Nashville Sounds Baseball
Nashville’s Ariel Pena Goes Seven Innings In Loss
Metairie, LA – The first-place Nashville Sounds (62-55) were held without a run Monday night at Zephyr Field in their 4-0 loss to the New Orleans Zephyrs. It marks the team’s sixth shutout loss of the season.
The Zephyrs took the lead early on, scoring a run in the bottom of the 1st inning courtesy of Justin Bour’s low liner into right field that brought in Austin Wates from third base.
Zephyrs right fielder Brian Bogusevic increased New Orleans’ lead to two with his RBI double in the 4th inning, which followed Bour’s leadoff double.
Sounds starting pitcher Ariel Pena (8-7) allowed all four Zephyrs runs during his seven innings of work from the hill to pick up his seventh loss of the season. The right-hander surrendered seven hits and issued three walks, but also fired seven strikeouts.
Reliever Kyle Heckathorn stepped in to deliver a spotless 8th inning, fanning one Zephyr.
Offensively, three Sounds batters turned in two-hit nights to account for the team’s six hits on the night: Logan Schafer, Irving Falu, and Hector Gomez.
New Orleans starter Brad Penny (2-2) worked six scoreless frames, limiting the Sounds to three hits, for his second win on the year.
The Sounds will look to level the series with New Orleans on Tuesday night by sending RHP Donovan Hand (1-6, 4.66) to the hill opposite the Zephyrs’ LHP Elih Villanueva (9-7, 3.73). First pitch is scheduled for 7:00pm.
Box Score
August 4, 2014
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schafer, L, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Falu, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| Hermida, RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .264 |
| Clark, M, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 |
| Velez, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| Gomez, H, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Orr, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .289 |
| Zarraga, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .213 |
| Pena, A, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .045 |
| a-Rogers, J, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Heckathorn, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | .259 |
| a-Struck out for Pena, A in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING TB: Schafer, L 2; Gomez, H 2; Falu 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zarraga 2; Clark, M; Hermida. GIDP: Hermida, Clark, M. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 7.BASERUNNING CS: Velez (13, 2nd base by Penny/Brantly).FIELDING Outfield assists: Hermida (Bour at 2nd base). |
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| New Orleans | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wates, CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| Diaz, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .270 |
| Canha, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .314 |
| Bour, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| Bogusevic, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Brantly, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .264 |
| Lucas, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Cox, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .287 |
| Penny, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| a-Jensen, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| Dayton, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Olmos, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .262 |
| a-Flied out for Penny in the 6th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Wates (12, Pena, A), Bour (23, Pena, A), Bogusevic (8, Pena, A). TB: Cox; Bour 4; Bogusevic 2; Wates 3. RBI: Bour (56), Bogusevic (17), Lucas (3), Cox (26). 2-out RBI: Bour; Cox. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Canha; Penny. SF: Lucas. Team RISP: 3-for-10. Team LOB: 5.FIELDING PB: Brantly (5). DP: 2 (Lucas-Diaz-Bour, Bour-Diaz-Bour). |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pena, A (L, 8-7) | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4.41 |
| Heckathorn | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.48 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3.56 |
| New Orleans | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny (W, 2-2) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.28 |
| Dayton | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Olmos | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4.31 |
Pitches-strikes: Pena, A 93-58, Heckathorn 9-7, Penny 89-46, Dayton 28-19, Olmos 6-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Pena, A 4-7, Heckathorn 1-1, Penny 7-3, Dayton 2-2, Olmos 1-1.
Batters faced: Pena, A 30, Heckathorn 3, Penny 22, Dayton 8, Olmos 4.
Umpires: HP: Greg Stanzak. 1B: Ryan Blakney. 3B: Alberto Ruiz.
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, Varies.
T: 2:35.
Att: 2,543.
Venue: Zephyr Field.
August 4, 2014
