Nashville Sounds Baseball
Oklahoma City, OK – The Nashville Sounds dropped a 6-1 decision to the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Thursday evening at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in the opener of a four-game series.
Oklahoma City grabbed a 2-0 lead against Ariel Pena with a two-run second frame. Jon Singleton worked a leadoff walk and scored on Domingo Santana’s RBI triple to right. Santana scored the inning’s second run when he raced home on an Enrique Hernandez groundout.

Foltynewicz (2-1) picked up the victory after he allowed one run on four hits over five innings of work, while Pena (0-1) took the loss by giving up a pair of runs on four hits in his five frames, walking three batters and striking out three.
The RedHawks pulled away in the seventh by plating four runs against a trio of Sounds relievers. Kyle Heckathorn gave up a run, Brent Leach surrendered a pair, and Michael Blazek was touched for a run plus allowed all three of his inherited baserunners to score in the frame. Second baseman Ronald Torreyes highlighted the Oklahoma City offensive outburst with a two-run double.
Oklahoma City pitchers retired 14 of the final 16 Sounds batters, with the two who reached base being erased on double play groundouts.
Sounds second baseman Irving Falu singled in the eighth inning to extend his hit streak to six games, matching the longest effort by a Sound this season.
The teams continue the series with another 7:05 pm matchup on Friday. Right-hander Mike Fiers (3-0, 0.87) will man the bump for the Sounds and face Oklahoma City right-hander Jose Cisnero (0-0, 2.45).
Box Score
April 24th, 2014
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Oklahoma City RedHawks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Falu, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .208 |
Velez, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .414 |
Gindl, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
Morris, H, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
1-Statia, PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Halton, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .217 |
Hermida, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
Diaz, R, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
Green, T, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
Gomez, H, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .161 |
Pena, A, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Heckathorn, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Leach, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Blazek, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .242 |
1-Ran for Morris, H in the 9th. | ||||||||
BATTING 2B: Gomez, H (4, Foltynewicz). TB: Gomez, H 2; Falu; Diaz, R; Green, T; Gindl; Morris, H. RBI: Velez (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Halton. GIDP: Green, T, Falu, Halton. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 4.FIELDING DP: 2 (Falu-Halton, Gomez, H-Falu-Halton). |
Okla. City | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
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Grossman, CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .409 |
Torreyes, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .329 |
Petit, G, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .312 |
Singleton, 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .316 |
Stassi, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .264 |
Santana, D, LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
Hernandez, E, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .310 |
Meyer, J, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
Castro, E, DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
a-Simunic, PH-DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
Foltynewicz, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Owens, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | .284 |
a-Singled for Castro, E in the 7th. | ||||||||
BATTING 2B: Torreyes (6, Blazek). 3B: Santana, D (1, Pena, A). TB: Meyer, J 2; Petit, G; Simunic; Santana, D 5; Torreyes 3. RBI: Santana, D (14), Hernandez, E (5), Torreyes 2 (12), Petit, G (9), Singleton (26). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Petit, G; Stassi. GIDP: Hernandez, E. Team RISP: 2-for-7. Team LOB: 6.FIELDING DP: 3 (Torreyes-Singleton-Petit, G, Torreyes-Singleton, Petit, G-Torreyes-Singleton). |
Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
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Pena, A (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.57 |
Heckathorn | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.48 |
Leach | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 |
Blazek | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.84 |
Totals | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3.88 |
Okla. City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foltynewicz (W, 2-1) | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 |
Owens (S, 1) | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.24 |
Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.48 |
Leach pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Balk: Foltynewicz.
Pitches-strikes: Pena, A 92-56, Heckathorn 19-14, Leach 8-3, Blazek 29-21, Foltynewicz 71-43, Owens 42-32.
Groundouts-flyouts: Pena, A 5-4, Heckathorn 2-0, Leach 0-0, Blazek 3-0, Foltynewicz 9-1, Owens 5-2.
Batters faced: Pena, A 21, Heckathorn 5, Leach 2, Blazek 8, Foltynewicz 19, Owens 13.
Inherited runners-scored: Leach 1-0, Blazek 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Shaun Lampe. 1B: Thomas Newsom. 3B: Brian Hertzog.
Weather: 73 degrees, clear.
Wind: 21 mph, L to R.
T: 2:33.
Att: 4,788.
Venue: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
April 24, 2014