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9th-Inning Crabbe Homer Delivers 4-3 Win Over Z's

April 6, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE - Pinch-hitter Callix Crabbe made his first career Triple-A hit count for Nashville as he led off the bottom of the ninth inning on Friday evening at Greer Stadium, drilling a 3-2 Jon Adkins offering over the wall in right-center to give the Sounds a dramatic 4-3 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs.

The win was the first of the season for Nashville, which sent six of its nine hits on the evening for extra bases, including the game-winner. The Sounds scored two runs over the final two innings to erase a late 3-2 deficit.

Ryan Braun continued a strong start to his 2007 season, finishing 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, an RBI, and a run scored. The prospect is 3-for-7 with three doubles on the young campaign. Chris Barnwell added a pair of two-baggers for Nashville.

Jose Capellan (1-0) picked up the victory as a result of Crabbe's heroics after fanning two of his three batters faced in a perfect inning of work.

Both starting pitchers were impressive from the hill but did not factor in the decision.

Nashville's Tim Dillard turned in a solid outing in his Triple-A debut, allowing two runs on four hits over 6 1/3 innings of work. He left in line for a victory but took a no-decision following a blown save by the Sounds bullpen.

Zephyrs starter Jason Vargas threw only 65 pitches over his six innings of work and gave up two runs on six hits with four strikeouts.

Joe Dillon (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) gave Nashville a 1-0 lead in the fourth when he plated Drew Anderson with a run-scoring, ground-rule double to left-center off Vargas.

The Sounds doubled the advantage in the sixth with a two-out rally against Vargas. Braun ripped a double down the left field line before Dillon followed with his second RBI knock of the night, a run-scoring single up the middle.

New Orleans tied the contest at 2-2 in the top of the seventh. Ben Johnson's first hit of the season, a bloop RBI single to center, brought home Carlos Gomez (2-for-4) and chased Dillard to conclude his outstanding outing.

After Mitch Stetter came on to strike out Ricky Ledee, Nashville manager Frank Kremblas summoned Chris Spurling to make his Sounds debut. After uncorking a wild pitch to move the runner to second, the right-hander was greeted by a Fernando Tatis RBI single that landed just out of the reach of a diving Anderson in right-center.

The Zephyrs grabbed their first lead of the night at 3-2 in the top of the eighth using a pair of infield singles that deflected off Spurling. With one down, Anderson Hernandez (2-for-4) reached on the first single, advanced to second on the right-hander's third wild pitch of the evening, moved to third on a flyout, and scored the go-ahead tally on a Gomez infield single that deflected off the pitcher.

Nashville retied the contest at 3-3 in the bottom of the inning when Barnwell reached on a one-out double, his second two-bagger of the contest, and came in two batters later on a Braun laser double to right-center, the prospect's second double of the night and third on the year.

Adkins (0-1) took the loss for New Orleans after surrendering Callix's game-winning blast.

The Sounds and Zephyrs continue their season-opening series with a 6 p.m. showdown on Saturday evening at Greer. Nashville native R.A. Dickey makes his first start for his hometown team to face New Orleans right-hander Jorge Sosa.

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