Pawtucket 2, Tides 1

NORFOLK

As fate would have it, Jonathan Van Every would hit a home run Saturday. Nothing could stop him - not the Norfolk Tides, not the wind, not even the umpires.

Van Every crushed a pitch delivered by Jim Miller into the brush beyond the rightfield fence in the 10th inning to give Pawtucket a 2-1 victory at Harbor Park that ended Norfolk's eight-game winning streak.

It was a satisfying moment for Van Every, the PawSox's centerfielder who seven innings before had a home run erased.

In the third inning, he sliced a pitch over the leftfield wall that curved near the foul pole. Third-base umpire Manny Gonzalez signaled that it was a home run and Van Every trotted around the bases, seemingly oblivious to the controversy that was about to erupt. After Van Every touched home, Tides manager Gary Allenson staged a protest that prompted home-plate umpire Rob Healey to reverse Gonzalez's decision and call Van Every's shot a foul ball.

Seconds later, Pawtucket manager Ron Johnson vehemently argued the overruling and was ejected from the game.

Still, Van Every, who would lash a single to rightfield in that same at-bat, scored later that inning on a ground ball hit by Chris Carter. For much of the game, the PawSox (60-37) clung to their 1-0 lead as starting pitcher David Pauley silenced the Tides (41-56).

He allowed five hits, confounding Norfolk's batters until the seventh when Luis Terrero followed Oscar Salazar's bloop single with an RBI triple to tie the game. But Terrero would remain stranded on third base as Mike Costanzo, Omir Santos and Chris Roberson were retired.

The Tides' inability to push across another run gave Van Every a chance to get revenge. And with one swing in the 11th inning, he did.