Enrique Bradfield Jr.’s Triple-A debut left a little to be desired, as the speedster went 0-for-5 and the Tides lost in extra innings.

EBJ didn’t register a stat for Norfolk until the bottom of the 10th inning, when he started on second as the Manfred Man, stole third and scored on a Vimael Machín RBI groundout. That productive out from Machín cut the Nashville advantage to one, but Norfolk couldn’t bring the tying run home. With Terrin Vavra on second as the tying run, José Barrero flew out to center before Jud Fabian struck out looking to end the game.

Machín was the only real offensive catalyst for the Tides on Tuesday. With Norfolk trailing 2-0 in the 3rd, the former Oakland A came up with two on and two outs. He proceeded to launch a double deep into the right center gap, bringing h

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