an RBI single by
The Bisons started their half of the ninth with two men on after Pompey, who led off the inning, was plunked by a pitch. A wild pitch pushed him to second. With no one out, Buffalo brought the tying run to the plate when Smith Jr. drew his second walk of the game, however, a similar narrative continued as the Bisons were unable to provide clutch offense. The last-inning hope was foiled when
Buffalo now looks to rebound Saturday night as