Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds committed four errors while being handed a 6-4 loss to the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs in front of 7,333 fans in the home opener at Greer Stadium on Friday night.
Nashville catcher Martin Maldonado went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs, but also committed two of the club’s errors from behind the dish.
The Zephyrs scored the first run of the game on the first two errors on the night by the Sounds. New Orleans second baseman Donovan Solano (3-for-4) singled and then advanced to third on an infield throwing error from starter Brian Baker.
During the ensuing at-bat with runners on the corners, Maldonado attempted to throw out Scott Cousins stealing second base, but threw the ball into center field to allow Solano to score.
Third baseman Matt Dominguez and catcher Luke Montz each belted solo homers in the second and fourth innings for a 3-0 lead.
New Orleans tacked on their final three runs in the top of the fifth for 6-0 advantage. Outfielder Kevin Mattison doubled to lead off the frame and later scored on another errant pickoff throw from Maldonado to third base. The Zephyrs later added the other two runs on a Bryan Petersen RBI and sacrifice fly from Dominguez.
Nashville rebounded to score their four runs in the bottom of the fifth. Eric Farris scored first after singling to lead off the frame, stealing second base, and coming home on Edwin Maysonet’s RBI single.
With the bases loaded after two straight singles from Hainley Statia and Logan Schafer, Caleb Gindl and Sean Halton brought home the next two runs on RBI groundouts. Maldonado singled in the last run to score Schafer.
Amaury Rivas relieved Baker to finish the fifth, walking two and striking out one while allowing both inherited runners to score. Jim Henderson fanned one over two scoreless frames to extend his scoreless inning streak to open the season. Vinnie Chulk struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to finish the game.
New Orleans starter Tom Koehler gave up four runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Elih Villanueva tossed 2 1/3 frames in relief to move to 3-0 on the season. Sandy Rosario worked around an inning-opening hit-by-pitch convert his PCL-leading fourth save.
The Sounds and Zephyrs will continue their series and play the second game of a four-game series at 6:35pm CT on Saturday night at Greer Stadium. Nashville right-hander Seth McClung (0-1, 9.00) will toe the rubber against Zephyrs righty J.D. Martin (0-0, 6.23).
Box Score
New Orleans Zephyrs (8-1) 6, Nashville Sounds (2-7) 4
April 13th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Zephyrs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
| New Orleans | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattison, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .172 |
| Solano, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Cousins, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .212 |
| Lasater, 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .265 |
| Petersen, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Montz, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Dominguez, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Velazquez, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Koehler, P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Villanueva, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Pedroza, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Hatcher, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rosario, S, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | .217 |
| a-Grounded out for Villanueva in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Mattison (2, Baker, B), Petersen (1, Rivas), Solano (4, Henderson). HR: Dominguez (2, 2nd inning off Baker, B, 0 on, 1 out), Montz (1, 4th inning off Baker, B, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Cousins; Dominguez 4; Koehler; Solano 4; Lasater; Montz 4; Mattison 3; Petersen 2. RBI: Dominguez 2 (5), Montz (1), Petersen (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Petersen 2; Koehler 2. SAC: Solano. SF: Dominguez. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING SB: Cousins (1, 2nd base off Baker, B/Maldonado). CS: Petersen (1, 2nd base by Henderson/Maldonado).FIELDING DP: 3 (Lasater-Velazquez-Koehler, Solano-Velazquez, Velazquez-Lasater). |
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| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schafer, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .189 |
| Gindl, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .257 |
| Halton, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Green, T, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .207 |
| Maldonado, C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Patterson, C, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 |
| Rivas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Almonte, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
| Henderson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hand, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Buller, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Chulk, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Farris, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .161 |
| Maysonet, 2B-LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Baker, B, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Statia, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .219 |
| a-Struck out for Rivas in the 5th. b-Struck out for Hand in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Maldonado (1, Koehler). TB: Farris; Maldonado 4; Maysonet 2; Schafer; Green, T; Statia. RBI: Maysonet (1), Halton (4), Maldonado 2 (5). 2-out RBI: Maldonado 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schafer; Patterson, C; Almonte. SAC: Baker, B. GIDP: Gindl, Statia. Team RISP: 3-for-9. Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING SB: Farris (2, 2nd base off Koehler/Montz).FIELDING E: Baker, B 2 (2, throw, pickoff), Maldonado 2 (3, throw, pickoff). Outfield assists: Gindl (Solano at home). |
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| New Orleans | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koehler | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Villanueva (W, 3-0) | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hatcher (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rosario, S (S, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.23 |
| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, B (L, 1-1) | 4.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.82 |
| Rivas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Henderson | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hand | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Chulk | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3.50 |
IBB: Montz (by Rivas), Velazquez (by Rivas).
HBP: Maldonado (by Koehler), Maysonet (by Rosario, S).
Pitches-strikes: Koehler 91-56, Villanueva 19-17, Hatcher 19-12, Rosario, S 13-9, Baker, B 86-57, Rivas 19-8, Henderson 30-17, Hand 12-7, Chulk 18-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Koehler 6-2, Villanueva 3-1, Hatcher 0-0, Rosario, S 2-0, Baker, B 5-4, Rivas 0-1, Henderson 1-1, Hand 2-0, Chulk 0-1.
Batters faced: Koehler 23, Villanueva 7, Hatcher 4, Rosario, S 3, Baker, B 22, Rivas 5, Henderson 7, Hand 4, Chulk 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Villanueva 2-0, Rivas 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Shaun Francis. 1B: Jason Arends. 3B: Joel Hospodka.
Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 3:05.
Att: 7,333.
