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Longballs Lead Sounds, 8-1

July 27, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds belted a season-high five home runs during their 8-1 victory in the finale of a four-game series with the Fresno Grizzlies in front of a Faith Night crowd of 9,053 on Friday night at Greer Stadium.

With the win, Nashville (65-41) improved upon the best record in Triple-A baseball and notched its third consecutive victory to earn a series win over the Grizzlies.

Sounds starter Elmer Dessens combined with a pair of relievers to hold Fresno to just two hits on the evening.

Nashville second baseman Callix Crabbe went 3-for-5 with two homers on the evening, giving him the first multi-homer game of his professional career. Outfielder Laynce Nix went 2-for-4, including a two-run shot over the center field wall to end his 29 at-bat hitless streak.

Crabbe led off the bottom of the first by sending a 1-0 pitch from Fresno starter Patrick Misch (2-4) over the wall in left-center field for his sixth home run of the year. It was Crabbe's second leadoff shot of the year and his first to be hit from the right side of the plate. Nashville's offense continued in the inning when Joe Dillon reached on a walk. He moved to second on his sixth stolen base of the season before scoring on a Justin Leone throwing error after an infield single by Vinny Rottino.

In the bottom of the second, Crabbe repeated his earlier performance by launching a 1-2 pitch off the Copley guitar-shaped scoreboard for his second roundtripper of the game.

Fresno (55-52) registered its lone run in the top of the third when Justin Knoedler led off with a triple to deep center field. He was plated two batters later on a Clay Timpner groundout to second base, making the score 3-1 in favor of Nashville.

The Sounds added three to their lead in the bottom of the fifth after Charles Thomas led off the inning with a double to left field. Dillon followed with his second walk of the game before Rottino moved them both over with a sacrifice bunt. An Andy Abad chopper allowed Charles Thomas to score before Nix's two-run shot made it a 6-1 game.

Nashville would score its final two runs in the seventh inning beginning with a Dillon solo homer, his team-leading 20th longball of the year. Abad followed two batters later with his seventh roundtripper of the year.

Dessens (1-0) earned his first Triple-A win in his 2007 Greer Stadium debut, throwing five innings, giving up one run, and tying a season high with four strikeouts. He threw 63 pitches (38 strikes) in his third rehab outing.

Nashville reliever and 2007 PCL All-Star Steve Bray had an impressive outing, throwing three hitless innings and striking out one. Mitch Stetter finished the game for Nashville, making his first appearance for the Sounds since late April. He threw a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts.

The Sounds continue their homestand on Saturday when they begin a four-game series with the Sacramento River Cats (AAA-Athletics) at 6 p.m. Nashville native R.A. Dickey (8-5, 4.06) is scheduled to take the hill for the Sounds against right-hander Brad Knox (6-5, 4.42).

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