PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Drop Homestand Finale, 12-8 In 10 Innings

Published on May 18, 2004 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Sounds rallied from a late deficit to send the contest to extra frames but ultimately fell to the visiting Portland Beavers, 12-8 in 10 innings, on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium in the finale of a four-game series and seven-game homestand.

The loss resulted in a series split; the Sounds finished the homestand with a 4-3 mark. Nashville (20-18) maintains a one game lead over second-place Oklahoma in the PCL Eastern Division, pending the outcome of the RedHawks' game later this evening in Las Vegas.

The Sounds cranked out a season-high 16 hits in the contest, including four by Luke Allen, but gave up a season-high 18 knocks to the Portland offense.

Trailing 8-7 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and a runner on third, Allen hit a choppy grounder up the middle that was deflected by pitcher Portland Bart Miadich and ultimately fielded by shortstop Jose Nieves. Allen hustled down the line and beat the throw at first with a headfirst slide to score Tony Alvarez and send the game to extra innings for the second time in the series.

Portland pulled away for good in the top of the tenth against Sounds reliever Juan Acevedo, beginning when pinch-hitter J.J. Furmaniak's RBI single to center scored one to put the game at 9-8 and then Rich Thompson overran a ball to allow the Beavers to score another on the play. The pain did not stop there for the Sounds, though, as Nieves ripped his third double of the evening to plate two more runs to make the game 12-8 in favor of the Beavers.

Portland's Jon Knott led all hitters on the evening, knocking in five RBIs on two home runs (the first multiple-homer and five-RBI games against Nashville pitching this season). The first, a two-run blast in the top of the first off Sounds starter Nelson Figueroa, gave the Beavers an early 2-0 lead. The second, a three-run shot in the top of the third that cleared both walls in left field, gave Portland the lead back at 5-4 after Nashville had briefly assumed it at 4-2 with a four-run rally in the bottom of the second.

The runs in the bottom of the second for the Sounds were garnered the old-fashioned way as Chris Truby and Keith McDonald both singled to score one apiece and knot the game at 2-2. Thompson subsequently hit a two-run single to make the game 4-2 in favor of the Sounds. It would prove to be the last lead the Sounds would hold on the night.

Miadich (2-2), who came into the game when it was 8-7 in favor of the Beavers in the ninth, blew his second save of the year, but did manage to get the win. Acevedo (0-4) was charged with the loss for the Sounds after giving up all four Portland runs in the decisive tenth frame.

Nelson Figueroa took a no-decision in the contest for the Sounds despite logging his shortest outing of the season, allowing seven runs over only 2 1/3 innings. Frank Brooks turned in a solid middle relief outing for Nashville, twirling three hitless frames and fanning five to keep the game close as the Sounds made their comeback.

The Sounds, along with the entire Pacific Coast League, enjoy a day off on Wednesday before opening an eight-game road swing beginning in Sacramento on Thursday. The four-game set against the River Cats will be a rematch of last year's PCL Championship Series that Sacramento swept 3-0.

Left-hander Cory Stewart (4-0, 3.48) will get the start in the 9:05 p.m. CT series opener and face the current PCL Pitcher-of-the-Week, River Cats right-hander Mike Wood (6-2, 2.72).

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