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Sounds Fall To Royals, 9-3

May 25, 2003 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE — The visiting Omaha Royals used a four-run inning and a five-run inning to defeat the Nashville Sounds by a 9-3 count on Sunday evening in the third game of a four-game series at Greer Stadium.

The loss dropped Nashville (27-21) to third place in the PCL East standings, one game behind front-runner New Orleans and a half-game back of Oklahoma, which jumped ahead of the Sounds for the first time this season by defeating Iowa earlier in the day.

The Sounds put up a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 2-0 advantage. Tike Redman ripped his franchise-leading 28th triple in a Sounds uniform and third of the season to lead off the frame and scored one batter later on a Tony Alvarez single. Carlos Rivera ripped a two-out RBI double later in the inning to account for the second run.

Omaha responded with a four-run second against Nashville starter John Wasdin. The right-hander walked the first two batters before Alexis Gomez pushed a bunt single up the right side of the infield to load the bases for Jed Hansen, who promptly unloaded them with a bases-clearing double down the left-field line. Brent Abernathy singled home Hansen to give the Royals a 4-2 lead.

Nashville right-fielder J.J. Davis ripped his team-leading eighth home run of the season – a fourth-inning solo shot to right-center off Omaha starter James Baldwin – to pull the Sounds within a run before Omaha broke the game open with a five-run sixth. The Royals logged six hits in the frame and saved the biggest for last, a two-run double by Jarrod Patterson that greeted reliever Shawn Camp.

Julius Matos led the Omaha offense with a 4-for-5 effort. Redman finished 3-for-5 and stole a pair of bases for the Sounds to run his PCL-leading theft total to 20 on the year.

Baldwin (2-2) picked up the victory after allowing three runs over 8.0 innings and fanning six during his 111-pitch effort. Wasdin (4-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing nine runs (eight earned) on a season-high 11 hits. He increased his PCL-leading strikeout total to 69 with seven in the losing effort.

The clubs wrap up the four-game set on Monday afternoon with a 3 p.m. matinee Memorial Day meeting. Nashville right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (5-3) is slated to face Omaha spot starter Jeremy Hill (0-1).

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