Austin Voth (1-0) allowed 2 hits and struck out 9 over 4.0 innings of relief, throwing 63 pitches (39 strikes) to 14 batters to earn the win for the Tides. Voth retired the side in the fourth inning and then proceeded to strike out 8 Durham batters in a row starting in the fifth inning. He is the Orioles Hangout Minor League Player of the Day.

NORFOLK TIDES (1-1) WON 7-2 OVER DURHAM BULLS (1-1) – AAA

Game 2:

Norfolk jumped out to a 2-0 on back-to-back homeruns by Coby Mayo and Kyle Stowers in the second inning. Joey Ortiz (2 for 3, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB) extended the lead to 4-0 with a two-RBI single in the fourth and he doubled in the seventh Norfolk run in the seventh inning. Bryan Baker (1.0 IP, 2 R, 1 UER, 1 H. 1 HR, 1 HBP) and Joey Krehbiel (1.0 IP, 2 BB, 2 K) made the lead stick to force a winner-take-all game on Thursday. Durham’s Logan Driscoll did manage to hit a homerun off of Baker, but it wasn’t enough.

  • Kyle Stowers went 3 for 3 with a double, a triple, a homerun, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI and a walk.
  • Coby Mayo went 1 for 3 with a homerun, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI and a walk.
  • SP: Cole Irvin allowed 2 hits and struck out 5 over 3.0 scoreless innings.

WP: Austin Voth (1-0) 4.0 IP, 2 H, 9 K

LP: Carlos Garcia (0-1) 2.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H (2 HR), 2 BB, 1 K

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