Stripers sink Tides in series rubber match
The Gwinnett Stripers used two big innings to sink the Tides 8-2 Wednesday night at Harbor Park.
The Gwinnett Stripers used two big innings to sink the Tides 8-2 Wednesday night at Harbor Park.
Norfolk starter
Shepherd allowed four hits and two walks while striking out six, throwing 58 of his 89 pitches for strikes. He now owns a 4.74 ERA through six games (four starts) since joining the Tides on May 31st.
Norfolk pulled within 4-2 in the seventh inning, as the Tides singled four times in the frame off of reliever
The score stayed 4-2 until the ninth, but the Stripers blew open the game with four runs off of
Rifaela paced Norfolk's 11-hit attack with three singles, while
With the win, Gwinnett took the rubber match of the three-game set and won for the fifth time in six games. The Stripers also improved to 9-4 against the Tides this season.
The Tides will open up their last series before the All-Star break on Thursday night in Charlotte, with first pitch from BB&T Ballpark set for 6:05.
Notes: The Tides wore camouflage uniforms and red, white and blue caps as part of Independence Day celebrations…David Hess struck out three over two shutout innings of relief, giving him four straight scoreless appearances spanning 11.0 innings…Mason Williams singled in the sixth inning to extend his hitting streak to eight consecutive games…Gwinnett has out-homered Norfolk 24-8 in the season set.