Norfolk Admirals Blow Up and Get by Indianapolis Indians 9-7 - AAA, International League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk exploded for six runs in the bottom of the second and never looked back in a 9-7 win over Indianapolis Saturday night at Harbor Park.

Tides C Omir Santos (1-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI) and DH Luis Terrero (3-for-4, 4 RBI) highlighted the six-run frame with two-run base knocks.  Santos brought home the second and third scores with a single to center, while Terrero plated the fourth and fifth runs with a triple to right.

Norfolk added runs in the fourth in the sixth to stay ahead of the Tribe.  CF Tike Redman (2-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI) doubled in 2B Mike McCoy and trotted home on a Terrero single in the fourth. Terrero then tallied his third two-out RBI hit when he plated Redman with a single in the sixth.

Norfolk RHP Jon Leicester (5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) improved to 2-1 with the win, while Indianapolis RHP Bryan Bullington (4.0 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO) fell to 0-5 with the loss.  RHP Ryan Bukvich (1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER) picked up his first save of the season for the Tides.

Indianapolis falls to Norfolk for the first time in seven games this season despite collecting a season-high 15 hits.  The Tides improve to 12-16 on the season and 7-7 at home, while the Indians slip to 15-15 overall and 7-9 on the road.

Five players registered multi-hit games and two scored multiple runs for the Tribe.

CF Andrew McCutchen (2-for-4) extended the International League’s longest on-base streak to 25 games with a second-inning single, while LF Kevin Thompson (2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI) extended his on-base streak to 20 contests and raised his IL-best batting average to .351.

RF Steve Pearce (2-for-5, 2 R) was the only Indian with multiple hits and runs, while C Michel Hernandez (3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI) and 2B Jason Bowers (2-for-4 , 1 R) each matched their season high in hits and runs.

3B Neil Walker also scored two runs and blasted his third home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fourth.

For Box Score, see:  IND-NOR Box Score

For Play-by-Play, see:  IND-NOR Play-by-Play

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Post-game quotes -- OF Steve Pearce

(on the team’s 27 hits over the last two games)
"We had a meeting with (Hitting Coach Hensley) "Bam Bam" (Meulens) a couple a days ago about our approach in each at-bat. Bam told us it’s time for us to start making adjustments. We have been doing that and over the last two games, you have seen the results."

(on trying to mount a come back against Norfolk)
"Norfolk continued to fight back. Every time we got close, they would tack on a couple extra runs. They didn’t quit after putting up the six spot in the second."

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