Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds hung a 9-2 loss on the New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday night at Greer Stadium in the second game of a four-game series.
Winners of four of its last five overall, Nashville (35-42) has outscored New Orleans, 95-36, in the teams’ 14 meetings so far this season, winning 10 of those contests.
Nine different players posed a hit in the victory, highlighted by homers from Eric Farris and Mat Gamel.
New Orleans plated their first run in the top of the first inning on a bases loaded groundout.
Nashville answered back by sending 10 batters to dish and plating four runs in the bottom of the first. New Orleans Tom Koehler committed a fielding error and issued two walks to quickly load the bases. Gamel drove in the first run with an infield groundout followed by a softly hit RBI double by Jordan Brown. Third baseman Zelous Wheeler then hit a two-run single that concluded the Sounds rally at 4-1.
The Zephyrs hit consecutive doubles in the top of the fourth inning to score their other run. Chris Aguila led off the frame with a double to left field and scored as Ozzie Martinez nailed a two-bagger to left.
The Sounds extended their lead to 6-2 in the next frame. After Mike Rivera singled to center, Farris belted his fourth homer of the season over the left field wall. The two-run shot was his first home run since May 24 at Tacoma.
Nashville went ahead at 9-2 in the bottom of the seventh. After consecutive singles by Farris and Brett Carroll, Gamel tattooed a three-run bomb off of Mariano Gomez onto Chestnut Street. Moving Gamel into sole possession of fifth place for homers in the PCL, the blast was his team-leading 18th of the season and put him into a tie with Olmedo Saenz (1994-96) for 10th place in Sounds franchise history. It was the third straight game that Gamel went yard, also a Sounds high for 2011.
The Nashville bullpen was dominant on the evening. Mike McClendon pitched a scoreless seventh. Takashi Saito pitched a perfect eighth on eight pitches, allowing a groundout, fly out, and a pop out. Zach Braddock fanned one to end the game in a scoreless ninth.
Koehler (5-6) gave up six runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings.
The Sounds and Zephyrs continue their series with Monday night’s 7:05pm contest at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Frankie De La Cruz (2-4, 4.08) takes the mound against New Orleans left-hander Sean West (2-3, 7.94).
Box Score
Nashville Sounds (35-42) 9, New Orleans Zephyrs (38-40) 2
June 26th, 2011
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| Nashville | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 9 | 10 | 0 | |
| New Orleans | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petersen, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .336 |
| Rottino, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .310 |
| Thurston, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .303 |
| Dominguez, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Kroeger, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .279 |
| Aguila, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 |
| Martinez, O, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Davis, B, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .196 |
| Koehler, P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .150 |
| a-Salazar, O, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Gomez, Ma, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Parcell, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Klosterman, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .145 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | .262 |
| a-Grounded out for Koehler in the 7th. b-Flied out for Parcell in the 9th. | ||||||||
| BATTING
2B: Aguila (18, Rivas), Martinez, O (7, Rivas), Dominguez (6, Rivas). TB: Petersen 2; Rottino; Dominguez 3; Aguila 2; Martinez, O 3; Koehler. RBI: Kroeger (54), Martinez, O (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Aguila; Kroeger; Rottino; Thurston. Team RISP: 3-for-13. Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING SB: Thurston (9, 2nd base off Rivas/Rivera, Mi). FIELDING E: Koehler (2, fielding). DP: 2 (Martinez, O-Thurston-Kroeger, Kroeger-Martinez, O-Parcell). |
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| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gindl, RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .252 |
| Farris, SS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .265 |
| Green, T, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Carroll, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .294 |
| Gamel, 1B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .321 |
| Brown, J, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Wheeler, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Rivera, Mi, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Rivas, P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| a-Almonte, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| McClendon, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Saito, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Boggs, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Braddock, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 18 | .267 |
| a-Walked for Rivas in the 6th. b-Singled for Saito in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING
2B: Brown, J (9, Koehler). HR: Farris (4, 4th inning off Koehler, 1 on, 2 out), Gamel (18, 7th inning off Gomez, Ma, 2 on, 0 out). TB: Farris 4; Green, T; Carroll; Gamel 4; Brown, J 2; Wheeler; Rivera, Mi 2; Rivas; Boggs. RBI: Gamel 4 (58), Brown, J (16), Wheeler 2 (6), Farris 2 (23). 2-out RBI: Brown, J; Wheeler 2; Farris 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gindl 2. GIDP: Farris; Green, T. Team RISP: 4-for-10. Team LOB: 6. |
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| New Orleans | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koehler (L, 5-6) | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5.29 |
| Gomez, Ma | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.79 |
| Parcell | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4.60 |
| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivas (W, 6-7) | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.18 |
| McClendon | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Saito | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Braddock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.48 |
WP: Gomez, Ma.
IBB: Rivera, Mi (by Koehler).
Pitches-strikes: Koehler 89-54, Gomez, Ma 30-19, Parcell 15-8, Rivas 99-66, McClendon 13-8, Saito 8-5, Braddock 23-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Koehler 7-6, Gomez, Ma 1-1, Parcell 1-0, Rivas 5-4, McClendon 3-0, Saito 1-1, Braddock 1-1.
Batters faced: Koehler 29, Gomez, Ma 6, Parcell 4, Rivas 26, McClendon 4, Saito 3, Braddock 4.
Umpires: HP: Chris Segal. 1B: Mark Buchanan. 2B: . 3B: Darren Budahn.
Weather: 72 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 1 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:37.
Att: 4,810.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media
