Memphis Beat Nashville 8-4: Joey Butler Collects Two Singles, One Home Run, & Three RBIs; Xavier Scruggs Singles, Doubles, & Drives In Three Runs; Randal Grichuk & Ed Easley Each Hit Solo Home Runs

Individual Highlights:
Greg Garcia 1-for-3 with one walk and one hit buy pitch.
Randal Grichuk 1-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one walk.
Oscar Taveras 1-for-5 with two runs.
Joey Butler 3-for-4 with one home run, three two-out RBIs, two runs, and one walk, and one strikeout.
Scott Moore 2-for-3 with two doubles, one run, two walks, and one throwing error.
Xavier Scruggs 2-for-5 with one double and three RBIs (one w/two-outs).
Ed Easley 1-for-5 with one home run, one RBI, one run, one strikeout, and one passed ball.
Jose Almarante entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and one strikeout for the hold (2).  (p-s:21-15)(g/f:1-1)
Sam Freeman entered in the seventh and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (1).  (p-s:4-3)(ir-s:1-0)
Eric Fornataro entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (1).  (p-s:11-7)(g/f:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Jermaine Curtis 0-for-4 with one walk.
Stephen Piscotty 0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Tim Cooney started and pitched 5.1 innings.  He allowed seven hits, three earned runs, one home run, three walks, threw one wild pitch, struck five out, and picked one base runner off for the winning decision (3-0).  0-for-2 with one run, one walk, and one strikeout.  (p-s:93-61)(g/f:4-7)

Former Cardinals:
Eugenio Velez one walk at the plate.

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