A standout performance from the bullpen, timely offense, and a little ninth-inning drama earned the Tides their first win of the season.
Things looked bleak at first. Former first-round pick Cody Sedlock got the start for Norfolk, and had a rocky outing. The first inning saw him plunk Jake Burger and then serve up a home run to clean-up hitter Ryder Jones, putting the Tides in an early, two-run deficit.
That deficit grew in the top of the third inning, when the Knights used five consecutive base hits to score three more times. But Sedlock was bailed out on the final hit, a single from former Oriole Dwight Smith Jr.