Tides walk off to claim series victory
Mike Yastrzemski plated Craig Gentry with a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth, lifting Norfolk to a 4-3 win over the Louisville Bats Sunday afternoon at Harbor Park.
With the score tied at 3-3 and one out in the final frame, Gentry was hit by a pitch from Bats reliever
Yastrzemski finished with two singles in the contest, as five different Norfolk batters registered a multi-hit game in the 11-hit attack. The walk-off win was Norfolk's seventh of the season and gave the Tides a series victory over the Bats.
Norfolk starter
The Tides helped out Kipper by retiring three men on the bases, as Yastrzemski cut down a runner at third base, Gentry threw out a runner at home, and catcher Francisco Peña caught a runner trying to steal second base. The Tides ended the three-game set with six outfield assists, extending their league-leading total to 27 outfield assists on the season.
The Tides will open up a seven-game road trip on Monday night as they travel to Durham to start a four-game set. Left-hander
Notes: Pedro Álvarez had two hits, including an RBI single in the fourth inning…Logan Schafer had two hits and an RBI and has now hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, over which he's hit .400 (14-35) with 11 RBI…Norfolk went 5-for-8 with runners in scoring position…With another caught stealing Sunday, Francisco Peña has now thrown out 58.3 % of attempted basestealers (7 of 12).