Means Earns Win For Tides in Part of Three-Hit Shutout
WORCESTER, MA --- The Norfolk Tides (79-49) defeated the Worcester Red Sox (70-58), 4-0, on Thursday night at Polar Park. Norfolk wins their third straight game to clinch the series split on a three-hit combined shutout. The first run of the game didn’t score until the fifth inning. With two
WORCESTER, MA --- The Norfolk Tides (79-49) defeated the Worcester Red Sox (70-58), 4-0, on Thursday night at Polar Park. Norfolk wins their third straight game to clinch the series split on a three-hit combined shutout.
The first run of the game didn’t score until the fifth inning. With two outs, Maverick Handley blasted his fourth home run of the season for two runs. The 2-0 lead allowed MLB Rehab starter John Means to earn the win, getting a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth. He finished with 5.0 innings, allowing no runs on one hit and two walks while striking out six.
The bullpen continued with similar success after relieving Means. Ryan Watson and Nick Vespi each earn holds by tossing scoreless sixth and seventh innings. In the eighth, two more runs crossed for the Tides after Joey Ortiz ripped a two-run double to put the score at 4-0. Mike Baumann and Logan Gillaspie tossed scoreless innings consecutively as well, combining for a three-hit shutout.
Game four of the series is set for tomorrow night at 6:45 p.m. Norfolk is scheduled to throw LHP Bruce Zimmermann (3-6, 3.72) while Worcester has LHP Brandon Walter (2-5, 4.75) listed as their starter.
POSTGAME NOTES
John Means Business: Earning the the win for the Tides tonight was John Means, who went 5.0 innings an allowed no runs on one hit and two walks while striking out six...the fifth strikeout of the night was his 100th career strikeout as a Tide...Means threw 72 pitches in his first rehab start with Norfolk on August 25 vs. Durham, and threw 86 tonight at Worcester.