The Nashville Sounds rolled to another big win Tuesday afternoon by crushing three home runs in a 13-4 rout of the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park.
Nashville took three of four against Omaha and have won six consecutive series dating back to May 14. During the six-series stretch, the Sounds have a record of 20-3. Overall, they’re 36-22, the best record in all of Triple-A baseball.
Four big innings and a solid performance from starter Chris Smith contributed to the series-clinching win. The Sounds plated five runs in the third, three runs in the sixth and eighth innings, and another two runs in the ninth.
Omaha held a brief 1-0 lead before the five-run outburst in the third. The big hit came from Andrew Lambo who roped a two-run triple down the right field line to give Nashville a 5-1 lead.
It remained 5-1 until the sixth when four hits brought in three more runs. Matt Olson and Matt McBride singled to put a pair of runners on for Jaycob Brugman who lined a double to right field to score both runners. Moments later, a base hit by Renato Nunez scored Brugman to extend the lead to 8-1.
The Storm Chasers got single tallies in the sixth and seventh against Smith. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings. The Sounds have now won five consecutive games in which he has started.
The offense kept on coming for Nashville. The eighth started with McBride being hit by a pitch from Matt Murray.
Three pitches later, Brugman launched a two-run homer to right field to make it a 10-3 game. Murray bounced back by retiring the next two batters, but couldn’t do the same against Ryon Healy. The first baseman drilled a 1-0 pitch from Murray over the left-center wall for a solo blast to build the lead to 11-3.
McBride capped his huge day at the plate with the Sounds’ third home run of the day, a two-run shot in the top of the ninth to close the scoring at 13-4. The catcher finished 4-for-4 with four runs scored.
Brugman’s two hits brought in four runs, and Healy finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Every Sound in the lineup had a hit or knocked in a run.
The team has an off day Wednesday before beginning a five-game, four-day series in Oklahoma City on Thursday. The two teams will play a doubleheader to start the series with game one set to begin at 4:35 p.m. Thursday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
