Colorado Springs, CO – The Nashville Sounds gained a split of a four-game set with a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Sunday evening at Security Service Field.
Right-hander Jimmy Nelson (3-4) picked up the win for the Sounds after allowing one run on five hits and striking out five batters over his five innings of work. He lowered his Triple-A ERA to 3.54 with the effort.
Colorado Springs halved the Nashville lead to 2-1 in the third when ex-Sound Hernan Iribarren led off with a single and later scored on Ryan Wheeler’s one -out double to center.
Nashville tacked on a run in the fifth when Eugenio Velez’s sacrifice fly plated Blake Davis, who had opened the frame with a single.
Johnnie Lowe (1.0 IP) and Brent Leach (2.1 IP) worked scoreless relief for the Sounds to keep it a 3-1 contest until the ninth, when the Sky Sox didn’t go down without a fight against Sounds closer Jesus Sanchez.
After Sanchez retired the first two hitter of the inning, Jordan Pacheco, Tim Wheeler, and Iribarren strung together three consecutive singles, which made it a 3-2 game and placed Wheeler at third as the tying run. Sanchez then retired Reid Brignac on a game-ending lineout to third.
The Sounds continue their West Coast road trip on Monday in Reno, Nevada with the 9:05pm opener of a four-game series at Aces Ballpark. Left-hander Chris Narveson (4-6, 4.99), who has worked a Nashville season-high 16 2/3 consecutive scoreless frames over his last three outings, will make the start for the Sounds. Reno will counter with southpaw Tyler Skaggs (6-7, 4.12).
Box Score
August 11th, 2013
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| Colorado Springs Sky Sox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Kentrail Davis | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Eugenio Velez | 3B-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .377 |
| Sean Halton | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
| Hunter Morris | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Josh Prince | 2B-LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .236 |
| Blake Lalli | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Hainley Statia | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Johnnie Lowe | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Brent Leach | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jesus Sanchez | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Blake Davis | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .252 |
| Ozzie Chavez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Stephen Parker | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .204 |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .250 | |
2B: Davis, Ke (4, Galarraga, A).
HR: Lalli (11, 2nd inning off Galarraga, A, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Prince 2; Lalli 5; Davis, B; Davis, Ke 3.
RBI: Lalli 2 (28), Velez (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morris, H; Halton; Lalli.
SAC: Nelson.
SF: Velez.
GIDP: Halton.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING
SB: Davis, Ke (5, 2nd base off Galarraga, A/Davis, L).
CS: Davis, B (5, 2nd base by Hensley/Davis, L).FIELDING
E: Davis, B (17, throw), Velez (3, fielding).
Pickoffs: Leach (Matthes at 1st base).
| Colorado Springs Sky Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Tim Wheeler | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Hernan Iribarren | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .314 |
| Reid Brignac | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Ryan Wheeler | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Ben Paulsen | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 |
| Kent Matthes | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .291 |
| Lars Davis | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Drew Garcia | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Armando Galarraga | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| a- Xavier Nady | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Steven Hensley | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitchell Boggs | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b- Jordan Pacheco | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .289 | |
2B: Brignac (6, Nelson), Wheeler, R (27, Nelson).
TB: Wheeler, T; Wheeler, R 2; Iribarren 2; Paulsen; Brignac 2; Pacheco; Matthes.
RBI: Wheeler, R (70), Iribarren (25).
2-out RBI: Iribarren.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wheeler, R; Wheeler, T 2; Matthes; Iribarren; Brignac.
SAC: Davis, L.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.BASERUNNING
CS: Iribarren (1, 2nd base by Nelson/Lalli).
PO: Matthes (1st base by Leach).FIELDING
DP: (Brignac-Paulsen).
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Jimmy Nelson (W, 3-4) | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3.54 | |||
| Johnnie Lowe (H, 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | |||
| Brent Leach (H, 4) | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | |||
| Jesus Sanchez (S, 5) | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.43 | |||
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4.36 | |||
| Colorado Springs Sky Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Armando Galarraga (L, 0-2) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7.24 | |||
| Steven Hensley | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | |||
| Mitchell Boggs | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.45 | |||
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5.33 | |||
WP: Galarraga, A.
Pitches-strikes: Nelson 92-49, Lowe 12-8, Leach 25-13, Sanchez, Je 15-11, Galarraga, A 85-55, Hensley 28-13, Boggs 15-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nelson 6-2, Lowe 3-1, Leach 1-2, Sanchez, Je 0-0, Galarraga, A 8-3, Hensley 3-1, Boggs 1-0.
Batters faced: Nelson 23, Lowe 4, Leach 7, Sanchez, Je 5, Galarraga, A 25, Hensley 8, Boggs 3.
Umpires: HP: Joel Hospodka. 1B: Tom Woodring. 3B: Gerard Ascani.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Varies.
T: 2:59 (2:19 delay).
Att: 4,112.
Venue: Security Service Field.
August 11, 2013
