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Nashville Sounds beat Oklahoma City Redhawks 6-1

Nashville SoundsOklahoma City, OK – Eugenio Velez extended his hitting streak to 17 games and drove in a pair of runs to help lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-1 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Wednesday evening at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Right-hander Alfredo Figaro (1-0) earned his first Triple-A win of the year for Nashville by allowing one run in his five innings of work, scattering four hits and inducing three double plays during his 73-pitch effort.

Nashville Sounds Baseball.
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The Sounds (54-85) struck first, plating a pair of runs in the top of the third against RedHawks starter Asher Wojciechowski. Hainley Statia drew an inning-opening walk and moved to third on a Josh Prince double before both runners scored when Velez extended Nashville’s longest hit streak of the year to 17 games with a two-run single to center.

Velez is batting .333 (25-for-75) during his hit streak and has also reached base safely in 31 straight contests, one shy of the longest such effort in the Pacific Coast League this season.

Nashville Sounds - Blake LalliNashville tacked on a run in the fourth when Robinzon Diaz (2-for-5) singled with one out and later scored on a Hainley Statia fielder’s choice grounder.

Wojciechowski (9-7) absorbed the loss for the ‘Hawks after allowing three runs on six hits in his 4 2/3 frames of action.

Oklahoma City netted its first run in the home half of the fourth when Figaro uncorked a two-out wild pitch to allow Brandon Laird to race plateward.

The Sounds increased their advantage to 4-1 in the sixth against RedHawks reliever Hector Ambriz. Blake Lalli (3-for-4) led off with an infield single and moved to third on a Diaz double before scoring on a Stephen Parker groundout.

Nashville Sounds - Hunter MorrisNashville kept the offense churning in the seventh with a pair of two-out scores off Wade LeBlanc. After the first two batters of the frame were retired, Sean Halton singled before scoring on an opposite-field RBI double into the left field corner by Hunter Morris (2-for-4), who extended his hitting streak to six games (11-for-24, .458). Lalli followed Morris with a run-scoring single that made it a 6-1 contest.

Dustin Molleken was solid in relief behind Figaro, allowing just one single and striking out a pair of batters during three scoreless frames of work.

Jesus Sanchez made things interesting in the ninth, opening the frame with a warning track flyout before permitting a pair of baserunners. The right-hander recovered to retired the final two batters to escape the jam and close out the win with a scoreless frame.

The Sounds will look to secure just their third winning road series of the year when the teams wrap up the four-game series with a 7:05pm finale on Thursday night. Left-hander Aaron Laffey (6-8, 6.82) will man the bump for the Sounds and face Oklahoma City right-hander Bobby Doran (3-0, 3.96).

Box Score

Nashville Sounds (54-85) 6, Oklahoma City RedHawks (79-60)

August 28th, 2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nashville Sounds 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 12 1
Oklahoma City RedHawks 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1

 

 

Nashville Sounds
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Kentrail Davis CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273
Josh Prince SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Eugenio Velez 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .352
Sean Halton RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Hunter Morris 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .242
Blake Lalli DH 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .283
Robinzon Diaz C 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .340
Stephen Parker 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .220
Hainley Statia LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .243
Totals 38 6 12 3 0 0 6 5 6 .254

 

BATTING2B: Prince (18, Wojciechowski), Diaz, R (9, Ambriz), Morris, H (23, LeBlanc).TB: Velez; Lalli 3; Prince 2; Diaz, R 3; Halton; Parker, S; Morris, H 3; Davis, Ke.RBI: Velez 2 (19), Statia (23), Parker, S (43), Morris, H (69), Lalli (34).2-out RBI: Morris, H; Lalli.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morris, H; Prince 2; Davis, Ke; Velez.GIDP: Diaz, R.Team RISP: 2-for-14.Team LOB: 10.FIELDINGE: Morris, H (8, throw).DP: 3 (Prince-Velez-Morris, H 2, Prince-Morris, H).
Oklahoma City RedHawks
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Trevor Crowe LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303
Jose Martinez DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Brandon Laird 3B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .284
Japhet Amador 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429
Jimmy Paredes 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
Marc Krauss RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272
Che-Hsuan Lin CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Rene Garcia C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Raoul Torrez SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226
Totals 31 1 6 1 0 0 0 4 4 .272

 

BATTING2B: Martinez, Jo (18, Figaro).TB: Crowe; Torrez; Amador, Ja; Martinez, Jo 2; Krauss; Paredes.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Garcia, R 2; Lin.GIDP: Amador, Ja, Lin, Crowe.Team RISP: 0-for-8.Team LOB: 7.FIELDINGE: Paredes (12, throw).Outfield assists: Krauss (Morris, H at 2nd base).DP: 2 (Krauss-Torrez, Paredes-Torrez-Amador, Ja).

 

Nashville Sounds
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Alfredo Figaro (W, 1-0) 5.0 4 1 1 3 2 0 2.77
Dustin Molleken (H, 2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.19
Jesus Sanchez 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.96
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 4 4 0 4.63

 

Oklahoma City RedHawks
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Asher Wojciechowski (L, 9-7) 4.2 6 3 3 2 4 0 3.56
Hector Ambriz 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.27
Wade LeBlanc 2.0 3 2 2 2 2 0 4.72
Rhiner Cruz 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.99
Totals 9.0 12 6 6 5 6 0 4.24

 

WP: Figaro.Pitches-strikes: Figaro 73-47, Molleken 32-23, Sanchez, Je 16-10, Wojciechowski 81-53, Ambriz 19-13, LeBlanc 35-19, Cruz, R 15-8.Groundouts-flyouts: Figaro 8-2, Molleken 1-5, Sanchez, Je 0-2, Wojciechowski 1-8, Ambriz 3-1, LeBlanc 2-1, Cruz, R 1-1.Batters faced: Figaro 20, Molleken 10, Sanchez, Je 5, Wojciechowski 22, Ambriz 6, LeBlanc 11, Cruz, R 4.Umpires: HP: Pat Hoberg. 1B: Brandon Misun. 3B: Spencer Flynn.Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind: 9 mph, Out to CF.T: 2:51.Att: 3,409.Venue: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.August 28, 2013

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