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SALT LAKE CITY — It’s sad to see a former major league player suddenly become a has-been.
Each year, Triple-A baseball sees its fair share of players that formerly were great, and names like Dontrelle Willis and Randy Wolf have graced Smith’s Ballpark in recent memory.
Bees starting pitcher Joel Pineiro is the name of another former major league pitcher who is on the other side of his career, after playing for four teams over the last 15 years.
Pineiro’s start Monday proved to be a rough one, as he gave up six earned runs in five innings as the Bees fell to the Nashville Sounds, 8-6, at Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake had the tying run on base with one out in the ninth inning, but was unable to convert.
"There were a couple of opportunities early in the game to bring in more runs and we didn't take care of those opportunities and it came back and bit us late in the game," said Salt Lake manager Keith Johnson. "In that second inning we had an opportunity to kind of give their starter some trouble and we weren't able to capitalize."
Nashville scored three runs in the top of the first inning, keyed by a Caleb Gindl two RBI double. The Bees countered with a run in the bottom of the second inning, as Brennan Boesch scored.
The Sounds countered with three more runs in the fourth inning, with a Eugenio Velez double setting the table for Nashville. Salt Lake scored a run in the fifth, as John Hester scored on a Tommy Field sacrifice fly ball.
In the sixth inning, Bees first baseman Roberto Lopez extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a single to center field. Matt Long also hit a two-run home run for Salt Lake in the seventh inning, cutting the deficit to 7-4.
While the Sounds scored another run in the top of the eighth, Salt Lake tried to start a rally in the ninth. A Taylor Lindsey double scored J.B. Shuck to make the score 8-5, but closer Jeremy Jeffress was able to retire Bees designated hitter Ian Stewart, despite the Bees having the tying runs on base.
Sounds starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann earned the win for Nashville.
NOTE: Tuesday’s game at 12:05 p.m. will be Bees broadcaster Steve Klauke’s 3,000th broadcast. Klauke, who has missed only 10 games in the franchise’s history, will be honored with a pregame ceremony and will also lead fans in the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch.
