PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Fall Again To River Cats, 6-1

August 20, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds were held to two hits by a trio of Sacramento hurlers as they dropped their fifth straight game on Thursday evening at historic Greer Stadium, falling 6-1 to the River Cats.

With the defeat, Nashville (65-61) fell to 1 ½ games behind Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

Sacramento's win was the PCL frontrunners' sixth in a row. The Sounds' five-game skid is the club's longest of the season.

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jeff Suppan made the start for Nashville, his second rehabilitation outing while coming back from a strained left oblique that landed him on the disabled list in late July.

Suppan (0-1) took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits while striking three batters in his 3 2/3 innings of work.

The veteran hurler worked the first two innings in hitless fashion before running into trouble in the third, when Sacramento posted a four-run rally. He allowed an additional run in the fourth and was removed after throwing 62 pitches, 44 for strikes.

Sacramento starter Shawn Chacon (7-4) turned in a dominant performance, allowing one run on two hits over seven innings of work. Brad Kilby and Jerry Blevins closed out the contest with a hitless frame apiece for the River Cats.

The Sounds grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Joe Koshansky delivered a two-out RBI single to left off Chacon to plate Corey Patterson.

Sacramento rallied to take a 4-1 lead in the third against Suppan. Jeff Baisley and Anthony Recker (3-for-4) opened the frame with back-to-back doubles to tie the game. After a Gregorio Petit single put runners on the corners, Eric Patterson roped an RBI double just inside the first base bag to put the visitors in front. Two batters later, Brett Wallace lifted a bloop single to left to bring home Petit and extend the lead. Aaron Cunningham added a sacrifice fly to close out the frame's scoring.

The River Cats extended their advantage to 5-1 in the fourth when Patterson lifted a two-out RBI single to right to chase Suppan from the contest.

Center fielder Matt Carson belted his team-leading 18th home run of the year for Sacramento to lead off the sixth inning. His solo shot to left came against Sounds reliever Sam Narron and made it a 6-1 game.

Sounds third baseman Mat Gamel went 0-for-3 on the evening to snap his season-best nine-game hitting streak.

The teams wrap up the series with a 7 p.m. finale on Friday night. Left-hander Chris Narveson (4-4, 3.70) will man the bump for Nashville to face Sacramento right-hander Chad Reineke (6-4, 4.73).

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