Sounds Lose To Sky Sox On 9th-Inning Wild Pitch
May 8, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
COLORADO SPRINGS - Cory Sullivan scored on a bases-loaded Dennis Sarfate wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday evening to give the Colorado Springs Sky Sox a 6-5 victory over the Nashville Sounds in the opener of a four-game series at Security Service Field.
Nashville (18-14) has dropped seven of its last nine road contests. The defeat was the Sounds' fifth last at-bat loss of the year.
Sarfate (1-3) took a loss for his third consecutive appearance. With runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, Colorado Springs first baseman Joe Koshansky worked out of an 0-2 hole to draw a walk from the right-hander. Sarfate's third offering to Alvin Colina skipped to the backstop, allowing Sullivan to race home with the game-winning run.
The last at-bat score gave Colorado Springs two straight wins for only the second time this season and made a winner of Ryan Speier (1-1), who worked a scoreless top of the ninth for the Sky Sox.
Nashville right fielder Callix Crabbe stifled an early Colorado Springs scoring attempt when he threw out Sky Sox catcher Edwin Bellorin at the plate to end the second inning.
The Sounds grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the third inning against Sky Sox starter Marc Kaiser. The right-hander opened the frame by issuing four consecutive walks, the last of which to Crabbe forced home Ozzie Chavez (2-for-3) with the game's first run. Nashville added two more runs on sacrifice flies from Charles Thomas and Andy Abad.
Colorado Springs jumped on the board in the fourth when Koshansky scored on a Seth Smith sacrifice fly, making it a 3-1 contest.
The Sky Sox grabbed a 5-3 lead in the sixth with a four-run rally against Sounds starter R.A. Dickey. Koshansky got things started with an RBI single before Bellorin (3-for-3) belted a go-ahead two-run homer to left, his third of the year. Smith followed with a double and later scored on a Dickey wild pitch.
Nashville quickly tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the next inning against Colorado Springs reliever Josh Newman. Chavez led off with a single and scored when Chris Barnwell followed with an RBI triple to center. Pinch-hitter Brad Nelson evened the contest with a run-scoring single to center to plate Barnwell.
Neither team scored again until the bottom of the ninth.
Dickey took a no-decision after allowing five runs on nine hits over his 5 2/3 frames of work for the Sounds.
The teams continue the series with an 11:35 a.m. CT morning matchup on Wednesday, the first of two consecutive pre-noon starts in the series. Nashville right-hander Tim Dillard (0-2, 3.41) takes the hill in search of his first career Triple-A win. The Sky Sox will counter with right-hander Bobby Keppel (0-1, 6.43).
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