Nashville Matches Franchise Record For Runs Allowed In Contest
Las Vegas, NV – The Nashville Sounds entered the record books in the wrong way on Tuesday evening, matching the highest single-game run total allowed in franchise history in a 19-8 loss to the Las Vegas 51s at Cashman Field.
The 19 Las Vegas runs marked the third overall time an opponent has produced that output against Nashville in the Sounds’ 33-year history and the first time since the Iowa Cubs plated 19 on August 21, 1989. The 51s’ 20 hits on the night were one shy of the most ever produced by a Sounds opponent in a single game.
Las Vegas broke open a 5-5 game with a nine-run sixth inning en route to its victory.
The clubs combined for 27 runs and 33 hits in the contest, including 19 extra-base knocks. Nashville’s seven doubles, including three by Mat Gamel, matched a season high and were one shy of the single-game franchise record.
The teams combined for 11 individual multiple-hit efforts in the tilt. Las Vegas shortstop Mike McCoy went 5-for-5, including a home run and a double, to lead all batters.
Each of the three games in the series has seen the victory post a double-digit run total; Nashville plated 10 and 12 runs on Sunday and Monday evenings, respectively.
The Sounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Las Vegas starter Shawn Hill, who lasted only an inning in the contest. Gamel and Erick Almonte recorded back-to-back one-out RBI doubles before shortstop Luis Cruz plated the frame’s third run with a two-out single.
McCoy led off the home half of the first by belting his fifth home run of the year to center against Sounds starter Chase Wright.
Las Vegas sent nine batters to the plate during a four-run third inning against Wright to grab a 5-3 lead. Jarrett Hoffpauir highlighted the inning with a two-run homer, his 14th longball of the year.
Nashville first baseman Joe Koshansky knotted the score at 5-5 in the fifth when he swatted his team-leading 20th home run of the season, an opposite-field, two-out shot to left off Josh Roenicke.
After Ray Olmedo opened the top of the sixth inning with a triple but never made it plateward as the Sounds ultimately left the bags full against Roenicke, the 51s blew the game open in the bottom of the frame with a nine-run outburst after the first two batters were retired.
Fourteen batters came to the plate for Las Vegas in the big inning, which matched the highest output allowed in a single frame by the Sounds all season, as six different players recorded RBI knocks for the 51s.
Wright gave up a go-ahead single to McCoy and left runners on first and second before the 51s thumped Sounds reliever Donovan Hand for eight more runs in the inning; the right-hander was charged with six of those scores in just one-third of an inning of work.
The Sounds made it a 14-7 game with a pair of scores off Jesse Carlson in the seventh. Koshansky and Cruz legged out consecutive one-out doubles before Olmedo contributed a two-out RBI single.
51s third baseman Brad Emaus got those two runs right back with one swing of the bat in the home half, crushing a two-run homer to left off David Johnson.
Nashville got a run back in the eighth when Ben Johnson scored on a double play groundout to make it a 16-8 contest before Las Vegas concluded the night’s scoring in the bottom of the frame when Mike Jacobs smashed a three-run homer off Johnson to bring the score to its final 19-8 standing.
Roenicke (7-0) was the beneficiary of the mid-game offensive outburst by Vegas and picked up the win. He allowed two runs in his two frames of relief work.
Wright (7-8) took the loss after surrendering eight runs on nine hits in his 5 2/3 innings of action.
The teams will wrap up the series with a 9:05 p.m. CT finale on Wednesday night. Right-hander Marty McLeary (5-7, 7.25) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Las Vegas right-hander Robert Ray (5-5, 5.30).
Nashville Sounds (61-56) 8, Las Vegas 51s (57-61) 19
August 10th, 2010
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Las Vegas | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | x | 19 | 20 | 1 |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stern, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| Farris, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .289 |
| Gamel, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .312 |
| Almonte, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .322 |
| Koshansky, 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .246 |
| Cruz, L, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .289 |
| Olmedo, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .288 |
| Hopper, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Johnson, B, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .207 |
| Wright, C, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| Hand, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Johnson, D, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .273 |
| BATTING
2B: Stern (12, Hill, S), Gamel 3 (18, Hill, S, Valdez, M, Roenicke), Almonte (17, Hill, S), Koshansky (16, Carlson), Cruz, L (24, Carlson). 3B: Olmedo (4, Roenicke). HR: Koshansky (20, 5th inning off Roenicke, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Stern 3; Gamel 6; Almonte 2; Koshansky 6; Cruz, L 3; Olmedo 4; Johnson, B. RBI: Gamel (51), Almonte (27), Cruz, L 2 (56), Koshansky 2 (64), Olmedo (45). 2-out RBI: Cruz, L; Koshansky 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Olmedo; Gamel 2. GIDP: Johnson, B; Farris. Team RISP: 7-for-17. Team LOB: 7. |
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| Las Vegas | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCoy, SS | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .338 |
| Hoffpauir, J, 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .301 |
| Jacobs, 1B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .417 |
| Lane, RF | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Emaus, 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .304 |
| Perales, CF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .281 |
| Mathews, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Chavez, R, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Jeroloman, C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .308 |
| Hill, S, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Valdez, M, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Roenicke, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Register, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 44 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | .298 |
| BATTING
2B: Mathews (17, Wright, C), McCoy (9, Wright, C), Lane 2 (15, Hand, Johnson, D), Hoffpauir, J 2 (19, Hand, Johnson, D). HR: McCoy (5, 1st inning off Wright, C, 0 on, 0 out), Hoffpauir, J (14, 3rd inning off Wright, C, 1 on, 0 out), Emaus (8, 7th inning off Johnson, D, 1 on, 0 out), Jacobs (2, 8th inning off Johnson, D, 2 on, 1 out). TB: McCoy 9; Hoffpauir, J 8; Jacobs 5; Lane 6; Emaus 5; Perales; Mathews 3; Chavez, R. RBI: McCoy 3 (16), Hoffpauir, J 3 (62), Mathews 3 (36), Jacobs 4 (18), Lane 2 (28), Chavez, R 2 (18), Emaus 2 (37). 2-out RBI: Mathews 3; Jacobs; Lane 2; Chavez, R 2; McCoy 2; Hoffpauir, J. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jeroloman; Jacobs 2; Perales. Team RISP: 9-for-12. Team LOB: 8.FIELDING E: Emaus (15, throw). Outfield assists: Mathews (Olmedo at 2nd base). DP: 2 (McCoy-Hoffpauir, J-Jacobs, Hoffpauir, J-Jacobs-McCoy). |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright, C (L, 7-8) | 5.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4.87 |
| Hand | 0.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 |
| Johnson, D | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.85 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4.24 |
| Las Vegas | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill, S | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Valdez, M | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.77 |
| Roenicke (W, 7-0) | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.61 |
| Carlson | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Register | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.56 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.24 |
WP: Johnson, D 2.
HBP: Chavez, R (by Wright, C), Almonte (by Valdez, M).
Pitches-strikes: Wright, C 103-57, Hand 28-14, Johnson, D 37-25, Hill, S 19-14, Valdez, M 36-21, Roenicke 39-17, Carlson 21-15, Register 29-19.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wright, C 10-3, Hand 0-1, Johnson, D 2-3, Hill, S 3-0, Valdez, M 5-3, Roenicke 4-1, Carlson 2-0, Register 3-1.
Batters faced: Wright, C 30, Hand 9, Johnson, D 12, Hill, S 7, Valdez, M 12, Roenicke 11, Carlson 5, Register 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Hand 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Latter. 1B: Darren Budahn. 2B: . 3B: Scott Higgins.
Weather: 98 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:02.
Att: 2,541.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media
