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FORT MILL The Norfolk Tides continue to have the Charlotte Knights' number. The Tides turned back the Knights on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win.
Tides All-Star pitcher Chris Tillman (7-5, 2.50) held the Knights in check, striking out six batters in six innings and holding Charlotte without a run. Kelvin Jimenez (3-3, 4.25), with a start for Charlotte, took the loss.
After a sacrifice fly by Blake Davis in the top of the second gave the Tides a 1-0 lead, Norfolk's Jeff Fiorentino collected his third hit of the night in the fifth, with an RBI single to center scoring Robby Hammock, making it 2-0. Fiorentino went 4-for-5 on the night with one RBI.
The Tides added two more with Joey Gaithright's RBI double off the center-field wall in the top of the sixth to make it 4-0.
Cole Armstrong scored the Knights' only run on Brent Lillibridge's RBI single in the seventh.
The teams will conclude their series tonight. Bartolo Colon is scheduled to make a rehab start with the Knights. Left-hander Troy Patton (1-2, 4.43) will take the mound for the Tides. Game time is 7:15.
South Atlantic
LAKEWOOD 9, KANNAPOLIS 6: The host Intimidators overcame a six-run deficit in the seventh inning, only to see the game slip away.
Nevin Griffith made his second start of the season for Kannapolis and went five innings, giving up one earned run. LAKE COUNTY 8, HICKORY 4: The host Hickory Crawdads fell against the Lake County Captains. All-Star catcher Doug Hogan made his return to the lineup after a month-long stint on the disabled list, and went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.
| TIDES 5, KNIGHTS 1 |
| Norfolk | AB | R | H | BI | Charltte | AB | R | H | BI |
| Gthrght CF5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Negron CF4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chrstn LF5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Torres 2B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Firntno RF5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Krger DH4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Snyder 1B5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quentin LF2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey DH3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rstvich LF2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turner 2B4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ward 1B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dorta 3B4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Amstrng C4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Davis SS3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ginter 3B4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hmmck C4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Hopper RF4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Llibdge SS3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 13 | 5 | Totals | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Norfolk | 010 | 012 | 100 | - | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| Charlotte | 000 | 000 | 100 | - | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Norfolk | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Tillman (W, 7-5)6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Miller | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Castillo | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Jimenez (L, 3-3)5.2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rodriguez | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Link | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T- 2:32. A- 2,117.
