Nashville Sounds Baseball
Nashville Pitchers Allow Just Three Hits; Hector Gomez and Jeremy Hermida Go Deep
Round Rock, TX – Powered by a dominant pitching performance from starter Michael Blazek, the first-place Nashville Sounds (47-42) downed the Round Rock Express (44-42) 4-0 at The Dell Diamond Friday night.
Blazek allowed just one hit in 5.1 innings while striking out six and not allowing a walk to pick up his first victory in 2014. Alfredo Figaro, Brent Leach and Donovan Hand followed out of the Nashville bullpen to clinch the victory, combining to allow just two hits and no walks over the remaining 3.2 innings. It marks the Sounds league-leading ninth shutout victory of the season.
The Sounds opened the scoring in the top of the second when catcher Shawn Zarraga knocked in Sean Halton with a single. Nashville later broke the game open in the top of the fifth on a pair of home runs; a solo shot from Hector Gomez and a two-run blast from Jeremy Hermida.The Sounds, winners of seven of their last eight games, will send RHP Mike Fiers (6-3 2.68 ERA) to go against Express RHP Luke Jackson (0-0, 6.00) on Saturday, July 5th at 7:00pm CT. Jeff Hem will have the call on 102.5 The Fan.
Box Score
July 4, 2014
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nashville Sounds | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Round Rock Express | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gomez, H, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
Velez, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
Rogers, J, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .207 |
Hermida, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
Halton, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
Zarraga, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
Gindl, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .262 |
Statia, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .268 |
Mattison, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .190 |
Blazek, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Figaro, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Leach, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Hand, D, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | .261 |
BATTING 2B: Halton (16, Ross Jr.), Rogers, J (2, Ross Jr.). HR: Gomez, H (9, 5th inning off Ross Jr., 0 on, 1 out), Hermida (11, 5th inning off Ross Jr., 1 on, 2 out). TB: Hermida 4; Zarraga; Gomez, H 5; Rogers, J 2; Halton 3; Gindl. RBI: Zarraga (2), Gomez, H (30), Hermida 2 (44). 2-out RBI: Hermida 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Statia 2. Team RISP: 2-for-4. Team LOB: 4.BASERUNNING CS: Gomez, H (3, 2nd base by Ross Jr./Soto, G), Velez (10, 2nd base by Ross Jr./Soto, G).FIELDING DP: (Statia-Gomez, H-Halton). |
Round Rock | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sardinas, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
Beltre, E, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 |
Petersen, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .251 |
Arencibia, 1B-C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .263 |
Soto, G, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Nicholas, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
Hoying, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 |
Rua, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
Smolinski, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .269 |
Lillibridge, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .224 |
Ross Jr., P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
West, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Marks, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .253 |
BATTING TB: Smolinski; Sardinas; Hoying. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smolinski. GIDP: Beltre, E. Team RISP: 0-for-2. Team LOB: 2.FIELDING DP: (Lillibridge-Nicholas). |
Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blazek (W, 1-3) | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.44 |
Figaro | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 |
Leach | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Hand, D | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.09 |
Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.55 |
Round Rock | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ross Jr. (L, 1-1) | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5.73 |
West | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 |
Marks | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.03 |
Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4.72 |
WP: Leach, Ross Jr..
Pitches-strikes: Blazek 71-48, Figaro 21-15, Leach 21-16, Hand, D 9-8, Ross Jr. 86-53, West 18-13, Marks 27-16.
Groundouts-flyouts: Blazek 4-4, Figaro 0-1, Leach 1-0, Hand, D 2-1, Ross Jr. 2-3, West 0-2, Marks 3-1.
Batters faced: Blazek 16, Figaro 6, Leach 3, Hand, D 4, Ross Jr. 22, West 7, Marks 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Hand, D 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Roberto Ortiz. 1B: Scott Mahoney. 3B: Blake Davis.
Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:35.
Att: 12,951.
Venue: Dell Diamond.
July 4, 2014