PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Gross Homer Leads Sounds Past Beavers

Published on August 2, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


PORTLAND, Ore. - Gabe Gross belted his first home run as a Sound in the top of the ninth inning to propel Nashville to a 1-0 victory over the Portland Beavers on Thursday evening at PGE Park.

Gross' one-out blast off Scott Cassidy secured the league-leading ninth shutout victory of the year for Nashville, which maintained its season-best 7 ½ game division lead over Iowa, which won earlier in the evening.

Three Sounds pitchers combined on the five-hitter in a game that was a pitcher's duel for most of the evening.

R.A. Dickey worked seven scoreless innings for Nashville, tossing 122 pitches in the outing. He allowed five hits while walking five batters and striking out seven. The Nashville native continued his recent dominance, lowering his ERA to 1.80 (12er/60.0ip) over his last nine starts.

Mitch Stetter (1-0) worked a perfect eighth and earned the victory as the beneficiary of Gross' late heroics. Luther Hackman notched his team-leading 15th save by retiring the Beavers in order in the bottom of the ninth.

Left-hander Matt Teague was impressive for Portland while making his Triple-A debut in a spot start. After allowing a leadoff double to Callix Crabbe and walking Gabe Gross to start the game, Teague retired the next 14 Nashville batters in order through the fifth inning before exiting the contest.

Jason Rakers (2.0 IP) and Jared Wells (1.0 IP) followed Teague in keeping Nashville off the scoreboard until the Sounds finally broke through against Cassidy (2-3), who took the loss one night after notching a victory in Portland's last at-bat win in Wednesday's series opener.

Drew Anderson doubled in the ninth inning to extend his hitting streak to seven games for the Sounds. Callix Crabbe (2-for-4) recorded the lone multiple-hit effort for Nashville.

The teams continue their series with another 9:05 p.m. CT meeting on Friday evening. Left-hander Zach Jackson (9-7, 4.69) will take the hill for Nashville looking to snap a five-start winless stretch. Portland will counter with southpaw Roger Deago (1-2, 7.29).

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