NOR 11, CLT 10 | May 16, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 16, 2026•Truist Field•81°F, Partly Cloudy

NOR

Tides

CLT

Knights

Final

WIN

Hans Crouse

LOSS

Chris Murphy

The Tides edged the Knights 11-10 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Johnathan Rodríguez3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Christian Encarnacion-Strand3 RBI

★Jacob Gonzalez2 HR, 5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Jacob Gonzalez hits a grand slam (13) to right field. Caden Connor scores. Rikuu Nishida scores. Braden Montgomery scores.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 10:05 PM UTCT: 2:58Att: 6,744Venue: Truist Field

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90.4%C

16 missed calls

+8.5% NOR

+0.49 runs NOR

Win Probability

CLT WinNOR Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NOR	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	2	11	13	1
CLT	0	2	2	1	0	0	4

Game 816876 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Norfolk Tides

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Jackson Holliday2B	5	1	1	1	0	2	.172/.262/.259
Heston KjerstadDH	5	0	0	0	0	1	.222/.222/.278
Johnathan RodríguezLF	5	2	3	1	0	1	.342/.443/.481
Payton EelesSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327/.478/.365
Creed Willems1B	5	1	2	2	0	0	.273/.367/.500
José Barrero3B	5	1	1	1	0	2	.250/.363/.500
Sam HuffC	4	1	1	1	0	2	.200/.263/.329
Jhonkensy NoelRF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.126/.224/.263
Jud FabianCF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.229/.365/.414
Bench
Christian Encarnacion-Strand3B	4	2	2	3	0	0	.278/.327/.564
Nestor GermanP							.000/.000/.000
Nick Raquet
Totals	40	11	13	11	0	9	-

HR:Rodríguez (4th off Murphy, 0 on, 0 out); Barrero (4th off Murphy, 0 on, 2 out); Huff (4th off Murphy, 0 on, 2 out); Encarnacion-Strand (5th off Murphy, 2 on, 2 out); Willems (5th off Murphy, 0 on, 2 out); Fabian (6th off Gowens, 1 on, 1 out); Holliday (9th off Murphy, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Noel; Rodríguez; Encarnacion-Strand

TB:37

RBI:Rodríguez; Willems 2; Huff; Holliday; Encarnacion-Strand 3; Fabian 2; Barrero

Team LOB:4

Charlotte Knights

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Rikuu Nishida2B	3	2	1	1	1	0	.343/.445/.404
Braden MontgomeryRF	4	2

Pitching

Norfolk Tides

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Nestor German	4.0	6	5	5	2	4	2	81-47	90	4.54
Nick Raquet	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	86.7	3.14
Gerald Ogando	1.1	4	4	4	1	2	1	33-22	94.2	7.36
Jose Espada	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-13	86.7	5.14
Hans CrouseW	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	23-17	87.4	1.17
Totals	9.0	14	10	10	3	9	3	171-108	-	-

Pitches-strikes:German 81-47; Raquet 14-9; Ogando 33-22; Espada 20-13; Crouse 23-17

Groundouts-flyouts:German 6-2; Raquet 1-0; Ogando 1-0; Espada 4-0; Crouse 2-1

Charlotte Knights

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shane Murphy	5.0	9	7	7	0	5	5	96-64	85.8	8.40

Scoring Plays

Bot 2 • CLT

0-1

Jacob Gonzalez homers (12) on a line drive to right center field.

EV: 113.6 mph💣 366 ftLA: 18°

0-2

Dru Baker triples (3) on a line drive to left fielder Johnathan Rodríguez. Mario Camilletti scores.

EV: 76.0 mph242 ftLA: 26°

Bot 3 • CLT

0-4

Braden Montgomery homers (2) on a line drive to left center field. Rikuu Nishida scores.

EV: 106.2 mph💣 367 ftLA: 21°

Top 4 • NOR

3-4

Sam Huff homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 106.5 mph💣 421 ftLA: 24°

2-4

José Barrero homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.0 mph💣 395 ftLA: 25°

1-4

Johnathan Rodríguez homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 113.7 mph💣 471 ftLA: 24°

Bot 4 • CLT

3-5

Rikuu Nishida out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jud Fabian. Dru Baker scores.

EV: 96.5 mph328 ftLA: 20°

Top 5 • NOR

7-5

Creed Willems homers (9) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 101.9 mph💣 408 ftLA: 26°

6-5

Christian Encarnacion-Strand homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Jud Fabian scores. Johnathan Rodríguez scores.

EV: 107.9 mph💣 444 ftLA: 32°

Top 6 • NOR

9-5

Jud Fabian homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Jhonkensy Noel scores.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 377 ftLA: 23°

Bot 7 • CLT

9-9

Jacob Gonzalez hits a grand slam (13) to right field. Caden Connor scores. Rikuu Nishida scores. Braden Montgomery scores.

EV: 90.3 mph💣 326 ftLA: 35°

Top 9 • NOR

11-9

Creed Willems singles on a line drive to left fielder Caden Connor. Christian Encarnacion-Strand scores.

EV: 98.7 mph212 ftLA: 11°

10-9

Jackson Holliday homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 101.9 mph💣 380 ftLA: 32°

Bot 9 • CLT

11-10

Oliver Dunn singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jhonkensy Noel. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores.

EV: 103.3 mph266 ftLA: 15°

HR:Gonzalez (2nd off German, 0 on, 0 out); Montgomery (3rd off German, 2 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (7th off Ogando, 3 on, 1 out)

2B:Camilletti; Jr.; Baker; Connor

3B:Baker

TB:29

RBI:Gonzalez 5; Dunn; Nishida; Montgomery 2; Baker

SB:Nishida

SF:Nishida

GIDP:Jr.; Baker

Team LOB:6

Bench
Kyle TeelC	3	0	1	0	1	1	.267/.353/.467
Ryan GalanieDH	3	0	1	0	0	2	.230/.288/.514
Shane MurphyP							.000/.000/.000
Riley GowensP							.000/.000/.000
Lucas SimsP							.000/.000/.000
Chris MurphyP							.000/.000/.000

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