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Sounds' Early Outburst Too Much for Omaha

August 21, 2011 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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OMAHA, Neb. - The Nashville Sounds scored four times in the top of the first inning and held on from there, knocking off the Storm Chasers 4-1 in front of a full house of 9,023 fans Saturday night at Werner Park. An RBI double by Taylor Green, a sac fly by Mat Gamel and a two-run double by Caleb Gindl - all lefthanded hitters - proved the difference against Omaha southpaw Mike Montgomery.

Montgomery (5-8) wound up working six scoreless innings after the troublesome first, allowing just two hits and a walk the rest of the way. He struck out six batters, throwing 74 of his 109 pitches for strikes. The Storm Chasers were unable to provide much offense, however, stranding 12 runners on base and squandering numerous scoring opportunities.

After the Chasers scored in the second on an RBI single by Lance Zawadzki, the Nashville defense turned in the game's defining play in the third.

With Irving Falu and Lorenzo Cain aboard with nobody out, hot-hitting Clint Robinson stepped to the plate against eventual winning pitcher Josh Butler (8-7). Robinson torched a line drive to deep centerfield, forcing Nashville centerfielder Logan Schafer to attempt a leaping, over-the-head catch. The ball caromed off the top of Schafer's glove, popped up in the air, bounced on top of his head, popped into the air again and dropped back into the webbing of his outstretched glove.

Falu and Cain had no chance to retreat, and Schafer's relay in was in plenty of time to record outs on both baserunners for the inning-ending and game-changing triple play.

The Chasers would have plenty of other chances throughout the night to try to cash runners in, but left the bases loaded twice and couldn't bring men home from third with less than two out. All nine Storm Chasers batters recorded exactly one hit in the contest yet only Cody Clark managed to cross the plate.

The loss snapped Omaha's five-game winning streak and dropped the Chasers (71-56) to 15 games over .500. Memphis (66-61) remains 5.0 games behind Omaha, with Nashville (65-63) lurking 6.5 back. The Storm Chasers' magic number to clinch the division is at 11 with 16 games to play.

Omaha and Nashville will return to Werner Park Sunday for game two of the four-game series, with first pitch scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Righthander Luis Mendoza (9-5, 2.30) will be in search of his first win at Werner Park, while trying to hand righthander Mike Fiers (5-0, 1.64) his first loss of the season.

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