Adam Hall watched from the dugout as his Nashville Sounds teammates fell to a 4-2 extra-innings defeat against the Durham Bulls in the opening game of their series at First Horizon Park. The loss came despite a stellar pitching performance from Brewers' No. 4-rated prospect Jacob Misiorowski.
Misiorowski delivered a quality start, the first by a Sounds pitcher this season, as he worked six scoreless innings, showcasing his potential with eight strikeouts. He started strong, striking out the Bulls' leadoff hitter looking. He added another strikeout in the second and expertly navigated his only hit allowed by inducing an inning-ending double play. The right-hander continued to dominate, striking out one in a clean third inning and two more in the fourth, pitching around his sole walk to keep the Bulls scoreless and without a runner reaching scoring position through four frames. He tallied two more strikeouts in the fifth and his eighth and final one to begin the sixth, retiring the last nine batters he faced in an impressive outing.
After struggling to generate offense in the early innings, managing just two hits, two walks, and a hit batter and leaving all runners stranded, the Sounds finally broke the deadlock in the fifth. Reigning International League Player of the Week, Daz Cameron, launched a solo home run off Durham starter Ian Seymour with one out. Cameron continued his strong night at the plate, adding his second RBI in the seventh with a single that scored Jimmy Herron, who had doubled to lead off the inning.
Easton McGee took over pitching duties for Nashville in the seventh and retired the side in order. However, the Bulls clawed their way back into the game in the eighth, scoring a run on a leadoff walk and an RBI triple. Misiorowski's chance for a win evaporated as the Bulls tied the score with an RBI double two batters later. Jesus Liranzo came in to relieve McGee and managed to retire consecutive batters, stranding the potential go-ahead run on third. Liranzo pitched a clean ninth, aided by Nashville's second double play of the night, which erased a leadoff single.
Nashville threatened in the bottom of the ninth, putting the leadoff runner on base, but a caught stealing and two subsequent outs sent the game into extra innings, the Sounds' fourth extra-innings contest of the season. Sam McWilliams took the mound for Nashville in the tenth, but the Bulls capitalized, stringing together two hits and scoring two runs to take their first lead of the game. With Cameron starting on second base as per the extra-innings rule, Oliver Dunn drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the tenth, putting the potential winning run on base. However, Durham's reliever Evan Reifert shut down the Sounds' hopes, striking out the next three batters to secure the 4-2 victory for the Bulls, leaving the tying runs stranded on base for Nashville.
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