Peralta, Schafer Help Nashville Gain Split Of Four-Game Series
Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds gained a split of a four-game series against division-leading Omaha with a 4-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium.
Logan Schafer accounted for half of Nashville’s six hits with a 3-for-4 effort that included a pair of runs scored, the outfielder’s seventh multiple-hit effort in his last 11 contests.
The Sounds (28-43) took an early lead with an unearned run in the first inning against Omaha starter Mike Montgomery. Schafer led off the frame with a single, moved to second on a groundout, and hustled around to score when Storm Chasers second baseman Anthony Seratelli made a throwing error after fielding a Travis Ishikawa grounder.
Peralta escaped a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the top of the third inning when second baseman Eric Farris made a spectacular diving stop to his left on a sharp Salvador Perez grounder and threw out the catcher to end the frame.
Nashville increased the lead to 3-0 in the third after loading the bases with no outs against Montgomery.
Farris drew a leadoff walk then moved to second when Schafer’s bunt up the first-base side eluded a pair of Omaha defenders for an infield single. Cesar Izturis followed with a sacrifice bunt, which Perez fielded just in front of the plate and threw late to third in an attempt to retire the lead runner, loading the bags full of Sounds.
Ishikawa, the next batter, fell behind 0-2 against Montgomery before recovering to draw a walk to force home Farris for a 2-0 lead. Andy Gonzalez followed with a double-play grounder, which plated Schafer with the frame’s second run.
Omaha got on the board in the top of the sixth inning, plating a run against Peralta to cut the Nashville lead to 3-1 when Tony Abreu rapped a single and later came plateward on Seratelli’s two-out single to left.
Gonzalez staked Nashville to a 4-1 lead in the home half of the sixth when he led off the frame by belting his fifth home run of the year and second of the series, a solo shot to left off Montgomery.
The Sounds’ bullpen followed Peralta with 3 1/3 scoreless frames to close out the victory. Donovan Hand worked 1 1/3 innings, Vinnie Chulk tossed a scoreless frame, and Jim Henderson earned his team-leading fifth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Box Score
Nashville Sounds (28-43) 4, Omaha Storm Chasers (44-27) 1
June 17th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Storm Chasers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Nashville Sounds | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Omaha | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falu, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 |
| Giavotella, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .324 |
| Ramirez, M, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| Myers, CF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .331 |
| Robinson, C, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .317 |
| Perez, S, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .310 |
| Abreu, T, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .310 |
| Lough, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
| Seratelli, 1B-2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Robinson, D, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Montgomery, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sisk, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Coleman, L, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | .289 |
| BATTING 2B: Myers (7, Peralta). TB: Seratelli; Robinson, D; Robinson, C; Myers 5; Abreu, T; Ramirez, M 2. RBI: Seratelli (35). 2-out RBI: Seratelli. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Robinson, C; Perez, S 2; Falu 2. GIDP: Robinson, C, Perez, S. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 11.FIELDING E: Seratelli (10, throw), Falu (3, fielding), Abreu, T (13, fielding). DP: 4 (Seratelli-Abreu, T-Ramirez, M, Seratelli-Ramirez, M 2, Abreu, T-Ramirez, M). |
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| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schafer, CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Izturis, C, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Bianchi, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| Ishikawa, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Gonzalez, A, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .265 |
| Gibbons, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .196 |
| Jaramillo, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| Gindl, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .230 |
| Halton, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Farris, 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Peralta, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Hand, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Chulk, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Henderson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | .254 |
| BATTING 2B: Gibbons (2, Montgomery). HR: Gonzalez, A (5, 6th inning off Montgomery, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Gibbons 2; Schafer 3; Jaramillo; Gonzalez, A 4. RBI: Ishikawa (4), Gonzalez, A (23). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Halton; Gibbons. SAC: Izturis, C. GIDP: Gonzalez, A 2, Ishikawa, Schafer. Team RISP: 0-for-9. Team LOB: 4.BASERUNNING SB: Schafer (10, 2nd base off Montgomery/Perez, S).FIELDING DP: 2 (Farris-Halton, Bianchi-Farris-Halton). |
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| Omaha | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery (L, 3-3) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.79 |
| Sisk | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 |
| Coleman, L | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.99 |
| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peralta (W, 2-8) | 5.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.96 |
| Hand (H, 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Chulk (H, 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.82 |
| Henderson (S, 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.64 |
WP: Peralta.
Pitches-strikes: Montgomery 106-67, Sisk 7-6, Coleman, L 12-8, Peralta 98-61, Hand 14-12, Chulk 22-15, Henderson 18-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: Montgomery 11-3, Sisk 2-0, Coleman, L 0-1, Peralta 8-1, Hand 2-0, Chulk 3-0, Henderson 1-1.
Batters faced: Montgomery 26, Sisk 3, Coleman, L 3, Peralta 27, Hand 5, Chulk 4, Henderson 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Hand 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Hertzog. 1B: Barry Larson. 3B: Kellen Levy.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 2:45.
Att: 3,899.
