Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds suffered a 7-5 loss to the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds in front of a season-high crowd of 10,251 fans on Thursday evening at Greer Stadium.
The series finale defeat snapped the first-place Sounds’ season-best six-game winning streak. Nashville (46-42) finished its homestand with a 6-2 record.
Memphis jumped out a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Sounds starter Taylor Jungmann. The right-hander walked the bases loaded with two outs before giving up a two-run single to center by Pete Kozma.
The Sounds got a run back in the bottom of the first when Hector Gomez and Logan Schafer opened the frame with back-to-back doubles off John Gast.The teams combined for seven runs during the third inning as the Redbirds moved their lead to 6-4.
Memphis used five hits and a Sounds error to plate four runs in the top of the frame against Jungmann. Sounds right fielder Jeremy Hermida (2-for-3) responded in the home half of the frame by slugging a two-out, three-run homer to right off Gast, the outfielder’s second longball of the series and tenth of the year (tying Hunter Morris for the team lead).
Jungmann (4-5) drew the loss after giving up six runs (five earned) on six hits in his five innings of work.
Redbirds All-Star right fielder Stephen Piscotty increased the visitors’ lead to 7-4 in the top of the seventh when he smashed a solo homer to center off Johnnie Lowe, his sixth big fly of the year.
The Sounds pulled within a pair in the bottom of the seventh. Pinch-hitter Eugenio Velez legged out a one-out triple and scored on a Hector Gomez groundout to make it a 7-5 contest.
Reliever Jose De La Torre, making his Greer Stadium debut, worked into and out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, fanning Greg Garcia to escape the jam to work a scoreless inning.
Nashville didn’t go down without a fight in the ninth against Memphis reliever Jorge Rondon. Matt Pagnozzi and Pete Orr opened the inning with consecutive singles. After Donovan Hand’s sacrifice attempt resulted in a forceout at third, Rondon fanned Gomez and retired Logan Schafer on a game-ending groundout to notch his first save of the year.
The Sounds embark on a seven-game road trip tomorrow, beginning with the 7:05pm opener of a four-game series at Round Rock (AAA-Rangers).
It will be the first of 16 meetings between the division rivals over the next two months. Right-hander Michael Blazek (0-3, 4.96) will make the start for Nashville and face Express left-hander Robbie Ross (0-0, 0.00).
Box Score
July 3, 2014
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Memphis Redbirds | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Nashville Sounds | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Memphis | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Garcia, G, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .240 |
Grichuk, CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
Piscotty, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .304 |
Scruggs, 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
Pham, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .321 |
Kozma, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
Perez, A, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .302 |
Curtis, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
Gast, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
Castro, A, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
a-Moore, S, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
Fornataro, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Rondon, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 34 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | .271 |
a-Walked for Castro, A in the 8th. | ||||||||
BATTING 3B: Pham (3, Jungmann). HR: Piscotty (6, 7th inning off Lowe, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Pham 4; Grichuk; Piscotty 4; Perez, A; Curtis; Kozma 2. RBI: Kozma 3 (27), Pham (22), Curtis (18), Piscotty (46). 2-out RBI: Kozma 3; Pham; Curtis; Piscotty. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perez, A; Garcia, G 2. SAC: Kozma. GIDP: Perez, A. Team RISP: 3-for-6. Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING SB: Kozma (6, 3rd base off De La Torre, J/Pagnozzi), Curtis (3, 2nd base off De La Torre, J/Pagnozzi). |
Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Gomez, H, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .245 |
Schafer, L, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .235 |
Rogers, J, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
Hermida, RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
Halton, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .280 |
Gindl, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
Pagnozzi, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
Orr, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .299 |
Jungmann, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
a-Statia, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
Lowe, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
b-Velez, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
De La Torre, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Hand, D, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
1-Mattison, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
Totals | 35 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .261 |
a-Struck out for Jungmann in the 5th. b-Tripled for Lowe in the 7th. 1-Ran for Hand, D in the 9th. |
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BATTING 2B: Gomez, H (16, Gast), Schafer, L (5, Gast). 3B: Velez (2, Castro, A). HR: Hermida (10, 3rd inning off Gast, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Velez 3; Pagnozzi; Hermida 5; Gomez, H 2; Jungmann; Orr; Schafer, L 2. RBI: Schafer, L (6), Hermida 3 (42), Gomez, H (29). 2-out RBI: Hermida 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Halton; Schafer, L. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 6.FIELDING E: Jungmann (1, missed catch), De La Torre, J (1, throw). DP: (Rogers, J-Halton). |
Memphis | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Gast (W, 2-2) | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9.43 |
Castro, A (H, 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.21 |
Fornataro (H, 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
Rondon, J (S, 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 |
Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.42 |
Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Jungmann (L, 4-5) | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.55 |
Lowe | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.54 |
De La Torre, J | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
Hand, D | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.26 |
Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3.59 |
WP: Jungmann.
Pitches-strikes: Gast 81-49, Castro, A 33-21, Fornataro 10-5, Rondon, J 23-17, Jungmann 94-56, Lowe 24-16, De La Torre, J 25-13, Hand, D 7-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gast 7-2, Castro, A 4-1, Fornataro 1-1, Rondon, J 2-0, Jungmann 7-4, Lowe 2-1, De La Torre, J 2-0, Hand, D 0-2.
Batters faced: Gast 21, Castro, A 8, Fornataro 4, Rondon, J 5, Jungmann 24, Lowe 7, De La Torre, J 6, Hand, D 3.
Umpires: HP: Ramon DeJesus. 1B: Stu Scheurwater. 2B: Adam Schwarz. 3B: Chris Segal.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:09.
Att: 10,251.
Venue: Herschel Greer Stadium.
July 3, 2014