NORFOLK, Va. (Interstat) — The Memphis Redbirds defeated the Norfolk Tides 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at Harbor Park. Memphis scored single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings before adding two in the eighth. César Prieto doubled in a run in the third and later scored on a sacrifice fly. Jud Fabian homered for Norfolk in the fifth. Brody Moore drove in a run with a groundout in the eighth, and Prieto walked with the bases loaded to force in another. Norfolk added a run in the ninth on Christian Encarnacion-Strand’s single. Prieto finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Fabian went 3 for 5 with a home run. Memphis managed seven hits, Norfolk six. Brycen Mautz pitched four shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven to earn the win. Mautz has won consecutive starts, having allowed one earned run over his last 10 2/3 innings. Jared Shuster (2-1) tossed two scoreless innings. Levi Wells (1-3) took the loss for Norfolk, allowing three hits and one earned run over four innings. The Redbirds improved to 16-8, while the Tides fell to 8-16. Attendance was 5,185, and the game lasted 2:54.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Norfolk 5, Memphis 4, while its ELO system gave Memphis a 54.60 percent probability to win.