The Herd fell short of its first four-game sweep in over three years as Buffalo fell to Norfolk, 6-0, on Monday afternoon from Coca-Cola Field.

The Bisons had won the first three games of the set in their favorite home away from home, Harbor Park. The Herd scored 31 runs on 45 hits in slugging their way to a 3-0 series lead.

But Buffalo was held to just three hits on Monday afternoon. Tides’ starter Troy Patton worked seven shutout innings and struck out three batters. The Bisons never really threatened as Norfolk prevented them from reaching third base at any point in the game.

The last time the Bisons earned a four-game sweep was April 13-16, 2007 at Columbus.

Norfolk took control of the game in the third inning. Matt Angle singled home the game’s first run and then scored on Robert Andino’s second triple of the season. Jeff Salazar made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly to score Andino.

Salazar teamed up with Rhyne Hughes to put the game out of reach with home runs in the sixth inning. Both blasts came off of Buffalo’s starter Bobby Livingston, who had allowed just two home runs in his first 56.0 innings of work this season.

Livingston (2-6) took the loss, allowing five runs in seven innings of work.

BISONS NOTES: The Bisons are now just 1-8 on Mondays this season…Justin Turner had a hit in all four-games of the series. The infielder was designated for assignment by Norfolk’s parent club, the Baltimore Orioles, on May 21…Activated just prior to the game, Salomon Manriquez finished the game 1-2 with a double and a walk.

he Buffalo Bisons today announced that INF MARSHALL HUBBARD and C SALOMON MANRIQUEZ have been promoted to the Herd from Double-A Binghamton. Both players are active for this afternoon’s 12:15 p.m. game against the Norfolk Tides.

To make roster room, C JUAN CENTENO has been transferred to Single-A Brooklyn.

Hubbard, 28, has spent all of 2010 with the Binghamton Mets and hit .269 (35-130) with nine doubles, five home runs and 20RBI in 38 games. The infielder is in his first season with the Mets organization, having been selected by New York in the 2009 Rule V Draft from the Seattle Mariners.

Manriquez, 27, has spent all of 2010 playing for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Independent Atlantic League. In eight games, he has hit .333 (9-27) one home run and four RBI. Last season, Manriquez was an Independent League All-Star with the Newark Bears after hitting .311 (110-354) with seven home runs and 51RBI in 106 games.

Centeno was promoted to the Bisons on June 4 and did not appear in a game for the Herd

BISONS:
Emmanuel Garcia, CF
Justin Turner, SS
Mike Jacobs, DH
Val Pascucci, RF
Mike Cervenak, LF
Russ Adams, 2B
Andy Green, LF
Saloman Manriguez, 1B
JR House, C

LHP: Bobby Livingston

TIDES:
Matt Angle, CF
Robert Andino, SS
Jeff Salazar, LF
Josh Bell, DH
Rhyne Hughes, RF
Brandon Snyder, 1B
Paco Figueroa, 3B
Adam Donachie, C
Blake Davis, 2B

LHP: Troy Patton

The Bisons won their third straight over the Tides, 8-6, on Sunday afternoon. J.R. House and Russ Adams both went deep to put Buffalo in position for a four-game sweep on Monday afternoon.

The Bisons success on the road in Norfolk has truly been amazing. With the three wins this weekend, the Herd is now 35-16 all time at Harbor Park -good for a ******** .686 winning percentage.

To win on Sunday, Buffalo received some help as the Tides made four fielding errors. No miscue was bigger than the ball that got through Norfolk shortstop Robert Andino with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.

The Tides had just scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead. Valentino Pascucci and Andy Green singled to lead off the eighth and Jesus Feliciano reached on a one-out error, a throwing error by third baseman, Brandon Snyder. Former Tides infielder Justin Turner then chopped a tailor-made double play to Andino. Instead of an inning-ending twin-killing, Pacucci and Green scored the go-ahead runs as the ball went into centerfield.

Adams added insurance with a home run in the ninth inning. That gave Buffalo 10 runs in the ninth innings of the series’ first three games.

Adam Pettyjohn nailed down the win with two innings of hitless relief work. For the veteran southpaw, the save was the third of his career and first since 2007.

The Bisons had leads of 2-1 and 5-2 earlier in the game. Feliciano drove in a pair in the third inning on his lone hit of the game. House blasted his first home run as a Bison, a three-run shot, in the sixth.

Pat Misch started for Buffalo and allowed six runs on 13 hits in 6.2 innings of work. John Lujan (2-1) earned the victory.

BISONS NOTES: Justin Turner finished the game 1-4 and has hit in all nine games he’s played with the Bisons…Buffalo has scored 31 runs in the first three games of the series…The Bisons are now 7-2 in their last nine road games and 14-13 away from Coca-Cola Field this season.

BISONS:
Jesus Feliciano, CF
Justin Turner, 2B
Mike Jacobs, DH
Mike Hessman, 3B
Mike Cervenak, LF
Russ Adams, RF
Val Pascucci, 1B
Andy Green, SS
JR House, C

LHP: Pat Misch

TIDES:
Matt Angle, CF
Robert Andino, SS
Jeff Salazar, RF
Nolan Reimold, LF
Rhyne Hughes, DH
Brandon Snyder, 1B
Paco Figueroa, 3B
Michel Hernandez, C
Blake Davis, 2B

LHP: Chris George