Nashville Sounds Baseball
Tucson, AZ – The Nashville Sounds opened an eight-game road trip with a 13-0 defeat to the Tucson Padres on Thursday night at Kino Stadium.
The defeat was Nashville’s worst since the club dropped a 17-3 contest to the Oklahoma City RedHawks on April 16th, 2009 at Greer Stadium.
Plating runs in seven of nine innings, Tucson’s 13 runs in the game were the most scored against Nashville this season, while the 17 hits given up matched a season-high.
Sounds starting pitcher Wily Peralta (1-4) suffered one of the worst starts of his professional career. The young right-hander gave up nine runs on 10 hits (both matching career highs) while walking and striking out three in three plus innings. Six of Peralta’s 10 hits allowed went for extra bases.
The hits and runs allowed by the 23-year-old also set Nashville highs for pitchers this season.
Third baseman Andy Gonzales was the lone Sound to have two hits, while outfielder Corey Patterson was responsible for Nashville’s only extra-base hit, a double in the seventh.
The Padres scored their first run in the bottom of the first as leadoff hitter Blake Tekotte doubled to center and later scored on a two-out RBI single from Matt Clark.
Tucson batted around and plated five runs for a 6-0 lead in the third, matching a season-high for runs allowed in an inning. Blake Tekotte led off with a single and scored five pitches later on a Logan Forsyth RBI triple. Later in the inning, after a Jeff Gyorko walk, Peralta surrendered an RBI single to Clark and consecutive two-out RBI doubles to Daniel Robertson and Beamer Weems.
The Padres hit for the cycle as a team and quickly extended their lead to 10-0 in the next frame. Logan Forsythe crushed a two-run homer after Peralta issued an inning-opening walk to Tekotte for the first two runs.
The scored moved to 11-0 in the sixth as Gyorko and Clark reached to open the frame against reliever Amaury Rivas. Gyorko later came into to score on a Yasmani Grandal double play.
Tucson made it 12-0 in the seventh as Rivas loaded the bases by walking one and hitting two in the inning. Daniel Robertson would later score on a passed ball by Martin Maldonado.
An eighth-inning sacrifice fly by Anthony Contreras pushed the lead to 13-0.
Victor Garate gave up one run on three hits in two innings. Rivas allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Rob Wooten gave up one run in 1 1/3 innings to end the game.
Tucson starter Matt Palmer (4-2) pitched seven scoreless innings for the win.
The Sounds and Padres continue their series at 9:05pm CT on Friday Night at Kino Stadium. Right-hander Brian Baker (1-2, 7.33) will start for Nashville against Tucson left-hander Colt Hynes (0-4, 5.08).
Box Score
Tucson Padres (13-27) 13, Nashville Sounds (14-25) 0
May 17th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tucson Padres | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 13 | 17 | 0 | |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson, C, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Farris, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .260 |
| Statia, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .289 |
| Brown, J, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Halton, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .259 |
| Gindl, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .174 |
| Gonzalez, A, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .321 |
| Maldonado, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .208 |
| Peralta, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Garate, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Rivas, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Wooten, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Schafer, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | .247 |
| a-Struck out for Wooten in the 9th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Patterson, C (6, Palmer). TB: Brown, J; Peralta; Patterson, C 2; Gonzalez, A 2; Gindl. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maldonado 2; Statia 4; Gonzalez, A. Team RISP: 0-for-14. Team LOB: 10.FIELDING PB: Maldonado (3). DP: 3 (Farris-Statia-Halton 2, Gonzalez, A-Statia-Halton). |
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| Tucson | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tekotte, CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .269 |
| Forsythe, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Gyorko, 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| Clark, M, 1B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .268 |
| Grandal, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .257 |
| Carroll, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .240 |
| Robertson, LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .327 |
| Weems, SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .282 |
| Palmer, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 |
| a-Roof, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Burns, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Contreras, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Hamren, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 | .267 |
| a-Hit by pitch for Palmer in the 7th. b-Hit a sacrifice fly for Burns in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Tekotte (9, Peralta), Robertson (9, Peralta), Weems (4, Peralta), Gyorko (1, Peralta). 3B: Forsythe (1, Peralta), Clark, M (1, Garate). HR: Forsythe (1, 4th inning off Peralta, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Clark, M 6; Tekotte 4; Weems 3; Gyorko 3; Robertson 3; Forsythe 7; Grandal 2. RBI: Clark, M 3 (20), Forsythe 3 (5), Robertson (8), Weems 2 (7), Grandal (12), Contreras (13). 2-out RBI: Clark, M; Robertson; Weems 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Palmer; Clark, M 2; Tekotte. SF: Contreras. GIDP: Robertson 2, Grandal. Team RISP: 7-for-18. Team LOB: 9. |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peralta (L, 1-4) | 3.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 |
| Garate | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.31 |
| Rivas | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 |
| Wooten | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Tucson | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer (W, 4-2) | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.64 |
| Burns | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Hamren | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5.55 |
Peralta pitched to 3 batters in the 4th.
WP: Rivas, Burns.
HBP: Halton (by Palmer), Brown, J (by Burns), Roof (by Rivas), Forsythe (by Rivas).
Pitches-strikes: Peralta 73-40, Garate 33-25, Rivas 43-21, Wooten 28-18, Palmer 96-60, Burns 19-12, Hamren 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Peralta 2-2, Garate 3-0, Rivas 2-0, Wooten 0-1, Palmer 9-4, Burns 0-0, Hamren 0-1.
Batters faced: Peralta 21, Garate 8, Rivas 10, Wooten 7, Palmer 30, Burns 4, Hamren 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Garate 1-1, Wooten 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Matt Schaufert. 1B: Scott Mahoney. 2B: Angel Campos. 3B: Eric Loveless.
Weather: 92 degrees, clear.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:02.
Att: 3,686.
