Nick Maton helped Norfolk’s offense stay hot, hitting two homers, including a grand slam, and driving in a career-high six runs as the Tides cruised to a 12-7 victory over the Memphis Redbirds before 4,714 fans Saturday night at AutoZone Park in Tennessee.
Norfolk (8-8, 44-47) has won three straight and scored a combined 23 runs in its past two games. The Tides have won four of five in the series.
Niko Goodrum also homered among his three hits and had two RBIs, Coby Mayo had three hits and two runs and Garrett Cooper had two hits, two RBIs and two runs for the Tides.
Norfolk, which finished with 16 hits, did all of its damage early, scoring five runs in the first inning, four in the third and three in the fourth.
Cooper’s two-run single sparked the first-inning surge, Maton’s grand slam came in the third and Maton and Goodrum hit solo shots in the fourth.
Tides starter Tucker Davidson (3-3) picked up the victory, allowing three runs on two hits in five innings.
Memphis starter Victor Santos (3-5) gave up nine runs on seven hits in 2.2 innings.
The teams will conclude the series with a 2:05 p.m. game today. It will be the last game before the International League’s All-Star break.
