It was a light day on the Minor League front yesterday as both single-A clubs had the day off before starting new series’. That left just two clubs, Huntsville and triple-A Nashville with games today.
Huntsville lost a close 6-5 game to the Jacksonville Suns and it’ll be a series deciding game five today between the two teams. The Stars came roaring back from being down 3-0 as they took a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the 8th inning, but the Suns came back with two runs of their own in their half of the inning and they shut down the Stars in the final frame to pull out the one run victory.
Nashville provided the organizations only victory for the day and it was a hard fought 1-0 win over New Orleans. Not only was the only win in the organization yesterday it was also the first win of the season for the Sounds as well.
Player of the Day: Sounds pitching staff – The Sounds staff of Brian Baker, Daniel Meadows, Amaury Rivas, Victor Garate, and Mike McClendon combined to pitch a shutout and only allowed 4 hits and 2 walks in the win. No pitcher allowed more than one run including starter Brian Baker who went 5 innings and stuck out 4 while only giving up one hit and two walks.
– A close second was RF Kentrail Davis of Huntsville who went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in the 6-5 loss.
Box Scores:
Nashville Sounds:
Record: 1-3
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nashville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
W: Baker (1-0, 0.00) L: Koehler (0-1, 0.00)
S: McClendon (1)
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Logan Schafer | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .063 |
| Eric Farris | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .118 |
| Caleb Gindl | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .353 |
| Sean Halton | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 |
| Taylor Green | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Edwin Maysonet | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Corey Patterson | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Brian Baker | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Daniel Meadows | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Amaury Rivas | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a- Erick Almonte | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Victor Garate | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike McClendon | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
a-Walked for Rivas in the 8th.BATTING
TB: Halton.
RBI: Maldonado (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Baker, B 2.
SAC: Maysonet.
SF: Maldonado.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 3.
BASERUNNING
CS: Farris (1, 2nd base by Koehler/Sammons).
PO: Farris (1st base by Koehler), Schafer (1st base by Koehler).
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Schafer (Petersen at 2nd base).
DP: (Green, T-Halton).
| New Orleans Zephyrs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Chase Lambin | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Bryan Petersen | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Scott Cousins | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Ben Lasater | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .176 |
| Chris Aguila | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Matt Dominguez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Gil Velazquez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 |
| Clint Sammons | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
| Tom Koehler | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| a- Luke Montz | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Dan Jennings | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b- Donovan Solano | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Gary Glover | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
a-Walked for Koehler in the 6th. b-Struck out for Jennings in the 8th.BATTING
TB: Dominguez; Petersen; Aguila 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sammons 2; Lasater.
SAC: Lambin.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.
FIELDING
E: Lasater (1, fielding), Koehler (1, fielding).
Pickoffs: Koehler 2 (Farris at 1st base, Schafer at 1st base).
| Nashville Sounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Brian Baker (W, 1-0) | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Daniel Meadows (H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Amaury Rivas (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Victor Garate (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 | |||
| Mike McClendon (S, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| New Orleans Zephyrs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Tom Koehler (L, 0-1) | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Dan Jennings | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Gary Glover | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
IBB: Patterson, C (by Koehler).
Pitches-strikes: Baker, B 73-45, Meadows 31-17, Rivas 14-9, Garate 14-8, McClendon 9-9, Koehler 89-57, Jennings 29-20, Glover 14-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Baker, B 5-4, Meadows 1-0, Rivas 2-1, Garate 0-1, McClendon 1-1, Koehler 8-3, Jennings 2-0, Glover 1-2.
Batters faced: Baker, B 17, Meadows 5, Rivas 4, Garate 3, McClendon 4, Koehler 21, Jennings 7, Glover 3.
Umpires: HP: Chris Segal. 1B: Tyler Funneman. 2B: D.J. Reyburn. 3B: Brett Robson.
Weather: 78 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:29.
Att: 3,342.
Huntsville Stars:
Record: 2-2 
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Huntsville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
W: Ramos (1-0, 0.00) L: Manzanillo (0-1, 4.50)
S: Kaminska (1)
| Huntsville Stars | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Kentrail Davis | RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Domnit Bolivar | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| Andy Gonzalez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Hunter Morris | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| Khris Davis | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Roque Mercedes | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a- Jeff Bianchi | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Santo Manzanillo | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Jaramillo | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| Josh Prince | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 |
| Kyle Heckathorn | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Lee Haydel | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
a-Reached on a fielder’s choice for Mercedes in the 8th.BATTING
2B: Jaramillo (1, Taylor), Morris 2 (2, Taylor, Korpi), Bolivar (2, Taylor).
HR: Davis, Kh (1, 2nd inning off Taylor, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Haydel; Jaramillo 2; Bolivar 2; Davis, Kh 4; Morris 4; Davis, Ke 3.
RBI: Davis, Kh (1), Bolivar (2), Jaramillo (1).
2-out RBI: Davis, Kh; Bolivar.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Prince 2; Jaramillo; Gennett.
GIDP: Bolivar.
Team RISP: 0-for-7.
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING
CS: Davis, Ke (1, 2nd base by Taylor/Jefferies).
PO: Davis, Ke (1st base by Taylor).
FIELDING
E: Bolivar (1, fielding).
| Jacksonville Suns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Jake Smolinski | LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .500 |
| Ryan Patterson | CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Kyle Jensen | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 |
| Kyle Kaminska | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Shawn Bowman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Curt Smith | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Jake Jefferies | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Paul Gran | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Chris Gutierrez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Graham Taylor | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| a- Jaime Ortiz | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Bryan Evans | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wade Korpi | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| A.J. Ramos | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b- Jose Duarte | PH-CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
a-Lined out for Taylor in the 6th. b-Homered for Ramos, A in the 8th.BATTING
2B: Smith, C 2 (2, Heckathorn, Heckathorn), Patterson (1, Heckathorn).
HR: Duarte (1, 8th inning off Manzanillo, S, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Duarte 4; Bowman; Smith, C 4; Patterson 3.
RBI: Bowman (1), Smith, C 2 (2), Jefferies (1), Duarte 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gran; Jensen; Ortiz 2; Jefferies.
SAC: Gutierrez.
SF: Smith, C.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING
SB: Smolinski (1, 2nd base off Mercedes/Jaramillo).
FIELDING
E: Bowman (1, fielding), Jefferies (1, missed catch).
DP: (Gran-Gutierrez-Smith, C).
Pickoffs: Taylor (Davis, Ke at 1st base).
| Huntsville Stars | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Kyle Heckathorn | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.76 | |||
| Roque Mercedes | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | |||
| Santo Manzanillo (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | |||
| Jacksonville Suns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Graham Taylor | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| Bryan Evans (BS, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| Wade Korpi (H, 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| A.J. Ramos (BS, 1)(W, 1-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Kyle Kaminska (S, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
WP: Heckathorn.
HBP: Davis, Kh (by Taylor), Gutierrez (by Mercedes).
Pitches-strikes: Heckathorn 89-60, Mercedes 32-13, Manzanillo, S 23-15, Taylor 73-54, Evans 24-13, Korpi 12-5, Ramos, A 16-8, Kaminska 12-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Heckathorn 7-2, Mercedes 0-2, Manzanillo, S 2-1, Taylor 4-4, Evans 1-1, Korpi 0-1, Ramos, A 2-0, Kaminska 2-0.
Batters faced: Heckathorn 25, Mercedes 8, Manzanillo, S 6, Taylor 24, Evans 5, Korpi 3, Ramos, A 3, Kaminska 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Mercedes 2-0, Ramos, A 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Jordan Ferrell. 1B: Derek Mollica. 3B: Carlos Torres.
Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 2:39.
Att: 3,973.
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