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Nashville Sounds fall short to Iowa Cubs, 3-1

Brent Morel Posts Season-High Three Hits

Nashville SoundsDes Moines, IA – Zach Neal notched a quality start, but it was not enough as Nashville fell 3-1 to Iowa at Principal Park on Wednesday Night.

Neal no-hit the I-Cubs for the first three innings before Matt Szczur led off the fourth with a double. Next batter Javier Baez tripled, scoring Szczur and giving the home team the first run of the game. Christian Villanueva then hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Baez and the Cubs led 2-0.

Nashville Sounds unable to come back in 3-1 loss to Iowa Cubs Wednesday night.
Nashville Sounds unable to come back in 3-1 loss to Iowa Cubs Wednesday night.

The Sounds were not far behind in getting their first run. The first two batters of the fifth inning, Andy Parrino and Brent Morel, recorded hits and the third batter, Bryan Anderson, followed suit scoring Parrino.

The Sounds may have got much more, but Arismendy Alcantara and Baez turned an impressive double play on the speedy Joey Wendle to get out of the frame, limiting the damage.

Alcantara contributed on the offensive end as well, taking Neal deep for a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. Neal was solid for Nashville, earning his ninth quality start as he scattered just four hits and three runs over seven innings.

Nashville threatened in the seventh, but left the bases loaded and never got closer, falling 3-1. With the loss, Neal fell to (7-7), while Iowa starter Dallas Beeler improved to (5-5) and Brian Schlitter recorded his 18th save.

Nashville and Iowa will play the third game of their four-game set tomorrow night at Principal Park. Cody Martin (1-3, 5.66) is expected to get the ball for Nashville and Eric Jokisch (3-3, 4.40) will pitch for Iowa. First pitch is set for 7:08pm.

Box Score

Iowa Cubs (65-52) 3, Nashville Sounds (53-65) 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nashville Sounds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Iowa Cubs 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 3 4 0


Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gentry, CF 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 .238
Wendle, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .277
Roberts, R, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .291
Pridie, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .298
Smolinski, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .409
Muncy, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .260
Parrino, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .281
Morel, 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 .260
Anderson, B, C 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .190
Neal, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Thompson, Ta, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 1 7 1 5 7 16 .259
BATTING
2B: Morel (4, Beeler).
TB: Wendle; Anderson, B; Morel 4; Parrino 2.
RBI: Anderson, B (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morel; Wendle 2; Gentry.
GIDP: Wendle.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
CS: Gentry (6, 3rd base by Beeler/Teagarden).FIELDING
Outfield assists: Pridie 2 (Andreoli at home, Baxter at 1st base).
DP: 2 (Pridie-Anderson, B, Pridie-Muncy).

 

 

Iowa AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Andreoli, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281
Szczur, CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .296
Baez, J, SS 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 .292
Villanueva, 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .269
Olt, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
Alcantara, A, 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .233
Teagarden, C 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .279
Valaika, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Baxter, LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
Beeler, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Buchter, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cooper, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ortiz, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schlitter, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 24 3 4 3 2 5 3 .267
BATTING
2B: Szczur (11, Neal), Andreoli (16, Neal).
3B: Baez, J (2, Neal).
HR: Alcantara, A (12, 7th inning off Neal, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Alcantara, A 4; Baez, J 3; Andreoli 2; Szczur 2.
RBI: Baez, J (46), Villanueva (65), Alcantara, A (30).
2-out RBI: Alcantara, A.
SAC: Szczur.
SF: Villanueva.
Team RISP: 1-for-2.
Team LOB: 1.FIELDING
DP: (Alcantara, A-Baez, J-Valaika).

 

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Neal (L, 7-7) 7.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 3.84
Thompson, Ta 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 8.0 4 3 3 2 5 1 3.73

 

Iowa IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beeler (W, 5-5) 6.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 5.16
Buchter (H, 13) 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.62
Cooper, B (H, 7) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.93
Ortiz, J (H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.24
Schlitter (S, 18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.25
Totals 9.0 7 1 1 5 7 0 3.78

 

 

Game Scores: Neal 61, Beeler 59.
Pitches-strikes: Neal 84-58, Thompson, Ta 12-6, Beeler 103-69, Buchter 16-5, Cooper, B 13-7, Ortiz, J 4-2, Schlitter 17-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Neal 5-6, Thompson, Ta 1-1, Beeler 10-2, Buchter 0-0, Cooper, B 0-0, Ortiz, J 0-0, Schlitter 1-1.
Batters faced: Neal 25, Thompson, Ta 3, Beeler 26, Buchter 3, Cooper, B 3, Ortiz, J 1, Schlitter 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Buchter 1-0, Ortiz, J 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Bruce Dreckman. 1B: Thomas Newsom. 2B: Bryan Fields. 3B: Stu Scheurwater.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:24.
Att: 6,058.
Venue: Principal Park.
August 12th, 2015

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