Nashville Sounds Baseball
Nashville Completes First Winning Road Trip Since 2011
Oklahoma City, OK – Jimmy Nelson worked his fifth straight quality start and Nashville batters slugged three homers for the second straight game to propel the Sounds to an 8-5 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks in the finale of a four-game series on Sunday afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
With the victory, the Sounds wrapped up their first winning multiple-series road trip since August 2011, closing the swing with a 5-3 mark. Nashville (12-11) now possesses a winning record for the first time since the third day of the season.
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The Sounds scored a season-best eight runs by cranking out a season-high 14 hits on the afternoon, including a 4-for-4 effort by third baseman Taylor Green. Every member of the Nashville lineup either rapped a knock or drove in a run in the contest.
Oklahoma City opened the contest by taking a 1-0 first-inning lead against Nelson as Robbie Grossman led off with a single and later scored on a groundout.
Jeremy Hermida (3-for-4) powered the Sounds into the lead in the fourth when he slugged a two-out, two-run homer to left off RedHawks starter Bobby Doran, the outfielder’s second big fly of the year. Robinzon Diaz followed with a double and scored the third run of the frame for Nashville on a single by Green to make it a 3-1 contest. All three runs in the inning were unearned following a two-out throwing error by shortstop Ronald Torreyes.
The Sounds plated more two-out runs in the fifth when Caleb Gindl and Hunter Morris put together Nashville’s first pair of back-to-back homers this season, both off Doran. The roundtrippers were Gindl’s second and Morris’ fourth of the year.
After Oklahoma City got a run back in the sixth when Gregorio Petit doubled and scored on a Domingo Santana single, Nashville extended its lead to 7-2 in the top of the seventh with a pair of runs off David Martinez.
With the bases loaded, Sean Halton lifted a sacrifice fly to right to bring home Irving Falu, who extended the Sounds’ longest hit streak of the year to nine games with a single earlier in the frame. Gindl, who had doubled, scored a second run on the play as the result of a throwing error by first baseman Jon Singleton.
After Nashville added its season-high 8th run in on a Falu sacrifice fly, Oklahoma City took immediate advantage of Nelson’s departure in the bottom of the eighth by touching Kyle Heckathorn for three runs to pull within striking distance at 8-5. Torreyes led off with his first homer of the year, a solo shot to left, before the ‘Hawks later added two more runs on back-to-back two-out RBI doubles off the bats of Max Stassi and Enrique Hernandez.
The Sounds return to Music City tomorrow to begin an eight-game homestand with a 7:05pm opener of a four-game series against New Orleans (AAA-Seattle Marlins).
Right-hander Hiram Burgos (1-3, 6.50) will make the start for the Sounds to face Zephyrs right-hander Jay Rogers (0-1, 5.51).
Box Score
April 27th, 2014
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
Oklahoma City RedHawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Orr, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .357 |
Falu, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
Gindl, CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
Morris, H, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
Halton, LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 |
Hermida, RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
Diaz, R, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .226 |
Green, T, DH | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
Gomez, H, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .179 |
Nelson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Heckathorn, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Leach, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Hand, D, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 39 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .253 |
BATTING 2B: Diaz, R (3, Doran), Gindl (5, Martinez, D), Gomez, H (6, Martinez, D). HR: Hermida (2, 4th inning off Doran, 1 on, 2 out), Gindl (2, 5th inning off Doran, 0 on, 2 out), Morris, H (4, 5th inning off Doran, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Hermida 6; Gomez, H 2; Falu; Orr; Diaz, R 2; Morris, H 4; Gindl 6; Green, T 4. RBI: Hermida 2 (8), Green, T (6), Gindl (6), Morris, H (10), Halton (6), Falu (5). 2-out RBI: Hermida 2; Green, T; Gindl; Morris, H. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Orr; Diaz, R; Gindl. SF: Halton; Falu. Team RISP: 1-for-8. Team LOB: 8.FIELDING Outfield assists: Gindl (Santana, D at home). DP: (Gomez, H-Orr-Morris, H). |
Okla. City | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Grossman, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .306 |
Torreyes, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .314 |
Petit, G, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
Singleton, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .303 |
Santana, D, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .302 |
Stassi, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .277 |
Hernandez, E, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
Castro, E, DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .143 |
a-Meyer, J, PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
Simunic, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .243 |
Doran, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Martinez, D, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Lo, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | .284 |
a-Grounded out for Castro, E in the 8th. | ||||||||
BATTING 2B: Petit, G (9, Nelson), Stassi (7, Heckathorn), Hernandez, E (3, Heckathorn). HR: Torreyes (1, 8th inning off Heckathorn, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Petit, G 3; Torreyes 5; Hernandez, E 2; Grossman; Stassi 3; Santana, D 2. RBI: Petit, G (10), Santana, D (17), Torreyes (14), Stassi (19), Hernandez, E (7). 2-out RBI: Hernandez, E. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Stassi; Torreyes; Meyer, J. GIDP: Hernandez, E. Team RISP: 3-for-9. Team LOB: 6.FIELDING E: Torreyes (7, throw), Singleton (3, throw). PB: Stassi (1). DP: (Torreyes). |
Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Nelson (W, 3-1) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.97 |
Heckathorn | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
Leach (H, 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
Hand, D (S, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 |
Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3.76 |
Okla. City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Doran (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.15 |
Martinez, D | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.13 |
Lo | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
Totals | 9.0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4.54 |
IBB: Morris, H (by Martinez, D).
Pitches-strikes: Nelson 100-68, Heckathorn 18-11, Leach 1-1, Hand, D 6-6, Doran 69-45, Martinez, D 49-32, Lo 12-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nelson 9-2, Heckathorn 1-0, Leach 1-0, Hand, D 1-1, Doran 9-2, Martinez, D 2-4, Lo 2-0.
Batters faced: Nelson 28, Heckathorn 6, Leach 1, Hand, D 3, Doran 23, Martinez, D 16, Lo 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Leach 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Shaun Lampe. 1B: Thomas Newsom. 3B: Brian Hertzog.
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 27 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:39.
Venue: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
April 27, 2014