PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Blanked By Royals, 5-0

Published on June 11, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


OMAHA, Neb. - Three Omaha pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout of the Nashville Sounds in the Royals' 5-0 victory on Friday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Omaha right-hander Luis Mendoza (4-4) allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings to earn the victory for the Royals. Bryan Bullington and Blaine Hardy followed with one scoreless frame apiece to close out the win.

The loss was the fourth shutout defeat suffered by Nashville (33-27) this season and the club's sixth loss in its last eight contests overall.

Left fielder Trent Oeltjen went 3-for-4 on the evening to account for half of the Sounds' hit total in the contest.

A pair of first-inning walks came back to haunt Sounds starter Chase Wright as Omaha grabbed an early 1-0 lead on Kila Ka'aihue's sacrifice fly. The Nashville left-hander labored through 30 pitches in the contest's opening frame but escaped a bases-loaded jam with only one run crossing the plate.

The Royals extended the lead to 5-0 in the third with a four-run frame against Wright, highlighted by a three-run Kurt Mertins homer to left. Control issues continued to plague the left-hander as two players who drew walks in the frame scored on the Mertins blast, the infielder's third of the year.

Wright (4-3) lasted only three innings for the Sounds, taking the loss after giving up five runs on three hits and walking five batters. He threw 69 pitches but only 34 for strikes in the game.

Mike Jones followed Wright with three scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 0.71 through eight relief outings for Nashville this season.

The teams meet again at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday evening. Right-hander Mike McClendon (2-1, 3.86) makes his third start of the season for the Sounds and will face Omaha right-hander Gaby Hernandez (4-4, 5.72).

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