NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CFL stats



Nashville Sounds

Sounds Fall to Albuquerque, 3-2 in 10 Innings

June 3, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 3-2, 10-inning loss to the visiting Albuquerque Isotopes on Thursday evening at historic Greer Stadium.

Isotopes second baseman Chin-lung Hu drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk from Sounds reliever Mike Jones in the top of the tenth to plate Michael Restovich with the winning run.

The extra-inning contest was the sixth of the year for Nashville (3-3) and seventh for Albuquerque (6-1).

In the decisive Albuquerque tenth, Ivan De Jesus, Jr. led off with a single to center off Sounds reliever Mitch Stetter. One out later, Jones took over on the Nashville hill and was greeted by pinch-hitter Restovich's sharp single to center, which careened off the outstretched glove of shortstop Luis Cruz. De Jesus moved to third on the knock.

After a walk to Jamie Hoffmann loaded the bases with one out, Jones coaxed a fielder's choice grounder from Lucas May that forced De Jesus at the plate before Hu drew his go-ahead walk from the right-hander.

Nashville got the potential tying run to third with two outs in the bottom of the tenth against Isotopes closer Scott Dohmann before the right-hander struck out Norris Hopper looking to end the contest and nail down his fourth save of the year.

Juan Perez (2-1) picked up the win for the Isotopes after tossing two scoreless frames of relief. Stetter (1-1) took his first loss of the year for Nashville after being charged with the game-winning run.

The Sounds left a season-high 14 runners on base in the contest, finishing just 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position on the night.

Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Hu drew a two-out walk from Sounds starter Chris Waters and scored when Isotopes third baseman Justin Sellers followed with a double into the left field corner.

Xavier Paul, who was added to the Albuquerque roster earlier in the day, doubled the visitors' advantage in the fifth with a leadoff solo homer to right off Waters, the outfielder's fifth longball of the year.

The Sounds halved the lead with a two-out run in the bottom of the fifth. Waters drew an inning-opening walk from Albuquerque starter Scott Elbert, moved to second on a Norris Hopper sacrifice, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on team RBI leader Joe Koshansky's single to center.

Nashville knotted the score in the sixth against Isotopes reliever Jon Link. Johnny Raburn legged out a leadoff double to left before scoring on pinch-hitter Erick Almonte's RBI single through the left side of the infield.

Sounds right fielder Trent Oeltjen kept the score tied in the seventh when he fired a laser to the plate to gun down Sellers as he attempted to score from second on Paul's single.

The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Friday night at Greer. Left-hander Chuck Löfgren (6-3, 4.68) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Albuquerque right-hander Tim Corcoran (3-5, 4.56).

Check out the Nashville Sounds Statistics

• Discuss this story on the Pacific Coast League message board...

Pacific Coast League Stories from June 3, 2010


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central