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Sounds Drop Series Finale In Memphis, 9-4

Published on May 26, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds closed out their string of eight straight contests against the Memphis Redbirds with a 9-4 loss on Monday afternoon at AutoZone Park.

Nashville (21-29) split the series in Memphis but dropped five of the eight contests against the first-place Redbirds.

Memphis third baseman David Freese knocked in a season-high six runs for the Redbirds and went 3-for-4, finishing a triple shy of the cycle.

After the Sounds took an early 1-0 lead when Brad Nelson (2-for-5) singled and later scored on a P.J. Walters wild pitch in the top of the second, Freese answered in the home half when he ripped a bases-loaded, three-run double down the left field line off Sounds starter Jeff Weaver to put the ‘Birds up 3-1.

Memphis plated two more runs in the third inning on a Colby Rasmus homer before Sounds second baseman Steve Sollmann slugged his second home run of the year, a two-run shot in the top of the fifth, to pull Nashville back within a pair at 5-3.

Freese struck again in the bottom of the frame when he added a three-run homer off Weaver to extend the lead to 9-3. The home run was his fifth of the year.

Nashville outfielder Mel Stocker wrapped up the afternoon's scoring in the eighth when he plated Eric Munson with a two-out RBI single to bring the score to its final 9-4.

Walters moved to 3-0 with the Redbirds after five innings of work. The right-hander punched out a season-best nine batters and allowed three runs on seven hits.

Weaver (1-3) took the loss for Nashville after giving up nine runs, five earned, on eight hits and five walks over six innings.

The Sounds continue their road trip on Tuesday in Albuquerque, when they play the Isotopes in an 8:05 p.m. series opener. Left-hander Chris Narveson (2-6, 4.53) will man the bump for Nashville to face Albuquerque southpaw Chris Seddon (3-3, 4.06).

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