PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Hendrickson, Sounds toss one-hitter at Express

Published on June 22, 2006 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - Ben Hendrickson worked six hitless innings as four Nashville pitchers combined on a one-hitter in Nashville's 2-0 shutout of the Round Rock Express on Thursday evening at The Dell Diamond in the second game of a five-game series.

With the win, Nashville (40-32) snapped Round Rock's eight-game winning streak and record its fifth shutout victory of the season. Sounds pitchers faced only two batters over the minimum in the contest.

Hendrickson (5-2) allowed only one baserunner over his six innings of work - a 2nd-inning walk to Luke Scott. The right-hander was removed for a pinch-hitter in the top of the seventh after tossing 90 pitches over six hitless frames. Hendrickson struck out nine batters in his outing, including six in a row in the fourth and fifth innings.

The solid outing was Hendrickson's team-leading seventh quality start of the year and the sixth in his last seven starts. He lowered his ERA to 2.00 through 10 starts this season.

Mitch Stetter (1.0 IP), Wilton Chavez (0.2 IP), and Joe Winkelsas (1.1 IP) worked the final three innings to complete the shutout.

Winkelsas, who worked out of an inherited two-out, two-on jam in the bottom of the eighth, recorded the final four outs to notch his first Triple-A save of the season. He has earned a win and a save in his two Sounds appearances this season.

Dave Krynzel put the visitors on top 1-0 in the top of the third inning with a one-out solo homer to right off Round Rock starter Jared Gothreaux. The blast was the outfielder's fourth of the year and his first since May 10th.

The Sounds doubled their lead to 2-0 in the fifth when Jermaine Clark singled, moved to second on a Tony Gwynn walk, and scored on Brent Abernathy's two-out RBI single to right. The run-scoring knock was Abernathy's second of the night and the 1,000th of his minor-league career.

Round Rock took advantage of Hendrickson's departure by recording their first hit of the ballgame when Joe McEwing greeted Stetter with a single in the bottom of the seventh. It would be the home club's only knock of the evening.

Gothreaux (3-5) was dealt the loss after allowing both Sounds runs on four hits in his 4 1/3 innings of action.

The teams meet again on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Nashville send Dennis Sarfate (6-2, 2.58) and his personal four-game winning streak to the hill to face Express left-hander Philip Barzilla (3-3, 4.42).

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