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Three Sounds' Homers Send Stripers to Fourth Straight Loss

June 15, 2023 - International League (IL)
Gwinnett Stripers News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Gwinnett Stripers (29-37) rallied back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the eighth inning, but the Nashville Sounds (34-31) took a 5-3 lead on Cam Devanney's two-run home run and won by that final score on Thursday night at First Horizon Park.

Decisive Plays: Homers by Brice Turang (2) and Mike Brosseau (1) opened a 3-0 lead for the Sounds through five. Gwinnett scratched out runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth to tie the game at 3-3. The only RBI in that stretch came in the sixth, when Forrest Wall tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Vaughn Grissom. In the eighth, Yacksel Rios (L, 1-1) yielded his first home run of the season, Devanney's two-run clout to left (5) as Nashville went ahead 5-3.

Key Contributors: Wall went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run scored, while Joe Dunand went 1-for-4 with a double and Grissom went 0-for-2 with an RBI. For Nashville, Turang and Devanney each had two RBIs. Clayton Andrews (W, 2-0) struck out two over the final 1.1 innings of the game.

Noteworthy: Wall was caught stealing by Nashville catcher Alex Jackson in the first inning, the first time he's been caught in 40 attempts this year. Dunand is now batting .381 (16-for-42) with three doubles, five homers, 10 RBIs, and a 1.081 OPS in 11 games in June.

Next Game (Friday, June 16): Gwinnett at Nashville, 7:35 p.m. ET at First Horizon Park. Radio Broadcast: 7:20 p.m. on MyCountry99.3.com. RHP Michael Soroka (2-2, 3.92 ERA) for the Stripers vs. LHP Eric Lauer (0-1, 13.50 ERA) for the Sounds.

Next Home Game (Tuesday, June 20): Gwinnett vs. Jacksonville, 7:05 p.m. ET at Coolray Field. Broadcast: 6:50 p.m. on MyCountry99.3.com and Bally Live. It's Family Value Tuesday once again, with $2 hot dogs and $1 desserts.

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