Nashville Sounds Baseball
Four Dodgers Limit Nashville to Four Hits
Nashville, TN – The Oklahoma City Dodgers spoiled Opening Day in Nashville with a 5-0 shutout win over the Sounds on Thursday night at First Tennessee Park.
Rain, and early Oklahoma City scoring, put a damper on the evening. The game was delayed 45 minutes to start when heavy rain began to fall just minutes before the scheduled first pitch of 6:35pm.
When play began, the Dodgers (1-0) didn’t waste any time getting in front. Micah Johnson started the game with a bloop single to left and moved to second on a stolen base.
In the top of the fourth, Sounds (0-1) starter Chris Smith issued three walks and another base hit to lead to another pair of runs. In five innings of work, Smith allowed four runs on four hits to go along with three walks and six strikeouts.
Nashville wasn’t able to muster any offense against Oklahoma City pitching. Starter Zach Lee fired six shutout innings on just 63 pitches. He turned it over to Lisalverto Bonilla who worked a scoreless seventh. Relievers Adam Liberatore and Chin-hui Tsao followed suit with scoreless eighth and ninth innings, respectively.
Three of Nashville’s four hits were followed by double plays. Chad Pinder led off the fifth with a base hit to left before Rangel Ravelo grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.
Renato Nunez opened the sixth with a line drive off Lee’s foot that went for a single, but was quickly erased when Bruce Maxwell hit into a 4-6-3 twin killing.
With one away in the bottom of the ninth, Joey Wendle singled to left field but Jake Smolinski bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
Game two of the series is scheduled for Friday night. Right-hander Jesse Hahn starts for the Sounds against right-hander Jharel Cotton for the Dodgers. First pitch is set for 6:35pm.
The 2016 season is the Sounds’ 19th year in the Pacific Coast League and their second as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Season ticket memberships are available now by calling 615.690.4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com
Box Score
Oklahoma City 5, Nashville Sounds 0
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
W: Lee, Z (1-0, 0.00) ; L: Smith, C (0-1, 7.20)
HR: OKC: Segedin (1)
| Oklahoma City Dodgers | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG* |
| Micah Johnson | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jack Murphy | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rob Segedin | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
| Jose Tabata | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Alex Hassan | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Corey Brown | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| O’Koyea Dickson | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Lars Anderson | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Elian Herrera | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .206 | |
BATTING
2B: Hassan (1, Wendelken).
HR: Segedin (1, 1st inning off Smith, C, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Hassan 3; Johnson, M 2; Tabata; Segedin 5.
RBI: Segedin 2 (2); Herrera, E (1); Grandal (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Johnson, M 2; Herrera, E; Tabata.
SF: Grandal.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Johnson, M 2 (2, 2nd base off Smith, C/Maxwell, 3rd base off Santos, Ed/Maxwell).FIELDING
E: Johnson, M (1, fielding).
DP: 3 (Johnson, M-Herrera, E-Anderson, La 2; Herrera, E-Johnson, M-Anderson, La).
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Tyler Ladendorf | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Jake Smolinski | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Matt Olson | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Chad Pinder | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Rangel Ravelo | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Max Muncy | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Renato Nunez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Bruce Maxwell | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .138 | |
BATTING
TB: Wendle; Pinder; Smolinski; Nunez, R.
GIDP: Ravelo; Maxwell; Smolinski.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 3.FIELDING
E: Ladendorf (1, fielding); Pinder 2 (2, fielding, throw).
| Oklahoma City Dodgers | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA* | |||
| Zach Lee (W, 1-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Lisalverto Bonilla | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Adam Liberatore | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Chin-hui Tsao | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Chris Smith (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7.20 | |||
| Eduard Santos | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | |||
| J.B. Wendelken | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Tucker Healy | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
Game Scores: Lee, Z 68; Smith, C 46.
WP: Smith, C; Healy, T.
Pitches-strikes: Lee, Z 63-46; Bonilla 16-9; Liberatore 21-12; Tsao 10-8; Smith, C 94-54; Santos, Ed 28-15; Wendelken 32-17; Healy, T 20-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lee, Z 9-3; Bonilla 1-0; Liberatore 1-0; Tsao 2-0; Smith, C 7-2; Santos, Ed 2-1; Wendelken 1-0; Healy, T 0-1.
Batters faced: Lee, Z 19; Bonilla 3; Liberatore 4; Tsao 4; Smith, C 23; Santos, Ed 7; Wendelken 6; Healy, T 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Wendelken 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Nick Mahrley. 1B: Pat Hoberg. 2B: Chris Gonzalez. 3B: Garrett Patterson.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to CF.
First pitch: 7:20 PM.
T: 2:39 (:45 delay).
Att: 7,536.
Venue: First Tennessee Park.
April 7th, 2016
