Sounds Fall To RedHawks, 1-0 In 10 Innings
Published on August 12, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Oklahoma RedHawks plated an unearned run in the top of the tenth inning to hang a hard-luck 1-0 loss on the Nashville Sounds in front of 6,722 fans on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.
The contest was the 14th extra-inning game of the year for Nashville, which fell to 0-6 in extras at Greer Stadium, and the Sounds' first 1-0 game since defeating Oklahoma 50 weeks ago to the day in Music City on August 26, 2007.
The RedHawks snapped a season-high six-game skid with the victory.
Ryan Roberts opened the tenth by drawing a walk from Sounds reliever Randy Choate then advanced to third when the Nashville hurler misfired into center field while trying to force him at second on a John Mayberry bunt. Two batters later, pinch-hitter Joaquin Arias grounded an RBI single through the right side of the infield to plate Roberts with the eventual game-winning run in unearned fashion.
RedHawks reliever Bill White retired the Sounds in order in the bottom of the tenth to notch his fourth save of the year.
Yukinaga Maeda (5-3) earned the win for Oklahoma after he pushed the game to extra frames with 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Choate (0-3) took a loss for the second straight outing for Nashville after surrendering the game-winning run in unearned fashion in his lone inning of work.
The teams engaged in scoreless baseball over the first nine innings of play.
Sounds starter Mark DiFelice was dealing, recording 11 strikeouts through 5 1/3 scoreless innings, before departing in the middle of an at-bat due to an undisclosed injury. The 11 strikeouts match a career high for the right-hander (4th occurrence, 2nd this season). With the outing, he lowered his ERA to 3.32 through 12 starts.
Right-fielder Laynce Nix provided solid defense behind the right-hander in the early going, making a diving catch of a Mayberry fly ball in shallow right to end the second then throwing out Casey Benjamin at second in the third inning when he attempted to extend a single to a double.
Richie Gardner took over on the hill for Nashville after DiFelice's departure and worked 3 2/3 scoreless frames, allowing two hits.
Oklahoma starter Brandon McCarthy engaged the Sounds hurlers in a pitchers' duel, allowing one hit over six scoreless frames while striking out four before yielding to Kiko Calero, who added 1 2/3 scoreless innings of his own.
The Sounds had their best chance to score in the seventh. After registering only one hit over the first six frames, Brad Nelson singled and Nix followed with a double to put runners on second and third with only one out. However, Calero induced consecutive flyouts from Adam Heether and Chris Woodward to escape the jam unscathed.
Center-fielder Tony Gwynn went 2-for-4 to account for half of Nashville's hits on the evening.
The teams continue the series with a noon matinee on Wednesday afternoon at Greer. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (5-6, 3.96) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Oklahoma right-hander Elizardo Ramirez (9-5, 4.41).
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