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NORFOLK, Va. &#8212; Matt Tracy continues to get stretched out, and produce for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.The RailRiders left-hander once again produced on Wednesday afternoon in a losing effort. Tracy tossed a season-high six innings allowing a season-best one run and six hits, but a late Norfolk rally led to a 3-1 Tides victory at Harbor Park.All three hits Tracy allowed came in the third inning, when the only run he gave up scored as Norfolk opened a 1-0 lead.The SWB offense couldn&#8217;t get the big hit when it needed one against four Norfolk pitchers as the RailRiders outhit the Tides 12-4. Three of those hits were extra-base hits and only one occurred with runners in scoring position in 10 at-bats and the team left 11 runners on base.The lone run that crossed the plate for the RailRiders came in the top of the seventh when Jonathan Galvez and Rob Refsnyder (2 for 4) collected back-to-back doubles to tie the score at 1-1.In the bottom of the eighth, the Tides went ahead 3-1 on a two-run homer by Daniel Alvarez taking Jared Burton (0-1) deep to left field.Double-plays hurt the RailRiders offense on the afternoon as they grounded into three rally-killers, two against Tides starter Chris Jones.Perhaps the best chance SWB had in the game was in the third inning as Eddy Rodriguez and Ramon Flores (2 for 5) singled to start the frame before Jonathan Galvez hit into a 6-4-3 DP. After back-to-back walks drawn by Refsnyder and Kyle Roller to load the bases, Tyler Austin struck out to end the threat.The RailRiders started the next inning the same way on consecutive singles by Rob Segedin (3 for 4) and Ben Gamel (2 for 4), but Nick Noonan grounded into a doubleplay prior to Rodriguez fanning to end the frame.Noonan and Austin were the only two batters in the SWB lineup to not get a hit. Unfortunately for those two, they were up most often with runners on base combining to leave 11 runners on between them.The RailRiders&#8217; road trip continues Thursday in Durham with a 7:05 p.m. start when righty Jaron Long (1-2, 5.76), who is coming off the best start of his Triple-A career, takes the mound for SWB against Bulls lefty Scott Diamond (3-0, 2.45).Tides 3, RailRiders 1RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIFlores lf`5`0`2`0Galvez 3b`4`1`1`0Refsnyder 2b`4`0`2`1Roller dh`3`0`1`0Austin rf`4`0`0`0Segedin 1b`4`0`3`0Gamel cf`4`0`2`0Noonan ss`4`0`0`0Rodriguez c`3`0`1`0Heathcott ph`1`0`0`0Totals`36`1`12`1Norfolk`AB`R`H`BIUrrutia dh`3`1`1`1Alvarez cf/rf`3`1`1`2Parmelee rf`2`0`0`0Borbon cf`0`0`0`0Reimold lf`4`0`0`0Walker 1b`4`0`0`0Perez c`3`0`0`0Almanzar 3b`2`0`0`0Nix 2b`3`1`1`0Janish ss`3`0`1`0Totals`27`3`4`3RailRiders`000`000`100`&#8212;`1Norfolk`001`000`02x`&#8212;`3DP: Tides 3, RailRiders 1. LOB: Tides 5, RailRiders 11. 2B: Refsnyder 2 (11), Galvez (6). HR: Alvarez (3). SB: Gamel (2).RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOTracy `6.0`3`1`1`3`3Burton (L, 0-1) `2.0`1`2`2`2`2Norfolk`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOJohnson`5.0`7`0`0`3`3Rondon (BS, 1)`1.2`3`1`1`0`1Cabral (W, 1-0)`1.2`3`1`1`0`1Drake (S, 7)`1.0`1`0`0`0`2WP: TracyEjections: SWB hitting coach Marcus Thames ejected by HP umpire Jon Byrne (fourth inning)Umpires: HP: Jon Byrne. 1B: Doug Vines. 3B: Jansen ViscontiT: 2:25. Att: 3,719.

Tracy solid in RailRiders loss