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Nashville Sounds shutout New Orleans Zephyrs at Greer Stadium, 5-0

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Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospect Jimmy Nelson Hurls Seven Scoreless; Jason Rogers Goes 2-for-3 In Triple-A Debut

Nashville SoundsNashville, TN – Top prospect Jimmy Nelson worked seven scoreless frames and combined with a pair of relievers on a four-hit shutout in the Nashville Sounds’ 5-0 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Friday evening at Greer Stadium.

Nashville (41-41), which snapped a five-game losing skid at Greer, tossed its fifth shutout of the year and improved to 21-1 when scoring first at home.

Nashville Sounds Baseball.
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Nelson (9-2) was spectacular again for Nashville, holding the Z’s to three singles in his seven frames to log his co-leading ninth win of the year and lower his ERA to 1.66.

The Milwaukee Brewers’ top prospect struck out nine batters during his 85-pitch effort, the right-hander’s 14th quality outing in 15 trips to the hill for the Sounds this season.

Dustin Molleken worked around a pair of baserunners in striking out the side during a scoreless eighth for Nashville before Jeremy Jeffress retired the Z’s in order to close out the shutout win in the ninth.

Third baseman Jason Rogers — who enjoyed a solid Sounds debut with a 2-for-3 effort that included two RBIs and a pair of extra-base hits — ripped a leadoff triple to left-center in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first Triple-A hit and scored the night’s first run when Jeremy Hermida followed with a bloop RBI single to left.

Bryan Evans (4-5) took a hard-luck loss in his spot start for the Zephyrs. The right-hander allowed one run on two hits over five innings.

The Sounds upped the lead to 4-0 in the sixth against Z’s reliever Arquimedes Caminero. Rogers plated Jeff Bianchi (2-for-4) with a sacrifice fly before right fielder Jeremy Hermida (2-for-4) blasted a monstrous 401-foot three-run homer to right-center, the slugger’s eighth roundtripper of the season.

Rogers continued his strong PCL debut in the eighth when he stroked an RBI double to left-center that plated Bianchi to up the Nashville advantage to 5-0.

The teams continue the series with a 6:35pm matchup on Saturday evening. Right-hander Taylor Jungmann (3-4, 6.17) will man the bump for the Sounds and face New Orleans lefty Adam Conley (2-2, 4.08).

Box Score

Nashville Sounds (41-41) 5, New Orleans Zephyrs (43-38) 0
June 27, 2014

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New Orleans Zephyrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Nashville Sounds 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 x 5 7 0

 

 

New Orleans AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Yelich, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .111
Dayton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cox, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .284
Canha, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .303
Brantly, C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273
Jensen, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .274
Diaz, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .287
Rodriguez, J, 2B 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .276
Angle, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .214
Evans, B, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
a-Black, Da, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Caminero, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Valdespin, PH-LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
Totals 29 0 4 0 3 13 13 .266
a-Walked for Evans, B in the 6th. b-Singled for Caminero in the 8th.
BATTING
TB: Brantly 2; Valdespin; Rodriguez, J.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jensen; Cox 2.
GIDP: Cox.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 5.BASERUNNING
SB: Valdespin (11, 2nd base off Molleken/Pagnozzi).
PO: Rodriguez, J (1st base by Nelson).

 

 

Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schafer, L, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188
Bianchi, 2B 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .276
Morris, H, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .270
Rogers, J, 3B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .667
Hermida, RF 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 .256
Gindl, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .265
Gomez, H, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .242
Pagnozzi, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .220
Nelson, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
a-Orr, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
Molleken, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jeffress, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 5 7 5 2 6 15 .257
a-Grounded out for Nelson in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Morris, H (17, Caminero), Rogers, J (1, Dayton).
3B: Rogers, J (1, Evans, B).
HR: Hermida (8, 6th inning off Caminero, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Rogers, J 5; Hermida 5; Morris, H 2; Bianchi 2.
RBI: Hermida 3 (35), Rogers, J 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Hermida 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nelson 2; Schafer, L; Gomez, H 2.
SF: Rogers, J.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 5.BASERUNNING
SB: Gomez, H (3, 2nd base off Caminero/Brantly).FIELDING
DP: (Morris, H-Gomez, H-Morris, H).
Pickoffs: Nelson (Rodriguez, J at 1st base).

 

 

New Orleans IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Evans, B (L, 4-5) 5.0 2 1 1 1 3 0 4.66
Caminero 2.0 3 3 3 0 3 1 6.75
Dayton 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.98
Totals 8.0 7 5 5 2 6 1 4.06

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nelson (W, 9-2) 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 1.66
Molleken 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.83
Jeffress 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.95
Totals 9.0 4 0 0 3 13 0 3.65

 

 


WP: Caminero.
Pitches-strikes: Evans, B 69-44, Caminero 42-30, Dayton 18-10, Nelson 85-53, Molleken 25-15, Jeffress 10-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Evans, B 5-7, Caminero 1-2, Dayton 1-1, Nelson 8-2, Molleken 0-0, Jeffress 2-0.
Batters faced: Evans, B 18, Caminero 10, Dayton 6, Nelson 24, Molleken 5, Jeffress 3.
Umpires: HP: Brian Hertzog. 1B: Shaun Lampe. 3B: Thomas Newsom.
Weather: 84 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 3 mph, R to L.
T: 2:41.
Att: 5,941.
Venue: Herschel Greer Stadium.
June 27, 2014

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