The Tides only finished 48-72 last season, but three of those wins came in a postseason series against the Charlotte Knights. And on Tuesday, the Knights, undoubtedly fueled day-in and day-out since the end of that series by the burning motivation to deal the Tides some sweet payback, enacted some revenge in the season opener.
Kade McClure anchored a strong pitching effort with 4.2 innings of two-hit, one-run ball, and the Knights stifled the Norfolk bats in a 3-1 win.
McClure struck out four in his outing, while Brandon Finnegan, Will Carter, Hunter Schryver and Yacksel Rios blanked Norfolk in relief.