Tides Split Saturday Night Doubleheader

Lawrenceville, Ga --- The Norfolk Tides (60-33) split a doubleheader against the Gwinnett Stripers (41-53) on Saturday night at Coolray Field. Game one of the doubleheader went to the Stripers, but Norfolk was able to take game two thanks to a grand slam to put them over the top.

The Tides struck first in game one of the doubleheader on a Daz Cameron sacrifice fly in the second inning of play for the early 1-0 lead. The Stripers evened the score in the home half of the third when Magneuris Sierra scored on a fielding error, allowing Yolmer Sanchez to score the equalizing run. Neither side would score until the bottom of the seventh when Luke Williams delivered the game-winner with a walk-off solo home run to left field and the Stripers took game one by a 2-1 score.

It was Norfolk who cracked the scoreboard first again in game two as Joey Ortiz and Kyle Stowers launched a pair of solo home runs in the second inning to grab the lead. The lead would dissipate in the fourth when Hoy Park drove in the tying run with an RBI single.
With the bases loaded in the fifth, Ryan McKenna launched a grand slam home run to left field to put the Tides back out in front, 6-2. Park collected another RBI in the seventh with a solo home run, but that would be all the Stripers could muster and the Tides took game two by a 6-3 score, splitting the Saturday night doubleheader.