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The Norfolk Tides 64-37 defeated the Charlotte Knights 39-63 , 6-3, on Tuesday night at Harbor Park.Leading off the game this even
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Jason Farley went seven strong innings, allowing just a single earned run, and the VMI offense pounded out 13 hits as the Keydets completed a sweep of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 10-2, Sunday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va.Farley 4-7 blanked Asheville for the first five innings, before allowing an unearned run in the fifth. He was also tagged for a single run in the eighth, after leaving the ball game. The redshirt junior threw just 81 pitches, 58 of which were strikes, en route to his second-longest outing of the season. The win was Farleys second of the week, and over his last four outings 21 innings , he is 3-1 with a 2.57 ERA.Tommy Houmard 2-4 took the loss for the Bulldogs 15-33, 7-17 Big South , as he was tagged for eight runs, six of which were earned, over 4.2 innings.Meanwhile, the Keydet 2
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