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Nashville Sounds Lose, 7-3, To Zephyrs On Sunday
Nashville (21-35) stranded 11 batters on the afternoon and went 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position. Right fielder Jordan Brown went 2-for-5 for his third straight multi-hit game. Center fielder Logan Schafer, who entered the game as a defensive replacement, added two hits in two at-bats. ![]() The Nashville Sounds were handed a 7-3 defeat by the New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Nashville (21-35) stranded 11 batters and went 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position New Orleans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third against starting pitcher Brian Baker, who walked three, fanned two, and committed a throwing error in the visiting half of the third. Nashville scored their only three runs in the third inning. After shortstop Jeff Bianchi it a ground-rule double down the left field line, third baseman Andy Gonzalez hit a two-out RBI single to left field to knot the contest. Outfielder Caleb Gindl followed with a two-run triple off the center field batter’s eye to score Gonzalez and Halton, who reached earlier on a walk. Consecutive two-out RBI singles by Gil Velazquez and Scott Cousins tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth and removed Baker from the game. Cousins would later swipe second base and attempt to score the go-ahead run, but was thrown out at home by outfielder Corey Patterson. New Orleans broke through in the next frame with two unearned runs against Amaury Rivas for a 5-3 lead. Mat Dominguez reached on a fielding error by Gonzalez to begin the frame, moved to second on a walk, and scored the first run on a RBI double from pinch hitter Luke Montz. On the following play, Kevin Mattison hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field. The Z’s tacked on two more runs in the top of the eighth for a 7-3 advantage thanks to doubles from pinch hitter Nick Green and Cousins, sandwiched around a walk to Velazquez. Both starters took no-decisions on the afternoon. Baker yielded three runs (two earned) on four hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. Hand also gave up three runs on four hits and four walks in four frames. Rivas (3-3) allowed two unearned runs on a couple of hits and walks in 2/3 of an inning for the loss. Garate followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Mike McClendon gave up two runs on a 1 1/3 innings. Johnnie Lowe worked around two hits in a scoreless inning of work. Mike Dunn (1-1) followed Hand with a scoreless frame for the win. The Sounds and Zephyrs will continue their series at 7:05 pm CT on Monday evening. Right-hander Seth McClung (1-5, 4.93) will toe the rubber for Nashville against New Orleans southpaw Wade LeBlanc (2-4, 3.50). SectionsSportsTopicsAndy Gonzalez, Brian Baker, Caleb Gindl, Jeff Bianchi, Johnnie Lowe, Jordan Brown, Kevin Mattison, Logan Schafer, Mike Dunn, Nashville Sounds, New Orleans Zephyrs, Nick Green, Scott Cousins, Seth Mcclung, Wade LeBlanc |
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