Gossett Shines as Sounds Hold Off Redbirds in Series Finale
MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held on to defeat the Memphis Redbirds 7-4 Tuesday afternoon. The win secured the series victory for the Sounds over the first-place Redbirds.Gossett lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.63 with another stellar performance Tuesday afternoon. He recorded his
MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held on to defeat the Memphis Redbirds 7-4 Tuesday afternoon. The win secured the series victory for the Sounds over the first-place Redbirds.
Gossett lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.63 with another stellar performance Tuesday afternoon. He recorded his second quality start of the season with six shutout innings of two-hit baseball while fanning seven batters. The only real danger he found himself in came in the fourth inning when
Nashville drew first blood in the third inning.
The Sounds doubled their lead in the fourth inning as
The first two batters to come to the plate for the Sounds in the sixth reached base in the sixth inning and came around to score on a two-out bloop single from BJ Boyd to extend Nashville's lead to 6-0.
Memphis finally broke through in the seventh inning off Sounds reliever
The Redbirds again threatened in the eighth as they singled twice off
The Sounds are off Wednesday before beginning a four-game series Thursday against the Oklahoma City Dodgers in Oklahoma City. Right-hander
Post-Game Notes
- With today's 7-4 win, the Sounds improved to 20-18 on the season.
Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 26 games when he singled in the third inning. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in.- Dustin Garneau threw out another would-be base stealer in the fifth inning. He has thrown out 10 runners this season, which is tied for second in the Pacific Coast League.
- The Sounds doubled their season total of home runs off left-handers with a pair today off Austin Gomber.
Sheldon Neuse has struck out at least once in each of his last 17 games.
The 2018 season is the Sounds' 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics' top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.