Sounds Fall To Zephyrs, 7-2; 'Scar' Homers Again
April 16, 2005 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
METAIRIE, La. - The New Orleans Zephyrs used a pair of big innings to defeat the Nashville Sounds by a 7-2 count on Saturday evening at Zephyr Field in the second game of a four-game series.
Despite the loss, the Sounds (6-4) retain a one-game lead in the American Conference Northern Division, pending later league action.
The Z's jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second when they batted around against Sounds starter Andy Pratt. New Orleans loaded the bases with no outs on two walks sandwiched around a Brendan Harris infield single. Catcher Hector Ortiz followed with a two-run single to left which plated the first two runs of the contest. One out later, Tyrell Godwin reached on an infield single to re-load the bags for Jason Bowers, who singled to right to bring home the third run of the inning. Veteran Jeffrey Hammonds drove in the fourth run with a fielder's choice grounder before Nashville leftfielder Corey Hart put an end to the inning by throwing out Bowers at the plate while attempting to score on a Rick Short single.
The Sounds' runs both came courtesy of the longball Kevin Orie took rehabbing Z's starter Claudio Vargas deep to left to lead off the fourth inning, his second roundtripper of the season, and shortstop Steve Scarborough continued his early-season power surge with a seventh-inning solo blast off Josh Karp, giving him four taters in 10 games. Scarborough belted only four total homers in 110 games for Triple-A Indianapolis last season.
New Orleans completed their scoring with a three-run fifth against Pratt, highlighted by a pinch-hit, two-run double by Wes Carroll.
Orie's home run extended the veteran infielder's season-opening hitting streak to six games, the longest active streak on the Nashville club.
Vargas (1-0) earned the victory after striking out eight batters and allowing only one run in his five innings of work. Pratt (0-1) took the loss after surrendering all seven New Orleans runs (four earned runs) in his 4 2/3 frames.
The Nashville bullpen put together another solid outing behind Pratt. Chad Paronto and Julio Santana combined for 3 1/3 scoreless frames. Santana maintained his 0.00 ERA with his two innings, giving him 8.0 scoreless frames to open the season.
The teams participate in game three of the four-game set with a 2:05 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon at Zephyr Field. Right-hander Jose Capellan (0-0, 4.15) makes his second start for Nashville. He'll face New Orleans southpaw Ed Yarnall (1-0, 1.80).
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