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Nashville Sounds drop game 4-3 to Tacoma Rainiers at Greer Stadium for Third Straight loss

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Nashville SoundsNashville, TN – Tacoma outfielder Jabari Blash homered for the third straight game to power the visiting Rainiers to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium.

The Sounds (38-33) suffered their third straight loss to Tacoma despite out-hitting the Rainiers, 11-6, on the afternoon.

Tacoma took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as a two-out walk came back to haunt Sounds starter Ariel Pena.

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After fanning the game’s first two batters, the right-hander issued a free pass to Ji-Man Choi, who promptly scored the afternoon’s first run on Nick Franklin’s ensuing RBI double to right-center.

The Rainiers doubled the lead to 2-0 in the second. Xavier Avery drew a one-out walk, stole a pair of bases, and scored on Abraham Almonte’s RBI single. Almonte finished 3-for-5 on the afternoon.

Pena lasted only three innings, tossing 85 pitches while matching a Sounds season high with six walks allowed. He gave up two runs on two hits and struck out five.

Nashville knotted the score at 2-2 in the home half of the fourth against Tacoma starter Forrest Snow. Sean Halton led off with a double, moved to third on Hunter Morris’ single, and scored the Sounds’ first run on a throwing error by Rainiers catcher Jesus Sucre. After advancing to third on a Hector Gomez single, Morris plated the tying run on a Taylor Green groundout.

Blash continued his monster series when he homered for the third straight game in the top of the seventh, belting a 434-foot homer over the neck of the guitar scoreboard in left-center to give the visitors a 4-2 cushion. The two-run blast off Arcenio Leon, which also plated Franklin (walk), was the slugger’s team-leading 12th of the year.

Leon (0-1) suffered the loss after surrendering the go-ahead homer.

The Sounds mounted a rally in the ninth against Rainiers reliever Brandon Maurer. Gomez singled with one out and later scored on pinch-hitter Pete Orr’s two-out single to right to pull Nashville within a run at 4-3. With the potential tying run on first, Maurer recovered to retire Jeff Bianchi on a game-ending groundout to close out the victory and earn his third save of the year.

The Sounds will look to avoid a sweep when the teams wrap up the four-game set with a 7:05pm finale on Monday evening. PCL ERA leader Jimmy Nelson (7-1, 1.51) will toe the slab for the Sounds to face Tacoma right-hander Andrew Carraway (2-4, 4.99).

Box Score

Tacoma Rainiers (30-39) 4, Nashville Sounds (38-33) 3
June 15, 2014

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tacoma Rainiers 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 2
Nashville Sounds 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 0

 

 

Tacoma AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Taylor, C, 2B 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 .349
Almonte, A, CF 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 .234
Choi, J, 1B 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 .371
Franklin, SS 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 .318
Kelly, T, DH 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 .266
Blash, RF 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 .236
Noriega, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 2 6 .335
Sucre, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250
Avery, LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .274
Snow, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ruffin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maurer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 4 6 4 10 10 23 .280
BATTING
2B: Franklin (9, Pena, A).
HR: Blash (12, 7th inning off Leon, Ar, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Noriega; Blash 4; Almonte, A 3; Franklin 2.
RBI: Franklin (28), Almonte, A (12), Blash 2 (37).
2-out RBI: Franklin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Noriega 2; Kelly, T 2; Avery 2; Sucre.
GIDP: Noriega.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 12.BASERUNNING
SB: Avery 2 (23, 2nd base off Pena, A/Diaz, R, 3rd base off Pena, A/Diaz, R), Almonte, A (4, 2nd base off Pena, A/Diaz, R), Noriega (2, 2nd base off Leon, Ar/Diaz, R).FIELDING
E: Snow (1, pickoff), Sucre (2, pickoff).
DP: (Franklin-Taylor, C-Choi, J).

 

 

Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bianchi, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .281
Velez, DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .307
Hermida, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .251
Halton, LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .267
Morris, H, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .275
Gindl, CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .260
Gomez, H, SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .258
Green, T, 3B 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .238
Diaz, R, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .230
a-Orr, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .283
Pena, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071
Heckathorn, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Leon, Ar, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 3 11 2 0 7 17 .256
a-Singled for Diaz, R in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Halton (12, Snow).
TB: Velez 2; Hermida; Gomez, H 3; Orr; Halton 2; Gindl 2; Morris, H.
RBI: Green, T (18), Orr (19).
2-out RBI: Orr.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Halton; Diaz, R 2; Morris, H 2.
GIDP: Green, T.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.BASERUNNING
SB: Velez (15, 2nd base off Snow/Sucre).FIELDING
DP: (Gomez, H-Bianchi-Morris, H).

 

 

Tacoma IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Snow 5.0 8 2 1 0 5 0 1.80
Ruffin (W, 3-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.71
Maurer (S, 3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.77
Totals 9.0 11 3 2 0 7 0 4.75

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pena, A 3.0 2 2 2 6 5 0 4.27
Heckathorn 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6.89
Leon, Ar (L, 0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 1 5.40
Leach 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.48
Totals 9.0 6 4 4 10 10 1 3.38

 

 

 

HBP: Blash (by Pena, A).
Pitches-strikes: Snow 75-56, Ruffin 26-19, Maurer 20-14, Pena, A 85-44, Heckathorn 46-27, Leon, Ar 42-28, Leach 10-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Snow 4-3, Ruffin 4-1, Maurer 3-0, Pena, A 2-0, Heckathorn 4-1, Leon, Ar 2-2, Leach 1-0.
Batters faced: Snow 23, Ruffin 9, Maurer 5, Pena, A 18, Heckathorn 12, Leon, Ar 10, Leach 3.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Morrow. 1B: Ryan Goodman. 3B: Nick Bailey.
Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 3:08.
Att: 4,297.
Venue: Herschel Greer Stadium.
June 15, 2014
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