Reno, NV – The Nashville Sounds opened the second portion of their West Coast road trip with an 11-5 victory over Reno on Sunday evening at Aces Ballpark in the opener of a four-game series.
The win marked the seventh straight series opener victory for Nashville (57-59).
The Sounds took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Logan Schafer led off the contest with a single and later scored on a Mat Gamel groundout.
Reno responded with a pair of runs in the home half of the frame when cleanup hitter Andy Tracy belted a two-out, two-run homer to right off Nashville starter Frankie De La Cruz. The veteran’s 14th big fly of the season gave the Aces a short-lived 2-1 advantage.
Nashville exploded for four runs to grab a 5-2 lead in the top of the second, with three of those scores coming on Schafer’s second Triple-A home run – a three-run shot to right off Reno starter Wade Miley.The Sounds added a run in the third on catcher Mike Rivera’s leadoff homer to left off Miley, his seventh roundtripper of the year.
A two-out walk came back to haunt De La Cruz in the fourth as Reno cut the Sounds’ lead to 6-3. After Juan Miranda drew the free pass, Konrad Schmidt and Angel Berroa strung together back-to-back, two-out singles to plate the Aces’ third run of the night.
In the top of the seventh, Nashville plated a run against ex-Sound Jeff Bennett when Eric Farris led off with a double and later scored on a Gamel RBI single.
In the bottom of the inning, Reno got a double of runs back from De La Cruz to make it a 7-5 game. Schmidt led off by belting his ninth homer of the year for Reno, a solo shot to left. After a pair of singles and a wild pitch put runners on second and third with one out, Mark Hallberg hit a comebacker to De La Cruz that drove in Berroa from third.
Edwin Maysonet (4-for-5) delivered a big two-out, two-run single against Bennett in the top of the eighth to extend the Sounds’ lead back to four runs at 9-5. Both runs crossed home in unearned fashion following a fielding error by Berroa at shortstop earlier in the frame.
Nashville closed out the night’s scoring with a pair of ninth-inning runs against Aces reliever Brian Stokes. Sounds third baseman Taylor Green led off the frame with his 19th home run of the season, a solo shot to right off that extended the visitors’ lead to 10-5. Gamel followed Green’s blast with a single and later scored on a two-out Brandon Boggs double.
De La Cruz (7-6) picked up a victory for his fourth consecutive start for the Sounds. He allowed five runs on six hits while striking out seven batters and walking five in 6 2/3 innings of action.
Miley (3-1) suffered his first defeat of the year after giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits in six frames of action.
The teams continue the series with a 9:05pm CT contest on Monday. Left-hander Sam Narron (5-5, 4.78) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Reno right-hander Barry Enright (8-3, 5.14).
Box Score
Reno Aces (66-49) 5, Nashville Sounds (57-59) 11
August 7th, 2011
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Nashville      | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | |
Reno      | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
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Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Schafer, CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .411 |
Maysonet, SS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 |
Farris, 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .265 |
Green, T, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .331 |
Gamel, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .327 |
Rivera, Mi, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .241 |
Gindl, RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
Boggs, LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 |
De La Cruz, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 |
  Segovia, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
  a-Brown, J, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
  Herrera, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
  b-Almonte, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 |
  Hand, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
Totals | 43 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .280 |
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a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Segovia in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Herrera in the 9th. | ||||||||
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BATTING2B: Gindl (17, Miley), Farris (20, Bennett), Boggs (13, Stokes).
HR: Schafer (2, 2nd inning off Miley, 2 on, 1 out), Rivera, Mi (7, 3rd inning off Miley, 0 on, 0 out), Green, T (19, 9th inning off Stokes, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Schafer 5; Maysonet 4; Farris 3; Green, T 4; Gamel 2; Rivera, Mi 4; Gindl 3; Boggs 3. RBI: Gamel 2 (81), Schafer 3 (16), Rivera, Mi (29), Maysonet 2 (27), Green, T (75), Boggs (33). 2-out RBI: Maysonet 2; Boggs. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rivera, Mi 2; Gamel 2; Almonte. SAC: Brown, J. GIDP: Rivera, Mi. Team RISP: 5-for-18. Team LOB: 7.FIELDING DP: 3 (Maysonet-Farris-Gamel, Gamel-Maysonet-Gamel, Green, T-Farris-Gamel). |
Reno | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Frey, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
Hallberg, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
Langerhans, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .320 |
Tracy, A, 3B-1B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
Gillespie, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .314 |
Miranda, 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
  Bennett, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
  a-Restovich, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .174 |
  Stokes, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Schmidt, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .303 |
Berroa, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
Miley, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .111 |
  Hammock, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | .311 |
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a-Struck out for Bennett in the 8th. | ||||||||
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BATTINGHR: Tracy, A (14, 1st inning off De La Cruz, 1 on, 2 out), Schmidt (9, 7th inning off De La Cruz, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Frey; Tracy, A 5; Gillespie; Schmidt 5; Berroa 2. RBI: Tracy, A 2 (41), Berroa (7), Schmidt (42), Hallberg (50). 2-out RBI: Tracy, A 2; Berroa. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Miley; Langerhans. GIDP: Gillespie; Miranda; Schmidt. Team RISP: 1-for-6. Team LOB: 5.FIELDING E: Tracy, A (4, fielding), Berroa (2, fielding). DP: (Berroa-Hallberg-Tracy, A). |
Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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De La Cruz (W, 7-6) | 6.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3.88 |
Segovia (H, 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.59 |
Herrera | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.97 |
Hand | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 |
Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4.38 |
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Reno | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Miley (L, 3-1) | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4.17 |
Bennett | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 |
Stokes | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 |
Totals | 9.0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5.93 |
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WP: De La Cruz, Miley 2, Stokes.
Balk: Miley.
Pitches-strikes: De La Cruz 120-69, Segovia 6-3, Herrera 19-9, Hand 9-6, Miley 102-70, Bennett 36-21, Stokes 30-18.
Groundouts-flyouts: De La Cruz 5-5, Segovia 0-0, Herrera 1-0, Hand 3-0, Miley 5-5, Bennett 6-0, Stokes 2-1.
Batters faced: De La Cruz 29, Segovia 1, Herrera 4, Hand 3, Miley 29, Bennett 10, Stokes 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Segovia 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Barry Larson. 1B: Kellen Levy. 2B: . 3B: Tyler Ramsey.
Weather: 88 degrees, clear.
Wind: 18 mph, L to R.
T: 2:58.
Att: 6,462.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media