PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Oxspring Extends Scoreless Streak In 5-0 Win

June 5, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE - Chris Oxspring stretched his scoreless innings streak to 16 with six shutout frames for Nashville on Tuesday afternoon at Greer Stadium to lead the Sounds to a 5-0 victory over the Tucson Sidewinders in the finale of a four-game series and eight-game homestand.

The win was the sixth in the last seven games for Nashville (32-26), which recorded its sixth winning home series in eight tries.

Oxspring (5-3), who won his third consecutive start, combined with three relievers on a four-hit shutout, the Sounds' third of the season.

The Nashville right-hander, who lowered his ERA to 2.60 with his fourth quality start, limited the Sidewinders to two hits while fanning eight batters over his six innings of work. The Australian moved into second among Pacific Coast League hurlers with 64 strikeouts on the year, trailing league-leading teammate Yovani Gallardo's 95 K's by a wide margin.

Brad Nelson gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-out solo homer to right-center on the first pitch he saw from Tucson starter D.J. Carrasco. The blast was his seventh of the year.

Nashville doubled the lead in the fourth when Chris Barnwell led off with a single, was sacrificed to second, moved to third on a Joe Dillon flyout, and scored on a Carrasco wild pitch.

The Sounds' lead increased to 3-0 in the fifth when Jose Macias plated Vinny Rottino with a squeeze bunt. Rottino had walked to open the frame and moved to third on a Charles Thomas double.

Nashville added a pair of runs in the sixth against Carrasco on a Mike Rivera RBI single and a Rottino sacrifice fly, bringing the score to its final 5-0.

Rottino singled in the second inning for Nashville to extend his hitting streak to a season-best 10 games, the Sounds' second double-digit streak of the campaign (Andy Abad, 12).

Carrasco (2-5) took the loss for Tucson after allowing five runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings of action.

After joining the entire Pacific Coast League for an off day tomorrow, the Sounds travel to Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday to begin an eight-game intra-division road trip that includes a pair of four-game series against the Royals and Memphis Redbirds.

Right-hander Yovani Gallardo (8-1, 2.14) will take the mound for Nashville in Thursday's 7:05 p.m. CT series opener in Omaha to face former Sound Ben Hendrickson (5-3, 5.01).




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