PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Red-Hot Sounds Charm Sidewinders, 10-6

Published on May 7, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


TUCSON, Ariz. - The Nashville Sounds continued their torrid play on Wednesday evening at Tucson Electric Park, recording their seventh win in the last nine contests with a 10-6 victory over the Sidewinders.

Every Nashville starter registered a hit among the club's 13-hit attack except team batting leader Russell Branyan (0-for-5). The 10-run output was the Sounds' fifth double-digit scoring total of the year.

Sounds catcher Vinny Rottino spotted the visitors a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when his two-run double to left plated Hernan Iribarren and Abraham Nunez, who had opened the contest with singles against Tucson starter Evan MacLane.

Nashville increased the lead to 3-0 in the second when Steve Sollmann (3-for-4) led off with a single and later scored on a Nunez groundout.

Tucson third baseman Jamie D'Antona (3-for-4) put the home team on the board in the bottom of the second when he led off the frame by belting a 1-0 Chris Narveson offering over the wall in right for his second home run of the season.

Later in the frame, MacLane helped his own cause by evening the contest with a two-out, two-run double to right off Narveson, making it a 3-3 game.

Sounds shortstop Adam Heether continued his recent hot hitting in the third when he drilled a two-out solo homer to left off MacLane to put Nashville back in front by a 4-3 count. The blast was his second roundtripper of the year. Heether has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games.

Narveson got into the act with the lumber in the fourth when he delivered an RBI single that brought in Sollmann, who had opened the inning with his first triple of the season. Nashville added a pair of unearned runs later in the frame following a D'Antona throwing error to up the lead to 7-3. Rottino delivered his second RBI knock of the evening, a single, before Brad Nelson plated Nunez with a groundout.

The Sidewinders responded with a run of their own in the home half of the fourth, cutting the Nashville lead to 7-4 when Jesus Merchan led off with a single and came plateward two batters later on a Phil Avlas RBI double to left.

Brendan Katin increased the Sounds' lead to 10-4 in the seventh when he slugged a two-out, three-run homer to left off Connor Robertson, his second tater of the series and fifth of the season. Nelson, who scored on the big fly, singled earlier in the frame to extend the club's longest active hitting streak to seven games.

Tucson scored the evening's final two runs in the eighth against Zach Jackson.

Narveson (2-4) notched his second straight winning start after opening the year with five winless outings. The southpaw allowed four runs on eight hits over his five innings of action, adding a pair of strikeouts.

MacLane (1-3) took the loss after he lasted only four innings for the Sidewinders and surrendered seven runs (five earned) on nine hits.

The teams continue the series with another 8:30 p.m. CT meeting on Thursday evening. Right-hander Richie Gardner (1-1, 5.40) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Sidewinders righty Esmerling Vasquez (0-0, 6.00).

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