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Back-to-Back Homers Power Sounds to 3-2 Win

April 14, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


OMAHA, Neb. - Brendan Katin and Joe Koshansky belted back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning to power the Nashville Sounds to a 3-2 victory over the Omaha Royals on Wednesday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Nashville (6-1) scored the only three runs it would get in the contest on the two big blasts as the Sounds took a two-games-to-one lead in the series with their division rivals.

Norris Hopper led off the Nashville first by reaching on a fielding error by Omaha second baseman Irving Falu. After Eric Farris was hit by a pitch, Hopper was caught stealing third before Katin crushed his league-leading fourth roundtripper of the year, a two-run shot to left-center off Royals starter Philip Humber. Koshansky followed by smashing Humber's 0-1 offering over the fence in right for his second longball of the season and a 3-0 Sounds lead.

The Royals pulled within a run in the home half of the third on Marc Maddox's one-out, two-run single to center off Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren, reducing the Nashville advantage to 3-2.

Neither team scored the rest of the way.

Lofgren (2-0) turned in a quality start as he allowed two runs on five hits while fanning four batters in a Sounds season-high seven innings of work.

The Nashville bullpen continued its stellar opening to the 2010 season as David Johnson (0.2 IP), Zach Braddock (1.0 IP), and Chris Smith (0.1 IP) did not allow a hit over the final two frames.

Smith struck out the only batter he faced in securing his PCL-leading fourth save of the young season.

Humber (0-1) was saddled with a loss in his first decision of the year despite tossing a quality start for Omaha. He allowed three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts in seven frames of action.

The teams wrap up the four-game set with a 6:35 p.m. finale on Thursday. Right-hander Marco Estrada (0-0, 0.00) toes the rubber for Nashville to face Omaha southpaw Bruce Chen (0-1, 4.76).

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