Nashville Sounds Baseball
Nashville’s Caleb Gindl and Jason Rogers Go Deep; Jose De La Torre Strikes Out Seven
Nashville, TN – Fueled by Caleb Gindl’s go-ahead home run in the bottom of the third and 6 1/3 scoreless innings from the Sounds bullpen, the first-place Nashville Sounds (51-46) took down the Round Rock Express, 5-3, at Greer Stadium in front of 8,441 fans on Saturday night.
Sounds pitchers overwhelmed opposing hitters throughout the evening, tying a season high with 15 strikeouts.
The Sounds got their first run of the night when the previous batter, Eugenio Velez, knocked in Hector Gomez with an RBI single.
The Express jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top half of the third on Sounds starter Johnnie Lowe. Helped by a pair of errors and four hits, Round Rock knocked Lowe out of the game after just 2 2/3 innings, but reliever Jose De La Torre (1-0) got control of the game shortly after. In his longest relief outing of the year, De La Torre went 3 1/3 innings, striking out seven and allowing just one hit to earn his first win with Nashville.
Arcenio Leon continued the good vibes out of the bullpen with two clean innings and striking out three. Closer Jeremy Jeffress then took over in the ninth and held Round Rock scoreless to pick up his fourth save of the season.
Jason Rogers gave the Sounds an important insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with his second home run of the year. Round Rock starter Justin Germano (3-9) went the distance despite the loss, pitching an eight-inning complete game and allowing five earned runs on seven hits.
The Sounds will go for their second series sweep of the season Sunday at 6:35pm. RHP Taylor Jungmann (4-5, 5.37) get the start for Nashville against RHP Jerome Williams, who is making his debut with the Express. Jeff Hem will have the call on 102.5 The GAME.
Box Score
July 12, 2014
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Rock Express | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Round Rock | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardinas, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Choice, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 |
| Hoying, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .262 |
| Arencibia, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .285 |
| Rua, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .254 |
| Petersen, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .249 |
| Lillibridge, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| Nicholas, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .254 |
| Wilson, Jo, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Germano, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .254 |
| BATTING 2B: Lillibridge (9, Lowe), Arencibia (8, Jeffress). TB: Arencibia 3; Sardinas; Wilson, Jo; Petersen; Lillibridge 2. RBI: Wilson, Jo (16), Arencibia 2 (41). 2-out RBI: Arencibia 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rua 2; Petersen. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 3.BASERUNNING CS: Petersen (2, 2nd base by De La Torre, J/Zarraga).FIELDING DP: (Sardinas-Nicholas). |
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| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velez, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| Gindl, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Rogers, J, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .245 |
| Hermida, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Halton, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .287 |
| Clark, M, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Zarraga, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| Gomez, H, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Mattison, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .194 |
| Lowe, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| De La Torre, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Leon, Ar, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeffress, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .258 |
| BATTING HR: Gindl (7, 3rd inning off Germano, 2 on, 1 out), Rogers, J (2, 8th inning off Germano, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Velez 2; Hermida; Gomez, H; Mattison; Rogers, J 4; Gindl 4. RBI: Velez (36), Gindl 3 (23), Rogers, J (7). 2-out RBI: Rogers, J. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rogers, J. GIDP: Halton. Team RISP: 2-for-4. Team LOB: 2.FIELDING E: Rogers, J (3, missed catch), Mattison (5, fielding). |
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| Round Rock | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germano (L, 3-9) | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.31 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.82 |
| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.46 |
| De La Torre, J (W, 1-0) | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Leon, Ar (H, 2) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.58 |
| Jeffress (S, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.52 |
HBP: Gomez, H (by Germano).
Pitches-strikes: Germano 98-74, Lowe 44-33, De La Torre, J 31-26, Leon, Ar 32-20, Jeffress 14-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Germano 7-8, Lowe 6-0, De La Torre, J 1-0, Leon, Ar 2-0, Jeffress 1-0.
Batters faced: Germano 31, Lowe 13, De La Torre, J 10, Leon, Ar 6, Jeffress 4.
Inherited runners-scored: De La Torre, J 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jordan Ferrell. 1B: Brian Reilly. 3B: Stu Scheurwater.
Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, R to L.
T: 2:22.
Att: 8,441.
Venue: Herschel Greer Stadium.
July 12, 2014
