New Orleans offense came up big in Sunday’s series finale, scoring four runs in the fifth and three runs in the sixth to ultimately beat Nashville 9-3. The loss resulted in a series split and gives the Baby Cakes a season-series lead at 7-6.

New Orleans scored in the first inning on an RBI double by Isan Diaz that scored Eddy Alvarez. That would be the only run scored in the first three innings by either team. The Sounds were close to scoring in the bottom of the third inning when they loaded the bases. The Sounds were unable to take advantage as Baby Cakes’ starter Joe Gunkel struck out Matt Davidson to end the inning.

Patrick Wisdom hit a home run for a second consecutive night. This time it came in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 1. It was Wisdom’s 14th of the season.

The Baby Cakes regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning. Wilkin Castillo doubled to left field to score Peter O’Brien. Two more runs scored in the inning on a single by Alvarez, who later scored on an Austin Dean single to give New Orleans a 5-1 lead.

Three more runs were scored by New Orleans in the top of the sixth. O’Brien hit a solo home run to get the inning started. Gabriel Guerrero and Alvarez knocked in the two other runs to extend the New Orleans’ lead 8-1.

Another run wouldn’t be scored until the bottom of the eighth. Andy Ibanez scored on an RBI single to put the score at 8-2. New Orleans respond in the top of the ninth on a solo home run by Diaz, making the score 9-2.

Wisdom hit another home run in the bottom of the ninth but that would be all, as the Sounds lost to the Baby Cakes 9-3.

Nashville hits the road for a four-game series in San Antonio Monday. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m., with Sounds’ right-hander Seth Maness (5-2, 4.97) facing Missions’ left-hander Gio Gonzalez (0-0, —). Gonzalez is making his first appearance with San Antonio on a rehab assignment.

Post-Game Notes

– With Sunday’s 9-3 loss, the Sounds drop to 40-53 on the season.

– Patrick Wisdom’s two home runs tonight totals three in the past 24 hours. It was the third time a Sounds hitter had a multi-home run game, the last being when Wisdom had two on May 18 at Round Rock.

– Sounds starter Joe Palumbo recorded six strikeouts in 4.0 innings pitched tonight, giving him 20 punchouts in 13.1 innings with Nashville thus far.

– With the series split, the Sounds are now 6-12-4 in series results this season.

The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team finished strong on Saturday in 3 day team camp at Cumberland.  After a 2 and 2 performance of Friday, the Lady Raiders won both of their matches on Saturday.

On Friday, the Lady Raiders played 4 controlled scrimmages winning 2 of the 4.  Coffee County got wins over Mt. Juliet Christian and Cannon County.  They fell in close losses to Clarksville Northeast and Gallatin.

On Saturday, the Lady Raiders opened with a straight set win over University School of Nashville 25-15 and 25-19.  In their final game, Coffee County won a 3 set rematch with Mt. Juliet Christian 19-25, 25-20 and 18-16.  Coach Andrew Taylor called out the performances of Andrea Rigney, Maddie Husted, Kiya Ferrell and Lauren Brandt.  The Lady Raiders will hit the road on Wednesday for 3 days of competition at Eagleville.

The Sounds won in walk-off fashion when Patrick Wisdom hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the ninth to defeat New Orleans 3-2. 10,309 fans cheered as Wisdom was met at home plate by his teammates and multiple water cooler showers.

The first run of the game was scored by New Orleans in the first inning. Magneuris Sierra led the game off with a single and scored on an Eddy Alvarez double to put the Baby Cakes up 1-0.

Tim Dillard was dominant after the first inning. He struck out a season-high nine batters through six innings. He did allow one more run, in the sixth inning, a solo home run by Austin Dean to give New Orleans a 2-0 lead.

The game was all tied up in the bottom of the sixth on two solo home runs. Scott Heineman hit the first on a laser down the left field line that just made it over the 330 sign. Two batters later, Matt Davidson blasted a towering home run to left-center field, effectively tying the game at 2.

Nashville threatened in the bottom of the seventh with runners on first and third with one out. Juremi Profar hit a fly ball to Gabriel Guerrero and Christian Lopes attempted to tag from third on the play. Guerrero threw a clothesline from right field and threw Lopes out handily to keep the game tied.

The magic happened in the bottom of the ninth when Wisdom launched a 1-2 pitch way over the left field wall to win the game. Nashville completed the two-run comeback to win 3-2. It was the first walk-off home run for the Sounds since June 20, 2017, which was also against New Orleans.

Tomorrow’s series finale will be played at 6:15 p.m., where left-hander Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.86) will pitch for Nashville while New Orleans will throw right-hander Joe Gunkel (1-1, 3.90).

Post-Game Notes

– With tonight’s 3-2 win, the Sounds are now 40-52 on the season.

– Tim Dillard’s season-high of nine strikeouts was one shy of his career-high of 10, set back on April 14, 2005 with High-A Brevard County versus Jupiter. The last time he had nine strikeouts was back in the same season in 2005 at Palm Beach.

– With Scott Heineman’s fourth home run of the season, he extended his on-base streak to 19 games. In the streak, he is hitting .431 (31-for-72) with 19 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 12 RBI and 12 walks.

– Christian Lopes had another multi-hit night. It was his eighth multi-hit game in his 13 games with Nashville. Lopes is batting .488 (20-for-41) in Triple-A.

– David Carpenter entered the ninth inning with a runner on first base and no outs and didn’t allow a run. It was his first win of the season.

The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team hit the road on Thursday for a 3 day team camp at Cumberland.  The Lady Raiders worked on fundamentals on Thursday with positional training and a situational scrimmage with Independence.  The session featured serve and serve receive along with some free ball.

On Friday, the Lady Raiders played 4 controlled scrimmages winning 2 of the 4.  Coffee County got wins over Mt. Juliet Christian and Cannon County.  They fell in close losses to Clarksville Northeast and Gallatin.

Coffee County will play University School of Nashville at 9:30 AM on Saturday in a 4 team, double elimination bracket.  Their second game will be at 11 or 11:45.

The New Orleans Baby Cakes scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to grab a come-from-behind 7-4 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of a sellout crowd of 10,208 at First Tennessee Park Friday night.

The two teams were even through the first six innings at 2-2. Starter Wes Benjamin went six strong innings and allowed only two runs for Nashville, and New Orleans starter Hector Noesi limited the Sounds to three runs in seven innings.

Sounds’ catcher Jose Trevino snapped the 2-2 tie with a solo home run to the berm in left-center field in the bottom of the sixth inning. Trevino’s second home run of the season gave Nashville a 3-2 lead, but the one-run advantage was brief.

Nashville reliever Jake Petricka tossed a scoreless top of the seventh to keep it a 3-2 game. Trouble started in the eighth when Magneuris Sierra bunted for a base hit. Locke St. John’s throw to first was wild and allowed Sierra to get to third base.

The next three batters reached safely and the Baby Cakes took a 4-3 lead. Eddy Alvarez tripled to even the game at 3-3 and Isan Diaz singled to give New Orleans a lead.

Taylor Guerrieri relieved St. John and got a quick out on a fielder’s choice to cut down Diaz at the plate. But a single by Peter O’Brien and another throwing error cost Nashville another run. Wilkin Castillo knocked in another run and made it a five-run frame for the Baby Cakes.

Nashville answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the eighth when Eli White launched his 11th home run of the season – a solo blast down the left field line to trim the deficit to 7-4.

Andy Ibanez, Scott Heineman and Christian Lopes all had multi-hit games for the Sounds. Lopes is hitting .474 (18-for-38) in his first 12 games with Nashville.

Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Saturday at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Tim Dillard (5-8, 5.78) starts for Nashville against right-hander Cody Poteet (0-0, 5.73) for New Orleans. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

– With Friday’s 7-4 loss, the Sounds dropped to 39-52 on the season.

– Scott Heineman singled in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 18 games. He’s hitting .441 (30-for-68) with 18 runs scored and 11 RBI during the streak.

– Friday’s crowd of 10,208 was the 14th sellout of the season at First Tennessee Park.

– The Sounds lost despite leading after seven innings. They are now 30-3 when leading after seven.

The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.