PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Nelson Powers Sounds Past Rainiers, 6-3

Published on August 7, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


TACOMA, Wash. - Brad Nelson belted two home runs to power the Nashville Sounds to a 6-3 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers on Tuesday evening at Cheney Stadium.

With the win, Nashville (71-46) extended its lead to seven games over Iowa in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. The Cubs' game against Las Vegas was suspended due to rain earlier in the evening.

The Sounds got off to a fast start against Tacoma spot starter Jon Huber, plating five runs in the top of the first inning.

Callix Crabbe opened the contest with a walk and moved to third when Gabe Gross extended his hitting streak to seven games with a double. Rickie Weeks followed with a two-run two-bagger to center to put the Sounds on the board and later scored the frame's third run on an Andy Abad sacrifice fly, giving Nashville a 3-0 lead.

After Laynce Nix drew a walk, Nelson belted his 17th home run of the season, a two-out, two-run shot to right that chased Huber from the contest and made it a 5-0 game.

Nelson homered again in the fourth, walloping Tacoma reliever Jorge Campillo's 1-0 offering out of the ballpark to right for his 18th roundtripper of the year and his second two-homer contest of the year.

Tacoma halved the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with three runs against Sounds starter R.A. Dickey. Nick Green led off with a single and moved to third on a one-out Mike Morse double. Bryan LaHair put the Rainiers on the board by plating both runners with a single to center, then made it a 6-3 game later in the frame when he scored on a Jeff Clement RBI single.

The Rainiers brought the potential tying run to the plate with no outs in the bottom of the ninth against Greg Aquino when Brant Ust singled and Sebastien Boucher drew a walk.

The Sounds worked out of the jam, however, as three pitchers retired the next three batters in order. Aquino induced an infield fly popout from Green, Mitch Stetter retired Jeremy Reed on an infield fly popout, and Luther Hackman closed out the victory by drawing a game-ending groundout from Morse to notch his 17th save.

Dickey (9-5) worked eight innings for the Sounds and allowed three runs on eight hits while striking out seven batters to earn the win, improving to 5-1 in his last 10 starts.

Huber (1-3) took the loss after surrendering five runs in only two-thirds of an inning of work on the evening.

The teams wrap up the series with a 2:05 p.m. CT meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Left-hander Zach Jackson (9-7, 4.71) will make the start for Nashville and face Tacoma southpaw Robert Rohrbaugh (5-1, 2.77).

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