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Sounds drop homestand finale to Isotopes

June 6, 2006 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds closed out their homestand with their second loss in a row on Tuesday evening as they fell to the Albuquerque Isotopes, 4-2, in front of 3, 641 fans at Greer Stadium.

With the loss to Albuquerque (35-25), the Sounds (33-26) lose a game to the Iowa Cubs in the standings but still hold onto a comfortable seven-game cushion in the PCL American Northern Division. Nashville finished its eight-game homestand with a 5-3 record.

Brent Abernathy (2-for-4) and Jermaine Clark (2-for-4) both recorded a multiple-hit night for the Sounds.

The Isotopes jumped out to an early lead against Sounds starter Justin Lehr. Eric Reed opened the game with a bunt single but ended the play at second after Mike Rivera threw the ball away as he attempted to record the out at first. Reed advanced to third on the following play on a Roberto Andino single before Scott Seabol recorded his 41st RBI of the season on a sacrifice fly to center. Reed's run was unearned because of Rivera's throwing error.

Albuquerque struck again in the visiting half of the fourth. Once again, they opened the inning with two hits. Seabol started the inning off with a double down the left field line and scored on the following play when Isotopes first baseman Tom Wilson hit his seventh longball of the season, a two-run shot over the left field fence that upped the Isotopes' lead to 3-0.

The Sounds bounced right back as they plated two runs in the home half of the fourth. Brent Abernathy started the inning with a single off Albuquerque starter Chris George, who then issued consecutive walks to Nelson Cruz and Graham Koonce before exiting the contest. Albuquerque brought in reliever Matt Blank to face Rivera with the bases loaded and the catcher hit the first of two Sounds sacrifice flies of the inning, the other coming one batter later off the bat of Vinny Rottino. Abernathy and Cruz both scored in the frame and brought the Sounds within one at 3-2.

With the Sounds' two sacrifice flies, they are now tied for the PCL lead with 27 sac flies on the year, sharing the lead with the Las Vegas 51s.

After Lehr allowed the first three Isotopes to reach base safely in the top of half of the fourth, he was able to shut down Albuquerque's offense for a while. He retired 11 batters in a row from the fourth inning through the second out in the seventh.

Lehr's streak was broken up by his pitching counterpart Blank, who singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, then scored on a Reed RBI double that extended the Albuquerque lead to 4-2.

The Sounds threatened in the home half of the ninth as both Clark and Chris Barnwell had one-out singles off Isotopes closer Brad Clontz. Both runners advanced a base on a Tony Gwynn pinch-hit groundout. With runners on second and third, Clontz walked Zach Sorensen to load the bases with two outs. The Sounds were unable to capitalize, however, as the sidewinding hurler struck Abernathy out looking to earn his 10th save of the year.

With hits in the game, Barnwell, Abernathy, and Cruz all extended their current hitting streaks. Barnwell increased his streak to eight games, which is currently the longest active streak on the team. Abernathy jumped to five games and Cruz extended his streak to six games to match his longest run of the season.

Lehr (0-2) logged seven innings of work and recorded five strikeouts. He was credited with the loss after allowing four runners to cross home on eight hits. Only three of the Isotopes runs were earned.

Wilton Chavez threw two innings of one-hit baseball to close out the game for the Sounds.

George took a no-decision after he failed to go the required five innings to be eligible for the win. Blank (1-1) picked up his first win of the season by tossing 4 2/3 innings of scoreless one-hit baseball.

The Sounds and the entire PCL will take Wednesday off and resume play on Thursday. The Sounds will travel to New Orleans to face off against the Zephyrs in a four-game series, which begins with Thursday's 7:00 p.m. CDT opener.

Southpaw Dana Eveland (3-1, 0.75) will get the starting nod for Nashville to face Zephyrs right-hander Nelson Figueroa (2-1, 5.02), who played for the Sounds in 2003 & 2004.

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