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Sounds Improve To 3-1 With Series Finale Win Over New Orleans

April 10, 2005 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds continued their early-season success in recovering from deficits, scoring three unanswered runs in the bottom of the seventh inning en route to a 5-3 victory over the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs in the finale of the teams' season-opening four-game series.

With the win, the Sounds improved to 3-1 on the young season. All three victories came in games in which they trailed at some point.

New Orleans grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning on back-to-back one-out doubles by Jeffrey Hammonds and Matt Cepicky. The Sounds responded quickly. With one down in the bottom of the frame, Prince Fielder and Corey Hart reached on consecutive one-out singles before coming around to score on Brad Nelson's two-run double, making it a 2-1 contest.

The Zephyrs evened things with timely two-out hitting against Sounds starter Rick Helling in the top of the fifth. With Jason Bowers on first after drawing a walk, New Orleans starting pitcher Brian Powell chopped an opposite-field two-out single to right to keep the inning alive for leadoff hitter Tyrell Godwin, who ripped an RBI double into the left field corner to square the game at 2-2.

The two-out timely hitting continued for the Zephyrs in the sixth, when the visitors took a 3-2 lead. Rick Short, who batted .462 (6-for-13) in the four-game set, plated Cepicky with a two-out double that landed on the right field line.

Nashville took control in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out rally of its own. After Trent Durrington (2-for-2) singled between a pair of groundouts, he advanced to third on a Dan Smith wild pitch and scored on Steve Scarborough's infield RBI single to knot the affair at 3-3. Matt Erickson followed with a pinch-hit single, his first knock of the season, to put runners on the corners for Dave Krynzel, who produced a two-run triple to right-center to put the home club ahead by a 5-3 count.

Reliever Chad Paronto (2-0) earned his second victory of the year with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief behind Helling. Jeff Bennett closed out the contest with two hitless innings to earn his first career Triple-A save and second career save overall. Smith (0-1) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs in his lone inning of work.

The Sounds continue their opening homestand on Monday evening when they welcome the Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA-Rangers) to town for the 7 p.m. opener of a four-game series. Southpaw Andy Pratt makes his season debut for Nashville and will face local fan favorite John Wasdin (0-0, 108.00).

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