Levi Wells struggled to find the strike zone in his Triple-A debut. Wells walked five batters and allowed a pair of runs in only 1.2 innings. Thaddeus Ward bailed out Wells with 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball. Chayce McDermott tossed a scoreless frame, and Elvin Rodríguez helped keep the score even at two.
Anthony Nuñez surrendered a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, and Norfolk went quietly in the ninth inning.
Jud Fabian manufactured the Tides’ first run with a bases loaded walk. TT Bowens followed with a hit by pitch to even the score at two. Norfolk managed only two hits in the game— singles by Bowens and Hudson Haskin.
Austin Overn and Reed Trimble combined to go 6-for-10 with five RBIs. Overn doubled twice and smacked a two-run homer in the win. Trimble drove in Enriqu