Keston Hiura Hits Two Home Runs in Sounds Win
Keston Hiura launched two home runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-2 win over the Gwinnett Stripers Sunday afternoon at Coolray Field. The Sounds won two of the five games in the series.
Keston Hiura launched two home runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-2 win over the Gwinnett Stripers Sunday afternoon at Coolray Field. The Sounds won two of the five games in the series.
Nashville took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI-single from Zach Green and a sacrifice fly from Jamie Westbrook. Mitch Longo led off the second inning with a solo home run to give the Sounds a 3-0 advantage.
The Sounds continued to pour on in the fifth as Hiura launched a two-run homer to put Nashville up 5-0.
The Stripers threatened in the seventh inning but could only manage to get one run on a single from Ryan Goins to cut Nashville’s lead to 5-1.
Hiura gave Nashville an insurance run with his second home run of the day in the ninth to make it 6-1, Sounds.
The Stripers came back to score one run in the ninth on a fielder’s choice for the 6-2 finish.
Josh Lindblom picked up his second win after he worked 4 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out four.
Game one of the six-game series against Charlotte is scheduled for Tuesday night in Nashville. Right-hander Reynaldo López (0-4, 8.31) starts for Charlotte, the starting pitcher for Nashville is to be determined. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
· The Sounds lost their first series of the season (3 wins, 3 ties).
· Keston Hiura had his first multi-homer game of the season and sixth of his career (last – 8/7/19 at PIT)…has reached base safely in 19 straight games…batting .412 (28-for-68) with 14 runs, 8 doubles, 5 home runs, 14 RBI and 13 walks during that span…had his fourth 3-hit game of the year (last – 5/20 vs. GWN).
· Nashville improved to 20-4 when scoring first.
· Mitch Longo hit his first Triple-A home run.
· Zach Green hit .348 (8-for-23) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, a home run and 5 RBI during the series.