Albuquerque, NM – The Nashville Sounds had their three-game winning streak snapped with a rain-shortened 14-2 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes on Sunday evening at Isotopes Park.
The game was called due to rain at the conclusion of the seventh inning, following a 30-minute delay.
Isotopes starter John Ely turned in a quality start and Albuquerque hitters belted a trio of three-run homers on the evening to contribute to the victory.
Ely (4-1) was credited with a complete game as he held the Sounds to two runs on five hits over seven innings, striking out five batters in the outing.
The Sounds (54-47) took a short-lived lead in the top of the first inning as Lorenzo Cain opened with contest with double to center off Albuquerque starter John Ely then scored on Mat Gamel’s one-out RBI single. Gamel’s run-scoring knock increased his longest hitting streak of the year to nine games.
Nashville starter Chris Waters struggled in the opening frame for the second consecutive outing, giving up four runs in the bottom of the inning as the Isotopes stormed out to a 4-1 lead.
Jamie Hoffmann and Russ Mitchell singled before John Lindsey (4-for-4) smashed a three-run homer to center off Waters, the first baseman’s 16th roundtripper of the year, to put the home team on top by a 3-1 count. Former Sound Jay Gibbons followed with a double and, after Waters walked a pair of batters to load the bases, scored the fourth run of the frame on a Justin Sellers sacrifice fly. Sellers drove in a game-high five runs on the night for Albuquerque.
The Isotopes upped their advantage to 7-1 in the fourth with their second three-run homer of the night, this one coming off the bat of Mitchell against Waters. Hoffmann drew a one-out walk and Ivan DeJesus, Jr. singled before both scored on Mitchell’s 17th longball of the season.
Waters (5-8) drew a loss for the fourth straight start after giving up seven runs on nine hits over just four innings of work. He walked a season-high five batters for the second straight outing. The left-hander has posted just one victory in his last 12 trips to the hill for the Sounds (1-7, 5.86 ERA, 38er/58.1ip).
Left-hander Chuck Löfgren took over on the Nashville hill in the fifth and fared no better than Waters, giving up seven runs (five earned) over three innings in his first relief inning of the season.
The Isotopes greeted Löfgren with a three-run fifth. Hoffmann contributed an RBI single before Gibbons plated two unearned runs with a single later in the frame as Albuquerque stretched its lead to 10-1.
The Isotopes tacked on their 11th run in the sixth when Sellers doubled home Michael Restovich, who had drawn an inning-opening walk from Lofgren.
First baseman Joe Koshansky led off the seventh inning with his team-leading 16th home run of the year for Nashville, a blast to center off Ely that made it an 11-2 contest.
Sellers walloped the home team’s third three-run homer of the night in the seventh off Lofgren, the infielder’s fifth big fly of the year.
Second baseman Eric Farris led off the second with a single for the Sounds to extend his PCL hitting streak to nine games. He is 3-for-7 in two games with Nashville since returning from the D.L.
The teams wrap up the series with 1:05pm CT contest on Monday afternoon. Left-hander Chase Wright (6-6, 4.25) will man the bump for the Sounds to take on Albuquerque southpaw Alberto Bastardo (4-1, 4.24).
Nashville Sounds (54-46) 2, Albuquerque Isotopes (51-48) 14
July 25th, 2010
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | x | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Albuquerque | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | x | x | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .321 |
| Stern, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .307 |
| Gamel, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| Katin, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Koshansky, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .241 |
| Olmedo, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Farris, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Johnson, B, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| Waters, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .095 |
| Lofgren, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Totals | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .267 |
| BATTING
2B: Cain (4, Ely). HR: Koshansky (16, 7th inning off Ely, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Cain 2; Gamel; Koshansky 4; Olmedo; Farris. RBI: Gamel (37), Koshansky (55). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Olmedo; Cain. S: Waters. GIDP: Gamel; Farris. Team RISP: 1-for-4. Team LOB: 3.FIELDING E: Lofgren (3, throw). DP: (Waters-Gamel-Koshansky). |
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| Albuquerque | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffmann, CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| De Jesus, I, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Mitchell, R, 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .316 |
| Lindsey, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .371 |
| Gibbons, RF | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| May, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .293 |
| Restovich, LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
| Sellers, J, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Ely, P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 |
| Totals | 33 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 24 | .301 |
| BATTING
2B: Gibbons (26, Waters), Sellers, J (10, Lofgren). HR: Lindsey (16, 1st inning off Waters, 2 on, 1 out), Mitchell, R (17, 4th inning off Waters, 2 on, 1 out), Sellers, J (5, 7th inning off Lofgren, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Hoffmann 2; De Jesus, I; Mitchell, R 5; Lindsey 5; Gibbons 5; Restovich; Sellers, J 6. RBI: Lindsey 3 (59), Sellers, J 5 (26), Mitchell, R 3 (64), Hoffmann (54), Gibbons 2 (73). 2-out RBI: Gibbons 2; Sellers, J 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ely; Sellers, J; Restovich; May; Mitchell, R. S: Ely. SF: Sellers, J. GIDP: May. Team RISP: 5-for-16. Team LOB: 10.FIELDING DP: 2 (De Jesus, I-Sellers, J-Lindsey, Sellers, J-De Jesus, I-Lindsey). |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waters (L, 5-8) | 4.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4.47 |
| Lofgren | 3.0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.10 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4.04 |
| Albuquerque | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely (W, 4-1) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3.09 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.44 |
HBP: De Jesus, I (by Lofgren).
Pitches-strikes: Waters 96-53, Lofgren 72-41, Ely 89-60.
Groundouts-flyouts: Waters 5-5, Lofgren 4-1, Ely 12-2.
Batters faced: Waters 25, Lofgren 20, Ely 26.
Umpires: HP: Michael Lusky. 1B: Casey Moser. 2B: . 3B: Tyler Funneman.
Weather: 73 degrees, drizzle.
Wind: 12 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:17 (:30 delay).
Att: 7,177.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media
