PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Parra, Sounds Defeat Express In Series Opener

Published on June 30, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds opened their homestand with the club's fourth straight victory, a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Round Rock Express on Saturday evening in front of 9,104 fans at Greer Stadium.

The victory was the sixth in the last seven contests for Nashville (49-33), which maintained its 2 ½ game lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

Sounds starter Manny Parra (2-1) earned a win over the Express for his second straight outing. The southpaw allowed one run on two hits while walking a pair of batters and striking out four over six innings of work.

Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Tony Gwynn scored on Brad Nelson's bases-loaded double play grounder.

The Express tied it at 1-1 in the fifth when Cody Ransom drew an inning-opening walk and scored two batters later on Barry Wesson's RBI single through the left side. The knock halted Parra's consecutive hitless innings streak at 13 frames.

Drew Anderson doubled to open the bottom of the fifth inning to extend his longest hitting streak of the year to 10 games, the third double-digit effort by a Sounds player this season.

The Sounds took a 3-1 lead by scoring a pair of two-out unearned runs later in the frame. Chris Barnwell, who reached on a fielder's choice that erased Anderson, scored on a Gwynn RBI single to break the tie before Parra came plateward on Callix Crabbe's bloop double down the left field line.

Greg Aquino and Joe Thatcher each worked a scoreless inning following Parra's departure before Grant Balfour took over in the top of the ninth.

Jason Lane greeted the right-hander with a solo homer to center field, the outfielder's fifth longball of the season. The blast reduced the Nashville lead to 3-2. The Aussie recovered to retire the next three batters in order to notch his fourth save in five opportunities.

Round Rock starter Chance Douglass (0-2) took the loss after he allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits in six frames.

The teams continue the series with a 6 p.m. meeting on Sunday evening. Nashville left-hander Adam Pettyjohn (3-2, 4.20) will make the start to face Round Rock hurler Chan Ho Park (5-6, 5.19).

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