PCL1 Nashville Sounds

River Cats Edge Sounds, 6-5

Published on July 29, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds dropped their second straight game to the Sacramento River Cats on Sunday evening, falling 6-5 in front of a crowd of 4,469 at Greer Stadium.

Despite the loss, Nashville (65-43) maintains a 5 1/2 game division lead over the Iowa Cubs, who won earlier in the day.

Laynce Nix homered for the second time in three games and Andy Abad contributed another clutch, two-out RBI in the losing effort after knocking in five with two away last night.

The Sounds took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Gabe Gross drew a one-out walk before Nix sent a 1-1 pitch from River Cats starter Mike Madsen over the right-center wall, giving the home team a 2-0 advantage.

Sacramento (64-45) got on the board in the top of third after three back-to-back singles loaded the bases before Nick Blasi's sacrifice fly to deep center scored Lou Merloni. Sounds starter Zach Jackson got out of the jam by getting 2007 PCL All-Star Daric Barton to ground into an inning-ending double play, leaving the score at 2-1 in favor of Nashville.

Nashville added one to its lead in the bottom of the third when Chris Barnwell led off with a double to left field. Charles Thomas followed with a grounder to first base but reached second thanks to heads-up base running by Barnwell, who was tagged out after a brief rundown. Thomas would later come in to score on a Madsen wild pitch after moving to third on a fielder's choice, making the score 3-1.

The River Cats had a four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning that began with a leadoff walk to Blasi. He would advance to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Jorge Piedra two-out single up the middle. Jason Perry followed with another single to put men at first and second before Jeremy Brown knocked them all home with his eighth home run of the season, a towering shot over the right field wall off Jackson.

The Sounds lowered the deficit in the bottom of the frame thanks to a leadoff double by first baseman Joe Dillon. Dillon would move to third on an Abad groundout before Brad Nelson sent him home with a sacrifice fly, his 52nd RBI of the year.

Sacramento scored the eventual deciding run in the top of the eighth when Jason Perry went deep off reliever R.A. Dickey for his 16th longball of the season and his second in two games.

Dillon doubled again in the bottom half of the eighth and came around to score on a two-out RBI single by Abad, bringing the score to 6-5 in favor of Sacramento.

Nashville had the potential tying run 90 feet from home in the bottom of the ninth inning but outfielder Charles Thomas, who opened the year with Sacramento, struck out to end the game.

Jackson (9-7) took the loss for the Sounds after throwing six innings, giving up five runs, and striking out three. It was the fourth straight loss for Jackson, who was tied for second in wins in the PCL with nine victories on the season before the game.

Madsen (4-0) improved his flawless PCL record in his sixth start of the season. He threw seven innings, giving up four runs, striking out four, and walking three. River Cats closer Ruddy Lugo got the save, his eighth of the year.

Nashville continues its series against Sacramento on Monday night with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Greer Stadium. Sounds southpaw Adam Pettyjohn (7-2, 3.84) will take the mound against River Cats right-hander Shane Komine (3-10, 5.49).

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