Nashville Comes From Behind To Defeat PCL Frontrunners
West Sacramento, CA – The Nashville Sounds evened their series against PCL-leading Sacramento with a come-from-behind 5-3 victory on Monday evening at Raley Field.
Trailing 3-2 in the seventh, red-hot outfielder Khris Davis (2-for-3) delivered a two-out, two-run single to push the visitors into the lead and Jeff Bianchi belted a ninth-inning homer to provide the final two-run cushion.
The Nashville bullpen worked around several Sacramento baserunners in the final two innings, stranding the bases loaded in the eighth and leaving a pair of runners on in the ninth to keep the Cats at bay with a pair of scoreless frames to preserve the win.
Sacramento took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second when left fielder Shane Peterson delivered a two-out, two-run single off Sounds starter Brian Baker. Michael Taylor (walk) and Grant Green (double) each scored on the go-ahead knock.
The Sounds rallied to tie the game at 2-2 in the fourth against Sacramento starter Graham Godfrey. Brown led off the frame with his seventh home run of the year, a solo shot to right that halved the deficit. Following the longball, Nashville loaded the bases with one out on a Davis walk and singles by Taylor Green and Jason Jaramillo. Edwin Maysonet followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly to left.
The River Cats reclaimed the lead at 3-2 in the sixth on a Grant Green two-out RBI single that chased Baker from the contest before the Sounds responded in the next half-inning and grabbed their first lead of the night.
Bianchi drew a one-out walk from Sacramento reliever Jim Miller (0-3) and moved to third on a two-out Brown double before both baserunners scored on a two-out, two-run single off the bat of Davis, who has hit safely in 20 of his last 21 contests.
Sounds reliever Fautino De Los Santos, a member of the Sacramento club for most of the season before being acquired by the Brewers at the trade deadline, worked out of a bases-loaded jam unscathed in the bottom of the eighth to keep the one-run Nashville advantage intact.
Bianchi provided the Sounds with an insurance run in the ninth when he extended his longest hit streak of the year to six games with a one-out solo homer to center off Justin Souza. The blast, the infielder’s second of the year, increased the Nashville cushion to 5-3.
Nashville had a chance to further increase the lead later in the frame after loading the bases against Souza with two outs but the right-hander popped up Sean Halton to end the inning.
Rob Wooten took over on the hill for the Sounds in the bottom of the ninth and allowed a double and a walk to bring the potential winning run to the plate before inducing a game-ending groundout from Jermaine Mitchell to nail down his second save.
Perez (3-0) picked up the win in relief for the Sounds after working 1 1/3 scoreless frames with three strikeouts.
The teams continue the series with another 9:05pm CT meeting on Tuesday. Right-hander Tyler Thornburg (1-0, 1.80) will toe the slab for the Sounds to face Sacramento right-hander Tyson Ross (4-2, 2.72).
Box Score
Nashville Sounds (53-64) 5, Sacramento River Cats (71-46) 3
August 6th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Sacramento River Cats | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson, C, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .256 |
| Bianchi, SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
| Gindl, CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .249 |
| Brown, J, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .309 |
| Davis, Kh, DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .355 |
| Green, T, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Halton, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .269 |
| Jaramillo, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .198 |
| Maysonet, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Baker, B, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Perez, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| De Los Santos, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wooten, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | .257 |
| BATTING 2B: Brown, J (18, Miller, Ji). HR: Brown, J (7, 4th inning off Godfrey, 0 on, 0 out), Bianchi (2, 9th inning off Souza, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Brown, J 7; Bianchi 4; Halton; Jaramillo; Patterson, C; Davis, Kh 2; Green, T 2. RBI: Brown, J (30), Maysonet (15), Davis, Kh 2 (8), Bianchi (16). 2-out RBI: Davis, Kh 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jaramillo 2; Patterson, C; Davis, Kh; Green, T; Halton 2. SF: Maysonet. GIDP: Gindl. Team RISP: 2-for-11. Team LOB: 11.BASERUNNING SB: Bianchi (10, 2nd base off Simmons, Ja/Recker). FIELDING |
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| Sacramento | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowgill, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Pennington, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .455 |
| Donaldson, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .332 |
| Ka’aihue, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| 1-Mitchell, J, PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Recker, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .271 |
| Taylor, RF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Barton, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .251 |
| Green, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .297 |
| Peterson, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .403 |
| Godfrey, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Simmons, Ja, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Miller, Ji, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Souza, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | .280 |
| 1-Ran for Ka’aihue in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Pennington (1, Baker, B), Green (21, Baker, B), Cowgill (12, Wooten). TB: Green 3; Ka’aihue; Peterson; Cowgill 3; Recker; Pennington 3. RBI: Peterson 2 (15), Green (61). 2-out RBI: Peterson 2; Green. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ka’aihue; Recker 2; Peterson 4. GIDP: Donaldson. Team RISP: 2-for-13. Team LOB: 11.BASERUNNING CS: Peterson (1, 2nd base by Baker, B/Jaramillo). FIELDING |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, B | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5.03 |
| Perez, J (W, 3-0) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.22 |
| De Los Santos (H, 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.81 |
| Wooten (S, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.31 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4.55 |
| Sacramento | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.23 |
| Simmons, Ja | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Miller, Ji (BS, 1)(L, 0-3) | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 |
| Souza | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.33 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.10 |
Perez, J pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
WP: Simmons, Ja.
HBP: Davis, Kh (by Godfrey), Maysonet (by Godfrey).
Pitches-strikes: Baker, B 88-50, Perez, J 23-13, De Los Santos 23-13, Wooten 27-16, Godfrey 69-44, Simmons, Ja 27-17, Miller, Ji 35-22, Souza 24-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Baker, B 5-6, Perez, J 1-0, De Los Santos 0-0, Wooten 2-0, Godfrey 3-4, Simmons, Ja 0-4, Miller, Ji 1-2, Souza 0-2.
Batters faced: Baker, B 26, Perez, J 5, De Los Santos 5, Wooten 5, Godfrey 19, Simmons, Ja 8, Miller, Ji 9, Souza 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Perez, J 2-0, De Los Santos 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Sinclair. 1B: Quinn Wolcott. 3B: John Tumpane.
Weather: 92 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, Varies.
T: 3:17.
Att: 8,506.
