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Nashville Sounds blanked by Omaha Storm Chasers at First Tennessee Park, 1-0

Electric Crowd Of 10,542 Marks Nashville’s Eighth Sellout In 33 Openings

Nashville SoundsNashville, TN – The Sounds and Storm Chasers were scoreless through nine innings in Friday night’s pitchers’ duel at First Tennessee Park, but Omaha scored in the tenth and secured a 1-0 win.

The neck of the guitar-shaped scoreboard at First Tennessee Park displayed zeros on both sides for nine innings. Finally in the tenth, Omaha’s designated hitter Casey Kotchman lifted a sacrifice fly to left that scored Paulo Orlando for the game’s only tally. It was the second straight one-run contest that went the Storm Chasers’ direction to open the series.

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The first eight frames of the Friday night game breezed by without much offense.

The pair of teams combined for 10 hits and 13 strikeouts during that time and the contest remained a scoreless tie until the tenth.

The Sounds had eight chances in the first eight innings with runners in scoring position, but were hitless and had nothing to claim on the scoreboard.

Both teams compiled their best looks at breaking the tie when the ninth inning rolled around. Omaha loaded the bases with one away in their half of the frame, but a web gem stopped the threat. With the infield drawn in, leadoff man Whit Merrifield hit a sharp grounder to short that was stopped on a dive by Niuman Romero. The infielder lofted it to his double play partner at second, Joey Wendle, who zipped a throw to first escape the jam.

The Sounds got a leadoff double from Anthony Aliotti in the home half of the ninth and the first baseman was moved over to third on a sacrifice bunt. The prime scoring chance went to waste though, as the next two Nashville batters struck out.

A great deal of credit goes to the pitching staffs of both teams. Brad Mills was in search of his first win at home this season, but took a no-decision despite his team-leading seventh quality start. The left-hander tossed a season-high 107 pitches over seven scoreless innings, walking three and fanning five.

Dan Otero was good for two scoreless frames in relief, but R.J. Alvarez ended up with the loss after giving up his first run in his last nine games.

Omaha sent Buddy Baumann to the mound to make a spot start, and the southpaw turned in a sharp outing as well. He fanned six and surrendered just one hit through four shutout frames. Matt Murray (4.0 IP) and Louis Coleman (2.0 IP) followed in relief and suppressed the Sounds over the next six frames to secure the win.

First Tennessee Park hosted yet another impressive crowd, drawing 10,542 fans. The sell out was the Sounds’ eighth in 33 openings this season.

The third game of the series between Nashville and Omaha will take place on Saturday at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds will turn to right-hander Chris Bassitt (2-5, 3.88) for the start, while Clayton Mortensen will take the ball for the Storm Chasers. Game starts at 6:35pm.

Box Score

Omaha Storm Chasers (36-32) 1, Nashville Sounds (30-39) 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Omaha Storm Chasers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
Nashville Sounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2


Omaha AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Merrifield, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .280
Orlando, CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .299
Cuthbert, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .270
Eibner, RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .282
Pena, F, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .275
Kotchman, DH 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .310
Sierra, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .313
Calixte, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .203
Coleman, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 .282
Baumann, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Murray, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Coleman, L, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alexander, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 1 9 1 6 6 18 .275
BATTING
TB: Kotchman; Coleman 2; Eibner; Merrifield; Cuthbert; Sierra; Orlando; Pena, F.
RBI: Kotchman (21).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coleman; Cuthbert.
SF: Kotchman.
GIDP: Merrifield.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 12.BASERUNNING
SB: Orlando (4, 2nd base off Alvarez, R/Anderson, B).FIELDING
Outfield assists: Sierra (Gentry at 2nd base).
DP: 2 (Merrifield-Calixte-Cuthbert, Coleman-Merrifield-Cuthbert).

 

 

Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gentry, CF 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .221
Wendle, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .256
Roberts, R, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .297
Pridie, LF 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .308
Freiman, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .156
Aliotti, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .287
Matthes, RF 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .237
Anderson, B, C 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 .196
Romero, N, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .267
Mills, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Otero, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alvarez, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 0 8 0 4 10 20 .257
BATTING
2B: Wendle (18, Murray), Aliotti (9, Coleman, L), Roberts, R (15, Coleman, L).
TB: Wendle 2; Romero, N; Roberts, R 2; Pridie; Gentry 2; Anderson, B; Aliotti 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freiman 2; Wendle; Matthes; Romero, N; Pridie.
SAC: Matthes.
GIDP: Romero, N, Freiman.
Team RISP: 0-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.BASERUNNING
SB: Pridie 2 (9, 2nd base off Baumann/Pena, F, 2nd base off Murray/Pena, F).FIELDING
E: Mills 2 (2, fielding, pickoff).
DP: 2 (Wendle-Aliotti, Romero, N-Wendle-Aliotti).

 

 

Omaha IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Baumann 4.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 1.78
Murray 4.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0.00
Coleman, L (W, 4-1) 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1.59
Alexander (S, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.16
Totals 10.0 8 0 0 4 10 0 4.05

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mills 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 3.56
Otero 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2.35
Alvarez, R (L, 2-3) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 0 4.19
Totals 10.0 9 1 1 6 6 0 3.39

 

Game Scores: Baumann 65, Mills 71.
WP: Alvarez, R.
IBB: Calixte (by Otero), Eibner (by Alvarez, R), Aliotti (by Murray), Pridie (by Murray).
HBP: Roberts, R (by Baumann).
Pitches-strikes: Baumann 65-44, Murray 67-41, Coleman, L 21-17, Alexander 2-2, Mills 107-64, Otero 26-15, Alvarez, R 23-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Baumann 3-2, Murray 8-0, Coleman, L 1-1, Alexander 1-0, Mills 10-3, Otero 2-0, Alvarez, R 0-1.
Batters faced: Baumann 15, Murray 17, Coleman, L 7, Alexander 1, Mills 29, Otero 8, Alvarez, R 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Alexander 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Shaun Lampe. 1B: Travis Eggert. 2B: Alex Ortiz. 3B: Marcus Pattillo.
Weather: 85 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 3 mph, R to L.
T: 2:54 (1:28 delay).
Att: 10,542.
Venue: First Tennessee Park.
June 19th, 2015

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