Norfolk Tides Weekly Recap 4-29 To 5-6
NORFOLK, Va. – Here is how the Triple-AAA 
affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, the Norfolk Tides, did during the past eight days, from Sunday, April 29th to Sunday, May 6th.
CURRENT STANDINGS – INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH
Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) 16-11 .593
Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays) 16-12 .571 .5 GB
Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox) 12-17 .414 5 GB
Gwinett Stripers (Atlanta Braves) 11-17 .393 5.5 GB
WEEKLY GAME RESULTS
For the past eight days, the Tides went 5-3, including Durham taking two out of three before the Tides swept a four-game series against the Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds). Here are the daily results of the past week (plus one):
Sunday, April 29th – Lost 6-5 at Charlotte
Monday, April 30th – Lost 4-2 vs Durham
Tuesday, May 1st – Won 7-5 vs Durham
Wednesday, May 2nd – Lost 8-6 vs Durham
Thursday, May 3rd – Won 6-5 vs Louisville
Friday, May 4th – Won 5-4 vs Louisville
Saturday, May 5th – Won 8-3 vs Louisville
Sunday, May 6th – Won 2-1 vs Louisville
WEEKLY OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
C Austin Wynns – 7 for 20 (.350), 2 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 3 BB
C Audry Perez – 2 for 6 (.333), 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
1B Garabez Rosa – 6 for 26 (.231), 5 R
2B Sharlon Schoop – 5 for 19 (.263)
SS Ruben Tejada – 10 for 32 (.312), 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
3B Drew Dosch – 8 for 24 (.333), 5 R, 2 2B, 5 BB
LF DJ Stewart – 5 for 22 (.227), 1 R, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB
CF Joey Rickard – 6 for 20 (.300), 3 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB
RF Alex Presley – 9 for 22 (.409), 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
RF Jaycob Brugman – 5 for 25 (.200), 3 R, 1 2B
OUTSTANDING PITCHER OF THE WEEK
RHP Tim Melville won both of his starts this past week (5-1 vs Durham; 5-6 vs Louisville). He pitched a total of 12 innings, giving up 11 hits, 6 earned runs, 4 walks and had 8 strikeouts. He has lowered his ERA down to 2.86. He’s 5-0 for the season and has won his last four starts.
REHAB STINT
Orioles 2B Jonathan Schoop has begun his rehab stint with the Tides. He played in Saturday and Sunday’s games, going 1 for 8. He is scheduled to play into Monday’s game at Durham before rejoining Baltimore when they return home Tuesday to begin their series against the Kansas City Royals.
UPCOMING WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Monday, May 7th – at Durham (7:05 pm)
Tuesday, May 8th – at Durham (10:35 am)
Wednesday, May 9th – at Durham (7:05 pm)
Thursday, May 10th – at Durham (7:05 pm)
Friday, May 11th – at Gwinnett (7:05 pm)
Saturday, May 12th – at Gwinnett (6:05 pm)
Sunday, May 13th – at Gwinnett (1:05 pm)
