PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Road Win Streak Ends With 6-5 Loss To Express

Published on August 17, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Nashville Sounds had their five-game road winning streak snapped with a 6-5 loss to the Round Rock Express on Sunday evening at The Dell Diamond.

The Sounds (53-76) held a 5-1 lead in the contest only to watch Round Rock rally with five unanswered runs to record the victory.

Nashville took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Chris Woodward's two-out, two-run double to center off Round Rock starter Josh Muecke before Express right fielder Ray Sadler, who produced a game-high three hits on the evening, halved the lead with a two-out RBI double off Troy Cate in the bottom of the frame.

The Sounds extended the lead to 5-1 on Adam Heether's third-inning RBI single combined with a pair of fourth-inning scores against Muecke. Cate helped his own cause with an RBI single that plated Vinny Rottino before Carlos Corporan scored the second Nashville run on the frame on a Tony Gwynn groundout.

Round Rock rallied to tie the contest with a four-run rally in the bottom of the fourth. After Sadler singled and Nick Gorneault flew out to start the inning, Richie Gardner relieved Cate, who allowed two runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings in his spot start for Nashville while filling in for the injured Mark DiFelice.

Danny Klassen greeted Gardner with a walk before Chris Johnson, Yordany Ramirez, and pinch-hitter Richard Paz followed with three straight singles to make it a 5-3 contest. Facing a bases-loaded jam, Gardner issued a run-scoring walk to Tommy Marzella before permitting a game-tying sacrifice fly off the bat of J.R. Towles.

The Express scored the go-ahead run in the seventh with three consecutive two-out singles off Randy Choate. After the first two batters of the frame were retired, Sadler and Gorneault singled before Klassen gave the home team its only lead of the evening at 6-5 with an RBI knock to center.

The Sounds put the potential tying run on second base with two outs in the top of the ninth courtesy of Adam Heether's double but Dave Borkowski retired Woodward on a groundout to preserve the one-run advantage and notch his second save of the year.

Express reliever Fernando Nieve (2-5) was awarded the victory after working 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Choate (0-4) took the loss for the Sounds after giving up one run on three hits over two innings of work.

The teams continue the series with a 7:05 p.m. CT meeting on Monday night. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (5-7, 3.95) will take the hill for Nashville to face Round Rock right-hander Jack Cassel (8-3, 3.02).

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