Nashville Sounds Baseball
Albuquerque, NM – The Nashville Sounds were handed a 7-3 defeat by the Albuquerque Isotopes in the finale of a four-game series on Tuesday afternoon at Isotopes Park.
After winning the opener on Saturday, Nashville dropped to 13-30 on the road after dropping the next three games to lose the series to the Isotopes. The Sounds held a lead in all four games.
The Sounds jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the opening frame against Albuquerque starter Stephen Fife. Leadoff hitter Caleb Gindl singled to center, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Bianchi, and scored on the next play as outfielder Logan Schafer knocked an RBI base hit to left.
Albuquerque quickly knotted the contest at 1-1 in the next frame with four consecutive singles against Nashville starter Claudio Vargas, highlighted by an RBI base hit from Scott Van Slyke. Vargas recorded the next three outs to escape the rally with further damage.
The Isotopes took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning after Jerry Sands led off with a single and later scored on an infield RBI groundout from Brian Cavazos-Galvez. Matt Angle then tacked on another run on an RBI base hit.
The Sounds struck back and tied the game at 3-3 in the visiting half of the fifth. After Brown’s second hit of the ballgame to move Schafer to third base, Nashville attempted a double steal. Brown was thrown out at second base while Schafer made it home to score the frame’s first run. After third baseman Andy Gonzalez drew a walk, catcher Jason Jaramillo smoked a game-tying double to right field.
Vargas (2-1) scattered eight hits for a season-high six runs (four earned) in 4 1/3 innings for the loss.
Hand worked 1 2/3 innings with no runs allowed to extend his scoreless streak 15 innings. Juan Perez gave up one run while striking out two in one inning. Amaury Rivas ended the game with a scoreless frame and two strikeouts.
Fife (6-4) picked up the victory, allowing three runs on nine hits in five innings.
The Sounds travel to Round Rock, Texas after today’s game and will conclude their road trip with a three-game series against the Express (AAA-Rangers). Sounds right-hander Wily Peralta (2-8, 6.97) will take the mound against rehabbing left-hander Derek Holland (NR). The clubs split their first series of the year, 2-2, at Greer Stadium in late May.
Box Score
Albuquerque Isotopes (46-33) 7, Nashville Sounds (31-48) 3
June 26th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |
| Albuquerque Isotopes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 11 | 1 | |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gindl, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .220 |
| Bianchi, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .290 |
| Schafer, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .299 |
| Brown, J, 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .295 |
| Gonzalez, A, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Jaramillo, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Gibbons, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .238 |
| Farris, 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Vargas, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Hand, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Perez, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Patterson, C, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Rivas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | .258 |
| a-Grounded out for Perez, J in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Gibbons (5, Fife), Brown, J (9, Fife), Jaramillo (2, Fife), Farris (8, St. Clair). TB: Farris 4; Brown, J 3; Bianchi 2; Gibbons 2; Hand; Schafer; Jaramillo 2; Gindl. RBI: Schafer (26), Jaramillo (9). 2-out RBI: Jaramillo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, A; Bianchi 2; Gibbons 2; Schafer; Brown, J. SAC: Bianchi; Vargas. Team RISP: 3-for-13. Team LOB: 10.BASERUNNING CS: Farris (5, 2nd base by Fife/Federowicz), Brown, J (2, 2nd base by Fife/Federowicz). FIELDING |
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| Albuquerque | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angle, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .279 |
| Castellanos, 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .379 |
| Fields, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .331 |
| Van Slyke, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .326 |
| Sands, RF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .249 |
| Federowicz, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .287 |
| Cavazos-Galvez, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .379 |
| Becker, Jo, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .218 |
| Fife, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| a-Oeltjen, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| St. Clair, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Henson, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Johnson, B, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rice, S, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 30 | .292 |
| a-Singled for Fife in the 5th. b-Walked for St. Clair in the 7th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Federowicz (20, Vargas). TB: Van Slyke; Federowicz 3; Castellanos 2; Fields; Angle 2; Sands; Oeltjen; Cavazos-Galvez. RBI: Van Slyke (36), Cavazos-Galvez 2 (20), Angle 2 (22), Federowicz (43), Oeltjen (28). 2-out RBI: Angle; Oeltjen. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cavazos-Galvez 2; Castellanos 3; Angle; Sands. SF: Federowicz. Team RISP: 5-for-19. Team LOB: 11.BASERUNNING SB: Castellanos (11, 2nd base off Hand/Jaramillo). FIELDING |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vargas (L, 2-1) | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 |
| Hand | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.11 |
| Perez, J | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Rivas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.45 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4.80 |
| Albuquerque | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fife (W, 6-4) | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.87 |
| St. Clair (H, 5) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.92 |
| Johnson, B | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 |
| Rice, S | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.92 |
WP: Perez, J 2.
Pitches-strikes: Vargas 100-58, Hand 27-22, Perez, J 27-13, Rivas 21-12, Fife 96-61, St. Clair 31-23, Johnson, B 12-7, Rice, S 10-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Vargas 6-5, Hand 0-0, Perez, J 1-0, Rivas 1-0, Fife 9-1, St. Clair 2-2, Johnson, B 1-1, Rice, S 1-0.
Batters faced: Vargas 25, Hand 7, Perez, J 6, Rivas 4, Fife 25, St. Clair 8, Johnson, B 3, Rice, S 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Hand 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Barry Larson. 1B: Kellen Levy. 3B: Brian Hertzog.
Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:16.
Att: 5,457.
