PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Hang On To Edge Redbirds, 7-6

Published on April 23, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds picked up their sixth victory in the club's last seven contests on Thursday evening at AutoZone Park, coming from behind to defeat the host Memphis Redbirds by a 7-6 count in the third game of a four-game series.

Mat Gamel and Brendan Katin each drove in three runs to power the Sounds to victory.

After the Sounds took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Tony Gwynn scored on a Gamel sacrifice fly, the host Redbirds posted a four-spot in the bottom of the frame using only one hit against Nashville starter Tim Dillard to grab a 4-1 advantage.

Nashville pulled ahead for good in the fifth with a five-run frame against Memphis starter Blake Hawksworth. After Dillard helped his own cause with an RBI single, Gamel and Katin produced back-to-back two-out, two-run singles to push the visitors in front by a 6-4 margin.

Katin plated a very important insurance run in the top of the ninth when his groundout scored Alcides Escobar from third to stretch the lead to 7-4.

The Redbirds didn't go down without a fight in the home half of the final frame. Joe Mather led off with a double against former Memphis hurler Chris Narveson, who was seeking his team-leading fourth save of the year for Nashville. After the next two batters were retired, pinch-hitter Nick Stavinoha delivered a two-out RBI single to center to make it a 7-5 game.

Narveson walked the next two Redbirds batters to load the bases for Jon Jay, who made it a one-run contest with an RBI infield single that chased Narveson. Right-hander Ryan Houston was summoned to the hill for Nashville and struck out David Freese to leave the bases loaded and preserve the victory, notching his first save of the year in the process.

Dillard (3-0) picked up his third win in three starts for Nashville, allowing four runs (three earned) on just two hits over his six innings of work. Hawksworth (1-2) took the loss for Memphis after surrendering six runs on six hits in four frames.

Gwynn went 1-for-3 on the evening to extend the PCL's longest active hitting streak to 13 games for the Sounds.

The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Friday evening. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (1-0, 13.00) will take the hill for Nashville to face Memphis right-hander Clayton Mortenson (1-0, 1.50).

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