Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 9, Charlotte (White Sox) Knights 2
Norfolk had loads of baserunners in this one, accumulating 12 hits and 11 walks. Stevie Wilkerson had an especially big day, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and a home run at the top of the lineup. Richie Martin worked a trio of walks. Rylan Bannon went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI, a walk, and a stolen base. Brett Cumberland and Austin Wynns both had two hits and a walk. Mason McCoy and Seth Mejias-Brean added a double each.
Spenser Watkins started on the mound, delivered four innings and allowed one run on four hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. Manny Barreda tossed three scoreless innings and struck out five to earn the win.
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In the first series of the season, only five teams in the Triple-A East had one loss. This series features two of those squads.
Brody Koerner gets the ball for the RailRiders in the series opener. On May 5 against the Syracuse Mets, Koener struggled with command, but he was able to keep the Mets off the scoreboard. He went four scoreless innings, allowed one hit, walked three, and struck out four on 51 pitches (28 strikes).
After walking two of the first three hitters he faced, the 27-year-old retired 9 of the final 11 hitters he faced in the no-decision. Koerner faced the IronPigs three times in 2019 and went 0-2 while allowing ten earned runs over 13.2 innings of work.
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