Nashville Opens Final Homestand Of 2008 Season On Wednesday Night At Greer Stadium
Published on August 19, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Nashville Sounds wrapped up their brief road trip with a rain-shortened 8-5 victory over the Round Rock Express on Tuesday evening at The Dell Diamond in the finale of a four-game series.
The game was called due to rain after being delayed in the middle of the seventh inning.
Nashville (54-76) took three of the four contests from the Express in the series.
The Sounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning when four of the first five batters in the contest singled off Round Rock starter Runelvys Hernandez, including RBI knocks by Joe Dillon and Jay Gibbons (two-run single).
The Express responded in the bottom of the frame with three consecutive singles to start the frame and posted two runs in the inning to reduce the deficit to 3-2.
Round Rock grabbed a 4-3 lead in the third when Ray Sadler belted his 20th home run of the year, a two-run shot to left off Sam Narron that also plated Mark Saccomanno.
Nashville pulled back in front with a three-run sixth against Hernandez. Chris Woodward opened the inning with a single before scoring the tying run from first on Narron's RBI single to right as the Sounds hurler helped his own cause. After Tony Gwynn reached on a bunt single, Hernan Iribarren ripped a two-run double to right to stake the visitors to a 6-4 advantage.
The Express got a run back in the bottom of the sixth on Danny Klassen's RBI single before the Sounds tacked on two more in the seventh to extend the lead to 8-5. With one out, Adam Heether, Woodward, Carlos Corporan, and pinch-hitter Callix Crabbe put together four consecutive singles against Round Rock reliever Fernando Nieve, the last two of those knocks plating runs.
Narron (8-4) earned his team-leading eighth win for Nashville after allowing five runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings of work. Hernandez (7-7) took the loss after giving up six runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 frames.
Both teams travel to Nashville on Wednesday to begin a five-game series at Greer Stadium. Left-hander Chris Narveson (5-12, 5.13) will start Wednesday's 6 p.m. contest for the Sounds and face Round Rock right-hander (8-7, 4.80).
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