Alldred matched his career high with eight strikeouts in the loss
By Anna Kayser
INDIANAPOLIS – Malcom Nuñez and Domingo Leyba each went yard as the Indianapolis Indians lost their sixth straight game and fourth to the Nashville Sounds on Friday night at Victory Field, 7-5.
Leyba led the Indians (50-60, 17-19) offense with the first multi-hit performance for the home team since Tuesday. With one out and down 2-0 in the second inning, he roped his first three-bagger of the season to the deepest part of the ballpark and came in to score on a Vinny Capra sacrifice fly.
After Nashville (60-50, 20-16) scored two more runs in the third inning, the Indians used one of two long balls to narrow the deficit back to one run. Following a one-out single by Ryan Vilade, Nuñez sent a towering fly ball out onto the left-field concourse for his fifth Triple-A dinger of the season.
Down by three runs following another two-spot by the Sounds in the sixth inning, Leyba launched his own solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to tighten the gap again. The two teams then traded runs in the ninth inning, with Indy’s half inning highlighted by Leyba’s third hit of the game. Ethan Small (S, 2) induced a long fly ball by Chris Owings to strand the game-tying run at the plate.
The first six Sounds runs came against Indians starter Cam Alldred (L, 7-5), who matched career highs in both walks (five) and strikeouts (eight) over 5.1 innings. Southpaw Robert Gasser (W, 7-1) countered with nine strikeouts over 6.0 three-run innings.
Leyba finished the game with a team-leading three hits, two of which came for extra bases. He joined Malcom Nuñez – who went 2-for-4 – in driving in a pair of runs apiece.
The Indians will look to break their season-high tying six-game losing streak on Saturday at 7:05 PM ET at Victory Field. Indianapolis will send RHP Luis Ortiz (3-4, 4.40) to the mound against RHP Janson Junk (6-6, 4.44).
Originally posted on milb.com