Sounds fall to Royals in front of packed house
June 13, 2006 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds suffered a 5-2 defeat to the division-rival Omaha Royals in front of a sellout crowd of 10,139 fans on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium.
The 10,139 fans in attendance were part of an American General Buyout and marked the fifth crowd of 10,000-plus fans this season.
The bottom of the Omaha lineup did in the Sounds on this evening as the top four batters in the Royals order combined to got just 1-for-18 in the contest. The five through nine hitters combined for a 7-for-16 evening and scored all five of the visitors' runs.
The Sounds had two players record multi-hit nights: Vinny Rottino (2-for-4) and Zach Sorensen (2-for-2).
Sounds starter Dana Eveland started the game off with four straight strikeouts before the Royals offense broke out. In the top half of the second, the Royals were able to plate three runners with two outs to give them an early 3-0 lead. With runners at the corners, Ricky Bell hit a two-run triple that bounced around in the right field corner. Andres Blanco followed with an RBI single into right that scored Bell.
The Royals etched across another run in the fourth to extend their lead to 4-0. Mike Aviles reached base on a fielder's choice and then proceeded to steal second before scoring on a Bell RBI single to center.
Omaha starter Runelvys Hernandez held the Sounds silent for most of the evening. Despite having baserunners in the third and fourth innings, Nashville didn't record its first hit until the home half of the sixth when Dave Krynzel broke up Hernandez's no-hitter with a line-drive single up the middle.
Hernandez (3-3) logged 6 1/3 innings of three-hit baseball and struck out a season-high 11 batters to earn his third win of the year. After Hernandez reached 108 pitches, the Royals brought in reliever Eddie Yarnall to finish the game.
The Sounds threatened in the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back hits. With one out, Rottino doubled down the left field line and moved to third on a Sorensen single, which left runners at the corners with one out. The Sounds were unable to put a run on the board, however, as both Mark Johnson and Chris Barnwell popped out to end the inning.
Omaha wrapped up its scoring in the top of the ninth with a run off Sounds knuckleballer Jared Fernandez, which came on a Kerry Robinson RBI double.
The Nashville offense finally produced a score in the bottom of the ninth as the first three batters of the inning reached base safely against Yarnall. With Graham Koonce on first base, Rottino recorded his second hit of the game in the form of a single that advanced Koonce to second base. Sorensen also notched his second hit of the game with an RBI double to right-center field that scored Koonce from second and advanced Rottino to third. Rottino scored on the next at-bat off a Johnson sacrifice fly to right to bring the score to its final 5-2.
With his 2 2/3-inning effort, Yarnall picked up his first save of the year. He allowed two runs on three hits.
Eveland (3-2) took the loss for the Sounds, which is his second of the season, after giving up four runs on five hits in six frames. He fanned seven batters in the outing.
The clubs will play game three of the four-game series with a noon matinee at Greer. The Sounds will give right-hander Ben Hendrickson (3-2, 2.29) the nod and the Royals will send right-hander Brian Boehringer (0-2, 3.94) to the mound.
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