Memphis, TN – The Nashville Sounds beat the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds, 6-4, on Friday evening at AutoZone Park in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader.
Nashville (46-41) racked up ten hits in the seven-inning contest, as Adam Stern went 3-for-3 with an RBI and Ben Johnson added two hits and two RBIs.
The Sounds scored in the opening to take an early 1-0 lead after the first three Nashville hitters reached base to load the bases. Stern led off the contest with a double followed by a Lorenzo Cain bunt single and Mat Gamel walk. Brendan Katin then grounded into a 5-4-3 double play that allowed Stern to score for the first run of the game.
Johnson added to the Nashville lead in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run double. After shortstop Luis Cruz and second baseman Johnny Raburn singled earlier in the frame, the Nashville catcher smoked a two-run double to center field to plate both runners to give the Sounds a 3-0 lead. Later in the inning with two outs, Cain hit an inning-ending grounder to Donovan Solano, but the shortstop made a throwing error to first base and allowed Johnson to score from second for a 4-0 advantage.
The Sounds picked up another run in the fifth for a 5-0 lead. After Katin was hit by a Lance Lynn pitch to reach base, the outfielder advanced to third base on a Joe Koshansky single and then came home as Cruz grounded into a another double play.
The Redbirds got to Sounds starter Marty McLeary in the bottom of the next frame as Memphis trimmed the lead to 5-4. After McLeary hit the first two batters and walked the next, Ruben Gotay crushed a grand slam over the right field wall. It was Gotay’s eighth homer of the season.
The Sounds scored an insurance run in the next frame to make it 6-4. Johnson led off with an infield single to reach base, moved to second on Ray Olmedo’s PCL-leading 12th sacrifice bunt, and then came home on a Stern RBI base knock.
McLeary allowed four runs (three earned) on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 4 1 /3 innings. Reliever Mike McClendon (4-2) earned the win after contributing 2 2/3 shutout innings while fanning three.
Lynn (6-7) picked up the loss, giving up five runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts in four innings pitched.
July 9th, 2010
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | x | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stern, LF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Cain, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Gamel, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .258 |
| Katin, RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .275 |
| Koshansky, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .252 |
| Cruz, L, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .299 |
| Raburn, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| McClendon, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Johnson, B, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .198 |
| McLeary, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 |
| Olmedo, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Totals | 28 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .265 |
| BATTING2B: Stern (4, Lynn), Johnson, B (3, Lynn).
TB: Stern 4; Cain 2; Koshansky; Cruz, L; Raburn; Johnson, B 3. RBI: Johnson, B 2 (9), Stern (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cruz, L; Gamel 3. S: Olmedo. GIDP: Katin; Cain; Cruz, L. Team RISP: 4-for-11. Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING SB: Stern (3, 2nd base off MacDougal/Anderson, B). FIELDING E: Cruz, L (15, fielding). |
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| Memphis | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapoport, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .276 |
| Gotay, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 |
| Craig, A, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Anderson, B, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Howard, K, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .247 |
| Solano, D, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .204 |
| MacDougal, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Mather, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| Sanchez, E, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Shorey, RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Luna, A, LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
| Lynn, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Folli, SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .417 |
| Totals | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .269 |
| a-Lined out for MacDougal in the 6th. | ||||||||
| BATTINGHR: Gotay (9, 5th inning off McLeary, 3 on, 1 out).
TB: Gotay 4; Anderson, B 2. RBI: Gotay 4 (41). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Solano, D. Team RISP: 1-for-4. Team LOB: 3.FIELDING E: Solano, D 2 (10, fielding, throw). DP: 3 (Solano, D-Craig, A, Howard, K-Gotay-Craig, A, Folli-Gotay-Craig, A). |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLeary | 4.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10.01 |
| McClendon (W, 4-2) | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.68 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.91 |
| Memphis | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn (L, 6-7) | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5.56 |
| MacDougal | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Sanchez, E | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.76 |
Lynn pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.
WP: McLeary.
HBP: Shorey (by McLeary), Luna, A (by McLeary), Katin (by Lynn).
Pitches-strikes: McLeary 99-59, McClendon 27-20, Lynn 95-59, MacDougal 29-17, Sanchez, E 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: McLeary 4-6, McClendon 1-3, Lynn 4-3, MacDougal 4-1, Sanchez, E 1-0.
Batters faced: McLeary 20, McClendon 8, Lynn 22, MacDougal 8, Sanchez, E 3.
Inherited runners-scored: MacDougal 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Eric Loveless. 1B: Shaun Francis. 2B: . 3B: Dixon Stureman.
Weather: 90 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, L to R.
T: 2:37
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media
