RedHawks Blank Sounds With Five-Hitter
Published on August 14, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Three Oklahoma hurlers combined on a five-hit shutout in the RedHawks' 2-0 victory over the Nashville Sounds in front of 5,207 fans on Thursday evening at Greer Stadium.
RedHawks starter Brian Gordon (4-4) allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings to record his first victory in his last five starts. Kei Komentani followed with a scoreless frame before turning things over to Bill White, who notched his fifth save by working the ninth.
The loss was the league-leading ninth shutout suffered this season by Nashville, which played its seventh consecutive game decided by one or two runs (3-4).
Oklahoma second baseman Joaquin Arias got things started with a bang, leading off the contest by driving a 1-0 Sam Narron offering over the left field wall for his seventh home run of the year and a 1-0 RedHawks lead.
Sounds catcher Carlos Corporan kept it a one-run contest in the top of the second inning with a super block of the plate to prohibit Ben Harrison from scoring as left fielder Hernan Iribarren threw a frozen rope to the plate after fielding Kevin Richardson's single bare-handed on a hop.
Chris Shelton doubled the Oklahoma lead to 2-0 in the sixth when he led off the frame with his eighth home run of the year, a solo shot off Narron that struck the neck of the guitar-shaped scoreboard.
The Sounds squandered a golden opportunity to get back into the game in the bottom of the sixth when they failed to score in a one-out, bases-loaded situation against Gordon. After walks to Iribarren and Tony Gwynn followed by a Tony Gwynn single filled the bags, Gordon escaped the jam by inducing a popout from Joe Dillon and an inning-ending flyout to right from Brad Nelson.
Narron (7-4) took a hard-luck loss for the Sounds after working his fifth quality start of the year. He allowed two runs (both on solo homers) on five hits while striking out five batters over seven innings. The two runs allowed were Narron's fewest given up in an outing in his last eight starts, dating back to early July.
The teams will wrap up the series with a 7 p.m. finale on Friday evening at Greer. Left-hander Chris Narveson (4-12, 5.23) will man the bump for the Sounds to face right-hander Steve Rowe (4-5, 4.87).
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