Sounds Beat Fresno Again In Extras, 5-4
Published on August 6, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
FRESNO, Calif. - The Nashville Sounds recorded their second straight extra-inning win on Tuesday evening at Chukchansi Park, besting the Fresno Grizzlies by a 5-4 count in 10 innings.
With the win, Nashville (47-70) secured its third winning road trip of the year and extended its current winning streak to three games, matching the club's longest effort of the season.
Hernan Iribarren opened the tenth with a single off Grizzlies reliever Dan Griffin and moved to second when Callix Crabbe walked. After Ryan Sadowski took over on the hill for Fresno, Tony Gwynn legged out a bunt single to load the bases with no outs. Joe Dillon followed with a go-ahead sacrifice fly to center that plated Iribarren for a 4-3 Nashville lead.
After a strikeout by pinch-hitter Jay Gibbons and an intentional walk issued to Laynce Nix that reloaded the bases, Sadowski hit Adam Heether with a pitch to force home Crabbe to increase the advantage to 5-3.
Randy Choate took the hill in the bottom of the tenth for the Sounds and allowed a leadoff single to Travis Ishikawa. Catcher Vinny Rottino threw the Fresno first baseman out as he attempted to steal second, which turned out to be a very important play. Scott McClain followed with a solo homer to left, his 23rd roundtripper of the year, which pulled the Grizzlies within 5-4.
Justin Leone followed with a double that put the potential tying run in scoring position with only one out. Choate induced a groundout from Ben Copeland then a game-ending popout from pinch-hitter Guillermo Rodriguez to secure the win and lock down his second save.
Mitch Stetter (1-3) was awarded his first win for Nashville following one scoreless inning of relief work, while Griffin (0-1) was dealt the loss for Fresno after being charged with two runs in his one-plus inning of action.
The extra-inning contest was the 13th of the year (5-8) and fifth in the last 12 games for Nashville.
Fresno took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Sounds starter Chris Narveson. McClain plated Clay Timpner with an RBI groundout before Leone delivered a two-out run-scoring double to left.
The teams exchanged runs in the second. Nix led off the second with a double and scored on Chris Woodward's RBI single to halve the lead to 2-1 before ex-Sound Steve Hammond helped his own cause in the bottom of the frame with an RBI double that brought home Brian Horwitz for a 3-1 Grizzlies lead. Narveson worked out of further damage in the frame after Fresno loaded the bases with one out, inducing consecutive popouts from Ishikawa and McClain.
The Sounds tied the contest in the third with a pair of runs off Hammond. Crabbe led off with a single against Hammond then scored when Gwynn followed with a triple to right, bring the score to 3-2. Two batters later, Brad Nelson knotted the score with an RBI infield single.
Neither team scored again until the decisive tenth inning.
The teams wrap up the series with a 9:05 p.m. CT finale on Wednesday evening. Right-hander Mark DiFelice (4-1, 3.53) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Fresno southpaw Pat Misch (6-3, 5.35).
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