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Sounds Beat Iowa, 5-3, On Three Homers

April 9, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


DES MOINES, Iowa - The Nashville Sounds moved to 2-0 with a 5-2 win over the division-rival Cubs on Friday evening at Principal Park. All five runs were scored via the long ball, as catcher Angel Salome, shortstop Luis Cruz, and first baseman Joe Koshansky belted their first home runs of the season in the victory. Nashville starter Chuck Logren (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in his Sounds debut to earn the win.

Nashville's bullpen has shutout Iowa over the first two games of the series, recording 6.1 innings of combined scoreless ball.

Salome put Nashville on the board in the top of the second inning with his first home run of the season, a solo shot to left field off Iowa starter Jay Jackson.

The Cubs tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning with a Micah Hoffpauir home run off Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren.

After Salome reached on an infield single in the fifth, the newly acquired Cruz jacked a two-run homer to left field that put the Sounds back ahead at 3-1.

Left fielder Jason Dubois got another run back for the Cubs, bringing Iowa within one run at 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth, with his first homer of the season.

In his Triple-A debut, Sounds right-hander Mike McClendon relieved Lofgren later in the inning and fanned Welington Castillo to end the inning for his first strikeout victim.

After outfielder Brendan Katin was hit by a John Gaub pitch, Koshansky added insurance to the Sounds lead, hammering a two-out, two-run homer over the right field wall for a 5-2 lead.

McClendon struck out three over two scoreless innings in relief. Newcomer A.J. Murray recorded a crucial out in the bottom of the eighth inning, while right-handed John Axford threw a scoreless ninth to pick up his first save of the year.

Both teams continue with the third game of a four-game series at 6:35 pm on Saturday night at Principal Park. Right-hander Marco Estrada, an off-season waiver claim from the Washington Nationals, makes his Brewers organization debut when he starts for the Sounds against Cubs right-hander Thomas Diamond.

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