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Sounds Score Late To Take Homestand Opener, 3-1

Nashville SoundsNashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to post a 3-1 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Friday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.

With the win, the Sounds (19-28) continued their recent strong play at home, notching the sixth victory in the club’s last eight contests at Greer.

Oklahoma City took a 1-0, first-inning lead against Sounds starter Frankie De La Cruz. Anderson Hernandez singled with one out and later scored on Drew Locke’s two-out RBI double to right-center.

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Nashville first baseman Mat Gamel evened the score at 1-1 in the fourth with a massive solo homer to right off RedHawks starter Ryan Rowland-Smith to open the inning. The roundtripper was his sixth of the year.

The Sounds broke the deadlock in the eighth, plating a pair of runs to take their first lead of the night at 3-1. With the bases loaded, one out, and Brendan Katin at the plate, Oklahoma City reliever David Carpenter uncorked an 0-2 offering to the backstop for a wild pitch that allowed Caleb Gindl to scamper home from third with the go-ahead run. Katin then dumped an opposite-field RBI single to right to plate Eric Farris with the frame’s second run.

Nashville reliever Jim Henderson (2-1) picked up the win with a two hitless relief innings that included a pair of strikeouts.

Mark DiFelice blanked the RedHawks in the top of the ninth to nail down his team-leading sixth save of the year.

Rowland-Smith (2-4) took a tough-luck loss for the visitors after tossing a quality start. The Aussie southpaw allowed three runs on seven hits over 7 1/3 frames.

De La Cruz authored his fifth quality start of the year for the Sounds, tying Amaury Rivas for the highest total on the club, but took a no-decision in the contest. He allowed one run on four hits over six innings while walking three batters and striking out five.

The teams continue the series with a 6:35pm meeting on Saturday evening, when the Sounds will wear special pink-colored jerseys in support of breast cancer awareness. Nashville right-hander Josh Butler (2-3, 5.35) will make the start and face Oklahoma City southpaw Gustavo Chacin (1-1, 4.64).

Box Score

Nashville Sounds (19-28) 3, Oklahoma City RedHawks (21-27) 1

May 27th, 2011

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Okla. City        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Nashville       0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 3 7 0
 
Okla. City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bogusevic, LF-RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .230
Hernandez, A, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .259
Cancel, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .324
Locke, RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .229
  Carpenter, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dopirak, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .252
Barnes, CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .246
Manzella, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .262
Vallejo, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224
  a-Clemens, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Rowland-Smith, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
  Shuck, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Totals 32 1 5 1 3 8 14 .251
 
a-Popped out for Vallejo in the 9th.
 
BATTING

2B: Locke (9, De La Cruz), Barnes (9, De La Cruz).

TB: Hernandez, A; Locke 3; Barnes 2; Manzella.

RBI: Locke (17).

2-out RBI: Locke.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dopirak; Rowland-Smith; Manzella.

Team RISP: 1-for-9.

Team LOB: 7.FIELDING

E: Hernandez, A (10, fielding).

DP: (Hernandez, A-Vallejo-Dopirak).

Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gindl, RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .250
Farris, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .269
Carroll, CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .266
Katin, LF 4 0 1 1 0 3 2 .239
  DiFelice, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gamel, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .303
Maysonet, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .266
Nowak, 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .163
Buller, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .300
De La Cruz, P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
  Henderson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
  a-Reed, PH-LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .219
Totals 29 3 7 2 3 8 13 .252
 
a-Singled for Henderson in the 8th.
 
BATTING

HR: Gamel (6, 4th inning off Rowland-Smith, 0 on, 0 out).

TB: Gindl; Farris; Carroll 2; Katin; Gamel 4; Reed.

RBI: Gamel (27), Katin (25).

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Katin 2; De La Cruz; Maysonet.

SAC: Farris.

GIDP: Buller.

Team RISP: 2-for-10.

Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING

SB: Carroll (4, 2nd base off Rowland-Smith/Cancel).

CS: Gindl (2, 2nd base by Rowland-Smith/Cancel).

Okla. City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Rowland-Smith (L, 2-4) 7.1 5 3 3 3 6 1 4.99
Carpenter, D  0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 8.0 7 3 3 3 8 1 4.34
 
Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
De La Cruz  6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 4.14
Henderson (W, 2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.27
DiFelice (S, 6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.30
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 4.73
                 

WP: Rowland-Smith, Carpenter, D.

Balk: De La Cruz.

Pitches-strikes: Rowland-Smith 104-62, Carpenter, D 17-10, De La Cruz 101-65, Henderson 25-17, DiFelice 14-10.

Groundouts-flyouts: Rowland-Smith 9-0, Carpenter, D 0-0, De La Cruz 9-4, Henderson 1-2, DiFelice 1-0.

Batters faced: Rowland-Smith 29, Carpenter, D 4, De La Cruz 25, Henderson 6, DiFelice 4.

Inherited runners-scored: Carpenter, D 2-2.

Umpires: HP: Eric Loveless. 1B: Jordan Baker. 2B: . 3B: Matt Schaufert.

Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy.

Wind: 1 mph, R to L.

T: 2:33.

Att: 6,119.

Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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