After consecutive losses on Friday and Saturday, Norfolk finally stopped Syracuse’s assault, but Blaine Knight still had a rough day at the office, getting bombed for six runs in 2.2 innings. Only two were earned, however, with four runs scoring with two outs in the fourth after 2B Terrin Vavra failed to field a grounder and 1B Patrick Dorrian dropped a pop foul. As a pitcher, that must be annoying. But after Knight exited, Ryan Conroy, Logan Gillaspie and Rico Garcia combined for 6.1 scoreless innings, just three hits allowed between them.
The Tides supplied a balanced attack on offense.