Nashville Sounds
Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospect Jimmy Nelson Hurls Seven Scoreless; Jason Rogers Goes 2-for-3 In Triple-A Debut
Nashville, TN – Top prospect Jimmy Nelson worked seven scoreless frames and combined with a pair of relievers on a four-hit shutout in the Nashville Sounds’ 5-0 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Friday evening at Greer Stadium.
Nashville (41-41), which snapped a five-game losing skid at Greer, tossed its fifth shutout of the year and improved to 21-1 when scoring first at home.
The Milwaukee Brewers’ top prospect struck out nine batters during his 85-pitch effort, the right-hander’s 14th quality outing in 15 trips to the hill for the Sounds this season.
Dustin Molleken worked around a pair of baserunners in striking out the side during a scoreless eighth for Nashville before Jeremy Jeffress retired the Z’s in order to close out the shutout win in the ninth.
Third baseman Jason Rogers — who enjoyed a solid Sounds debut with a 2-for-3 effort that included two RBIs and a pair of extra-base hits — ripped a leadoff triple to left-center in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first Triple-A hit and scored the night’s first run when Jeremy Hermida followed with a bloop RBI single to left.
Bryan Evans (4-5) took a hard-luck loss in his spot start for the Zephyrs. The right-hander allowed one run on two hits over five innings.
The Sounds upped the lead to 4-0 in the sixth against Z’s reliever Arquimedes Caminero. Rogers plated Jeff Bianchi (2-for-4) with a sacrifice fly before right fielder Jeremy Hermida (2-for-4) blasted a monstrous 401-foot three-run homer to right-center, the slugger’s eighth roundtripper of the season.
Rogers continued his strong PCL debut in the eighth when he stroked an RBI double to left-center that plated Bianchi to up the Nashville advantage to 5-0.
The teams continue the series with a 6:35pm matchup on Saturday evening. Right-hander Taylor Jungmann (3-4, 6.17) will man the bump for the Sounds and face New Orleans lefty Adam Conley (2-2, 4.08).
Box Score
June 27, 2014
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Zephyrs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelich, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .111 |
| Dayton, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cox, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .284 |
| Canha, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .303 |
| Brantly, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Jensen, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .274 |
| Diaz, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .287 |
| Rodriguez, J, 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Angle, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .214 |
| Evans, B, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| a-Black, Da, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Caminero, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Valdespin, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | .266 |
| a-Walked for Evans, B in the 6th. b-Singled for Caminero in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING TB: Brantly 2; Valdespin; Rodriguez, J. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jensen; Cox 2. GIDP: Cox. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 5.BASERUNNING SB: Valdespin (11, 2nd base off Molleken/Pagnozzi). PO: Rodriguez, J (1st base by Nelson). |
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| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schafer, L, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 |
| Bianchi, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Morris, H, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Rogers, J, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Hermida, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .256 |
| Gindl, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .265 |
| Gomez, H, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .242 |
| Pagnozzi, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .220 |
| Nelson, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| a-Orr, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Molleken, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeffress, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | .257 |
| a-Grounded out for Nelson in the 7th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Morris, H (17, Caminero), Rogers, J (1, Dayton). 3B: Rogers, J (1, Evans, B). HR: Hermida (8, 6th inning off Caminero, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Rogers, J 5; Hermida 5; Morris, H 2; Bianchi 2. RBI: Hermida 3 (35), Rogers, J 2 (2). 2-out RBI: Hermida 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nelson 2; Schafer, L; Gomez, H 2. SF: Rogers, J. Team RISP: 3-for-11. Team LOB: 5.BASERUNNING SB: Gomez, H (3, 2nd base off Caminero/Brantly).FIELDING DP: (Morris, H-Gomez, H-Morris, H). Pickoffs: Nelson (Rodriguez, J at 1st base). |
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| New Orleans | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, B (L, 4-5) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Caminero | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Dayton | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.06 |
| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson (W, 9-2) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.66 |
| Molleken | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.83 |
| Jeffress | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.95 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3.65 |
WP: Caminero.
Pitches-strikes: Evans, B 69-44, Caminero 42-30, Dayton 18-10, Nelson 85-53, Molleken 25-15, Jeffress 10-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Evans, B 5-7, Caminero 1-2, Dayton 1-1, Nelson 8-2, Molleken 0-0, Jeffress 2-0.
Batters faced: Evans, B 18, Caminero 10, Dayton 6, Nelson 24, Molleken 5, Jeffress 3.
Umpires: HP: Brian Hertzog. 1B: Shaun Lampe. 3B: Thomas Newsom.
Weather: 84 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 3 mph, R to L.
T: 2:41.
Att: 5,941.
Venue: Herschel Greer Stadium.
June 27, 2014
