Sounds Drop Road Trip Finale In Memphis, 5-1
Published on July 3, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Redbirds posted a 5-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Thursday evening at AutoZone Park in the last of 16 meetings between the division rivals this season.
With the loss, Nashville (34-53) settled for a series split with the Redbirds as well as a 4-4 mark on the road trip.
Nashville took a 1-0 lead with its only run of the evening in the top of the second inning. Brad Nelson (3-for-4) led off with a single, moved to second on a Clayton Mortensen wild pitch, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on Adam Heether's sacrifice fly to left.
Memphis evened the contest in the home half of the frame when Shane Robinson plated Josh Phelps with a two-out RBI single off Sounds starter Lindsay Gulin.
Neither team scored again until the seventh when Phelps greeted Sounds reliever Derrick Turnbow with a double to center and later gave Memphis a 2-1 lead when he scored on Bryan Anderson's two-out RBI single to center.
The Redbirds added three insurance runs in the eighth against rehabbing Sounds lefty Randy Choate. Phelps continued his strong night with a two-run triple to center, his first three-bagger of the year, before plating the game's final run on a Nick Stavinoha single.
Gulin took a no-decision for Nashville but lowered his ERA to 3.02 on the year with a quality start. The All-Star southpaw allowed one run on three hits over six innings of work.
Mortensen (4-1) picked up the win for Memphis with a quality start of his own, holding the Sounds to one run on six hits over seven innings.
Mark Worrell worked the final two frames in scoreless fashion to notch his third save of the year for the Redbirds.
Turnbow (1-2) took the loss after surrendering the go-ahead run in his lone frame of action for the Sounds.
Nashville outfielder Brendan Katin singled in the top of the sixth inning to extend his longest hit streak of the year to eight games, the longest active on the club.
The Sounds begin a brief three-game Independence Day weekend homestand on Friday evening with the 7 p.m. series opener against Round Rock (AAA-Astros). Left-hander Chris Narveson (2-10, 5.84) will take the mound for Nashville to face Express right-hander Chad Reineke (4-8, 5.15).
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