Lawrenceville, GA – After dropping a close game yesterday, the Nashville Sounds (35-32) were routed by the Gwinnett Stripers (32-35), 12-0, on Friday night at Coolray Field.
After Evan McKendry (1-4) got two outs in the bottom of the second, Eli White came home on a wild pitch to score Gwinnett’s first run. The Stripers would get four-straight run scoring hits, including back-to-back home runs by Drake Baldwin and Yuli Gurriel, to go up 7-0 after two.
A two-run homer by Nacho Alvarez Jr. in the fourth and Gurriel’s second homer in the sixth, a three-run blast, made it an even dozen for Gwinnett.
The Sounds’ offense totaled just four hits on the night. A Tyler Black double in the fourth inning put a pair of runners into scoring position, but Bryce Elder (5-1) managed to get out of the jam without allowing a run. The 2023 National League All-Star dominated, striking out nine without allowing a walk in eight scoreless innings.
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McKendry finished with nine runs allowed (all earned) in 4.1 innings. Rob Zastryzny yielded three in 1.2 innings of relief. Joel Kuhnel and Darrell Thompson each worked a scoreless inning late. On top of Black’s double, Garrett Mitchell, Chris Roller and Freddy Zamora also cracked the hit column with a single each.
The Sounds will need to win each of the final two games of the series to force a series split. Right-hander Chad Patrick (5-1, 2.87) will make the start for Nashville tomorrow. He’ll face left-hander Dylan Dodd. The first pitch is scheduled for 5:05pm central time at Coolray Field.
Post-Game Notes
- The Sounds are mathematically eliminated from winning the International League in the first half of the season. Nashville is 10.5 games behind league-leading Omaha with eight games left to play.
- Isaac Collins’ eight-game RBI streak and hitting streak came to an end after going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Francisco MejÃa also saw his eight-game hitting streak end after going 0-for-4.
- The Sounds pitching staff had a 4.26 ERA on the season entering the series at Gwinnett. Since Tuesday, the team’s ERA is 9.55 after allowing 35 earned runs in 33 innings.
- Tonight is Nashville’s largest loss since falling 19-2 vs. Columbus on July 4th last season.
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