PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Corporan's Walk-Off Gives Sounds 5-4 Win

Published on July 11, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hitting your first career Triple-A home run is a special thing. For Sounds catcher Carlos Corporan, he wanted to make it more special.

Corporan belted his first home run for the Sounds this year in dramatic fashion, hitting a game-ending homer in the bottom of the ninth to give the Nashville Sounds a 5-4 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Friday night at Greer Stadium.

The longball came on a 1-1 pitch with one out off Zephyrs reliever Tim McNab and broke a 4-4 tie. Brendan Katin also contributed two RBIs to the Sounds offensive attack, and Joe Bateman (1-0) earned the win after pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings and notching seven strikeouts, tying a season-high for Sounds relievers.

The win was Nashville's fifth of the year in their last at-bat and first win with the at-bat coming in the ninth inning.

The Sounds led off the scoring in the bottom of the second inning after Adam Heether hit his 17th double of the season off Zephyrs starter Ruddy Lugo to center field and scored on a single from Chris Woodward in the next at-bat.

New Orleans responded in the top of the fourth inning when John Rodriguez belted his fourth home run of the year for the Zephyrs off Nashville starter Sam Narron. They added their second run in the top of the fifth inning when Anderson Hernandez knocked a one-out triple to right field and scored on a single from former Sound Abraham Nunez.

The Zephyrs added two more runs in the top of the sixth inning with a rally that started with back-to-back singles from Andy Green and Rodriguez. Valentino Pascucci followed with a walk, and Michel Abreu knocked Green in with a sacrifice fly. Gustavo Molina then singled to right field to score Rodriguez from third to cap the rally.

Nashville answered in the bottom of the inning with a three-run rally to tie the score at four. Laynce Nix got things started with a two-out walk, and Brad Nelson followed with a double to right field. Brendan Katin then continued his seven-game hitting streak with a double to left field to score both Nix and Nelson. Katin's recent offensive tear includes 10 RBIs in his last eight games. Heether added a check-swing, RBI single to score Katin and tie the score for the Sounds.

Narron pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up four earned runs while ending up with a no-decision for Nashville. Lugo matched his start with four earned runs over 5 2/3 innings as the starter for New Orleans.

Tim McNab (2-1) took the loss for the Zephyrs after giving up the home run to Corporan in the ninth inning with one out, and Casey Hoorelbeke contributed 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.

The teams continue the series tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 6:00 p.m. at Greer Stadium. Mark Difelice (4-0, 3.55) will start for the Sounds in the opener against right-hander Brian Stokes (8-8, 4.94) for the Zephyrs. Southpaw Steve Hammond (0-3, 8.31) takes the mound for the Sounds in the nightcap against fellow lefty Willie Collazo (4-6, 4.32) for New Orleans.

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