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Sounds Keep Rolling, Beat Tucson 10-4

May 8, 2008 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


TUCSON, Ariz. - The Nashville Sounds hung ten on Tucson for the second straight evening on Thursday at Tucson Electric Park, posting a 10-4 win over the host Sidewinders after defeating them by a 10-6 count the previous night.

The red-hot Sounds (13-20) recorded their eighth victory in the club's last 10 games and pulled to within 3 ½ games of first-place Omaha with the win.

The top five batters in the Nashville order did the bulk of the damage, combining to go 11-for-21 with all 10 of the team's RBIs on the night. Hernan Iribarren and Abraham Nunez paced the club with three hits apiece and Vinny Rottino drove in a season-high four runs.

The Sidewinders struck first, plating a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the first inning against Richie Gardner on RBI singles by Jamie D'Antona and Jesus Merchan.

Another two-out rally increased the Tucson lead to 3-0 in the second when Alex Romero and Trot Nixon ripped consecutive two-baggers after Gardner had retired the frame's first two batters.

Nashville evened things in the third against Tucson starter Esmerling Vasquez. Ozzie Chavez opened the inning with a walk and moved to third two batters later on an Iribarren single. After Nunez put the Sounds on the board with an RBI single, Rottino tied the score at 3-3 with a two-run double to left.

The Sounds jumped ahead 6-3 in the fifth with three runs against Sidewinders reliever Dustin Glant. After Rottino put the visitors in front with an RBI fielder's choice grounder, Brad Nelson drove a run-scoring double to center then scored the frame's final run on a Russell Branyan RBI single.

Nelson (2-for-5) increased Nashville's longest active hitting streak to eight games, which matches the first baseman's best effort this season.

Nashville blew the game open an inning later with a four-run sixth against Glant that increased the lead to 10-3. After the first three batters reached to load the bases, Iribarren ripped a two-run double to center. Rottino later plated his fourth run of the contest on a groundout before Nelson plated Iribarren with a single to push the Sounds into double figured on the evening. Glant failed to retire any of his five batters faced in the frame before Abe Woody allowed two of his three inherited runners to score.

Tucson registered the game's final tally in the bottom of the eighth when first baseman Josh Whitesell touched Sounds reliever Tim Dillard for a one-out solo homer, his seventh roundtripper of the year.

Gardner (2-1) earned a win for the second straight start after allowing three runs on six hits over five innings of work.

Dillard worked the final four frames to earn his first save of the year. He allowed one run on two hits while striking out a pair of batters.

Glant (0-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering seven runs on seven hits in his one-plus frames of action in relief of Vasquez.

The teams wrap up the series with an 8:30 p.m. CT finale on Friday. Right-hander Mark DiFelice (3-0, 2.65) will toe the rubber for the Sounds and face Tucson right-hander Billy Buckner (1-3, 6.19).

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