Afternoon Delight: SWB bests Norfolk 6-2
NORFOLK, VA. (August 9, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders bested the Norfolk Tides 6-2 at Harbor Park on Thursday. After the Tides evened the game in the seventh, the RailRiders tallied four runs in the top of the eighth to take two of three in the series and tie the Tides
NORFOLK, VA. (August 9, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders bested the Norfolk Tides 6-2 at Harbor Park on Thursday. After the Tides evened the game in the seventh, the RailRiders tallied four runs in the top of the eighth to take two of three in the series and tie the Tides for the wild card lead.
After four innings of shutout work from Norfolk starter
In the bottom of the seventh, the Tides evened the score against
In the eighth, McBroom led off with a single and moved to second on a groundout by
Espinal (7-2) vultured the win; his team-best seventh of the season. Kelly (0-1) was tagged for all four runs in the eighth and took the loss.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opens a three-game series in Durham Friday night before returning to PNC Field for a seven-game homestand starting on Monday, August 13. LHP Nestor Cortes (5-5, 3.72) gets the start in the series opener against the Bulls against RHP