PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Déjà Vu! Sounds Walk Off Against Royals Again

Published on June 16, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sounds second baseman Callix Crabbe hit a game-winning, two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Nashville a 7-5 win over the Omaha Royals, the club's second last at-bat victory in two days.

The blast, which came against Royals reliever Robert Giron, was Crabbe's fourth longball of the season and his second game-ending homer. He was 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs in the game.

Nashville (40-29) won its fourth straight game and logged its 13th victory in the last 17 contests.

Sounds reliever Joe Thatcher (1-1) earned his first career Triple-A win by throwing two-thirds of an inning and striking out one.

The Sounds scored the first run for a PCL-leading 44th time in the bottom of the first inning when Crabbe scored on a Joe Dillon sacrifice fly off of Royals starter Matt Wright. Dillon currently leads the team with 41 RBIs on the season.

Omaha (33-36) tied the game in the top of the third inning on a Mitch Maier solo home run, his sixth of the season and second of the series.

The Royals jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning by beginning with back-to-back singles from Bill McCarthy and Jorge Padilla. Paul Phillips then singled to load the bases before Derek Wathan would add a one-out, two RBI single in his Omaha debut. Phillips and Wathan both scored on wild pitches before Oxspring successfully struck out the side to complete the rough inning.

The Sounds lowered the deficit in the bottom of the fifth when Jose Macias led off the inning with a double before Crabbe reached first base on a walk. Chris Barnwell then hit a line drive to left-center that bounced over the wall for an RBI ground rule double. Laynce Nix followed with a single that blooped into shallow left, allowing Crabbe and Barnwell to score.

Nashville catcher Vinny Rottino tied the game against Giron in the bottom of the eighth inning with a solo shot off of the guitar-shaped scoreboard. It was Rottino's seventh home run and second guitar shot of the season. He went 3-for-4 on the night with a pair of stolen bases and an RBI.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Macias singled through the gap into left field before Crabbe hit a 2-0 pitch from Giron (0-3) over the right field wall to give Nashville its second consecutive last at-bat victory.

Sounds starter Chris Oxspring, who entered the contest as the Pacific Coast League ERA leader, took a no-decision after tying a season high by giving up five runs in seven innings but struck out nine.

The teams continue the series with game three of four on Sunday at 6 p.m. Sounds right-hander R.A. Dickey (4-4, 5.78) will make a spot start, filling the rotation slot of recently-promoted Yovani Gallardo, and square off against Omaha southpaw Nate Hoelscher (2-0, 3.79).

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