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Sounds Beat Down RedHawks, 13-2, On Thursday In Oklahoma City

Nashville SoundsOklahoma City, OK – Taylor Green homered twice while tying a franchise record five runs scored in a 13-2 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Thursday evening at RedHawks Field.

Finishing the evening with a career night, Green went a perfect 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, and two walks while driving in six runs. Green became the third player in the franchise’s 34-year history and second player this season to score five runs in a game, joining Adrian Brown (May 12th, 1999 at Tucson) and teammate Erick Almonte (July 5th, 2011 vs. Memphis).

Nashville Sounds Baseball. (Mike Strasinger)
Nashville Sounds Baseball. (Mike Strasinger)

The five runs scored were a career high for Green, who also matched career bests in homers (2) for the fourth time and RBIs (6) for the third occurrence in his career.

Nashville (52-54) plated at least one run in the first eight innings of the game. Including the pitcher and, every player in the Sounds lineup recorded at least one of the 19 hits on the evening. Led by Green’s four hits, six Sounds had multiple hit games. Jordan Brown added three singles and three runs scored while Jordan Schafer extended his hitting streak to seven games, the longest active streak on the squad.

Sounds starter Frankie De La Cruz allowed one unearned run on six hits in six innings of work for the win. With six quality starts, the reigning PCL Pitcher of the Week is now posting a 5-1 record with a 2.64 ERA (18er/61.1ip) in his last 11 starts, dating back to June 6th. 

Nashville plated three runs in the opening frame and sent eight batters to the dish. Brown got things started with a single and scored the opening run on a Green’s team-leading 28th double of the season. After Erick Almonte walked, Edwin Maysonet singled home Green followed by Almonte scoring on an Oklahoma City throwing error.

The Sounds went up 5-0 in the next inning. After Brown reached on a two-out single, Green lined his first homer of the contest to right field. Singles from Maysonet, Gindl, and Schafer gave the Sounds another run in the third.

Oklahoma plated their first run in the bottom of the third on a Nashville throwing error. A one-out walk and two-out single preceded Anderson Hernandez grounding into Maysonet, but the shortstop committed a throwing gaff that allowed a run to score.

Mat Gamel’s two run double in the fourth was responsible for the next two runs. Green walked and Almonte singled to open the frame before Gamel blasted a line drive to right field to clear the bases.

Green’s second homer of the game gave the Sounds a 10-1 lead. On a 0-2 pitch from RedHawks starter and former Sound Nelson Figueroa, Green punished a towering fly ball to the second deck in right field. It was the 12th time this season that a Sounds player has gone yard twice this season and the third time for Green.

Catcher Martin Maldonado became the final Sounds starter to record a hit with a sixth inning double to right center. He later scored as Schafer lofted an RBI single over the shortstop’s head.

Green tied a Sounds record with his fifth run scored in the seventh as Nashville moved to a 12-1 advantage.

Reliever Donovan Hand began the seventh for Nashville and struck out the first batter before the RedHawks scored their second run on four consecutive singles.

Nashville plated its final run in the eighth as Brandon Boggs doubled to the gap in left center. Boggs would later score on Green singled for his 6th RBI of the game.

Figueroa (6-6) was roughed up for 10 runs (nine earned) on 12 hits in five innings pitched for the loss.

Hand gave up one run in two innings. Jim Henderson ended the game with with a scoreless ninth.

The Sounds and RedHawks will play the finale of a four-game set at 7:05pm CT on Friday night at RedHawks Field. Left-hander Chase Wright (5-6, 6.01) takes the hill for Nashville against Oklahoma City southpaw Andy Van Hekken (5-4, 2.98).

Box Score

Oklahoma City RedHawks (47-59) 2, Nashville Sounds (52-54) 13

July 28th, 2011

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nashville       3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 13 19 1
Okla. City        0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 3
 
Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schafer, CF 6 0 2 2 0 1 2 .370
Brown, J, LF 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 .293
Green, T, 2B 4 5 4 6 2 0 0 .333
Almonte, 1B 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 .301
Gamel, 3B 6 0 2 2 0 0 4 .326
Maysonet, SS 5 1 2 1 0 2 5 .287
Gindl, RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 .293
  Hand, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
  a-Arlis, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
  Henderson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Maldonado, C 5 1 1 0 0 0 7 .260
De La Cruz, P 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .125
  Boggs, RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .231
Totals 46 13 19 12 4 6 30 .274
 
 
 
a-Struck out for Hand in the 9th.
 
BATTING

2B: Green, T (28, Figueroa), Gamel (26, Figueroa), Maldonado (3, Wright, W), Boggs (12, Fien).

HR: Green, T 2 (17, 2nd inning off Figueroa, 1 on, 2 out; 5th inning off Figueroa, 1 on, 2 out).

TB: Schafer 2; Brown, J 3; Green, T 11; Almonte 2; Gamel 3; Maysonet 2; Gindl; Maldonado 2; De La Cruz; Boggs 2.

RBI: Green, T 6 (67), Maysonet (22), Schafer 2 (4), Gamel 2 (70), Gindl (39).

2-out RBI: Maysonet; Green, T 4; Schafer 2.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maldonado 4; Brown, J; Maysonet.

SAC: De La Cruz.

GIDP: Gindl; Almonte.

Team RISP: 7-for-21.

Team LOB: 12.FIELDING

E: Maysonet (13, throw).

DP: 4 (Green, T-Maysonet-Almonte, Gamel-Green, T-Almonte 3).

Okla. City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Shuck, LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .294
Hernandez, A, 2B 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 .277
Towles, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .289
Bogusevic, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .263
  Wright, W, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Storey, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Locke, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .247
  Fien, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Sutil, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Cancel, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 .302
DeLome, RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .281
Clemens, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .239
Manzella, SS 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 .246
Figueroa, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 .067
  Durango, CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244
Totals 37 2 13 1 2 8 22 .254
 
a-Singled for Storey in the 7th. b-Lined out for Fien in the 9th.
 
BATTING

2B: Cancel (14, De La Cruz).

TB: Shuck 2; Hernandez, A 4; Towles; Locke; Cancel 2; DeLome; Manzella 2; Durango.

RBI: Locke (30).

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bogusevic 2; Manzella; Shuck.

GIDP: Towles 2; Figueroa; Cancel.

Team RISP: 3-for-12.

Team LOB: 11.FIELDING

E: Hernandez, A (19, throw), Clemens (19, fielding), Cancel (8, fielding).

DP: 2 (Hernandez, A-Manzella-Cancel 2).

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
De La Cruz (W, 5-6) 6.0 6 1 0 2 6 0 3.96
Hand  2.0 6 1 1 0 2 0 3.69
Henderson  1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.41
Totals 9.0 13 2 1 2 8 0 4.37
 
Okla. City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Figueroa (L, 6-6) 5.0 12 10 9 3 3 2 6.23
Wright, W  1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.52
Storey  1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.97
Fien  2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.24
Totals 9.0 19 13 12 4 6 2 4.60
                 

HBP: Towles (by De La Cruz), Maysonet (by Figueroa).

Pitches-strikes: De La Cruz 110-72, Hand 35-24, Henderson 11-8, Figueroa 125-81, Wright, W 11-11, Storey 20-12, Fien 26-20.

Groundouts-flyouts: De La Cruz 7-2, Hand 1-1, Henderson 1-0, Figueroa 8-5, Wright, W 0-2, Storey 1-0, Fien 2-1.

Batters faced: De La Cruz 26, Hand 11, Henderson 3, Figueroa 33, Wright, W 5, Storey 6, Fien 8.

Umpires: HP: Michael Lusky. 1B: Jason Arends. 2B: . 3B: Mark Ripperger.

Weather: 102 degrees, clear.

Wind: 11 mph, R to L.

T: 3:10.

Att: 6,906.

Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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