PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Open Homestand With 6-1 Loss

Published on August 8, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Omaha Royals used the power of the longball on Friday evening at Greer Stadium, scoring all of their runs on three homers in a 6-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds in the opener of a five-game series.

The loss snapped the Sounds' season-best four-game winning streak.

Omaha starter Brandon Duckworth (4-11) held Nashville bats in check for the majority of the evening, limiting the home club to one run on four hits in his seven innings of action to pick up the win.

Outfielder Laynce Nix (2-for-2) - who posted two of Nashville's four hits on the evening - put the Sounds up 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning when he drilled a 3-1 Duckworth offering the other way for a solo homer to left, his team-leading 23rd roundtripper of the year. Nix has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games, adding 14 extra-base hits over that stretch.

Omaha first baseman Kila Ka'aihue tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth with a one-out solo homer to right off Sounds starter Lindsay Gulin, his fifth longball of the season.

The visitors increased their lead to 6-1 in the fifth with a pair of mammoth home runs off Gulin. Royals catcher Brayan Pena got things started when he belted a two-run homer to left-center that careened off the guitar-shaped scoreboard. The blast, which came against Gulin, was the backstop's second of the year. After a pair of walks issued to Ka'aihue and Ryan Shealy, Omaha right-fielder Damon Hollins slugged a three-run shot deep over the wall in left, his 11th homer of the year, to extend the lead to five.

Gulin (5-6) was saddled with the loss for the Sounds after giving up six runs, all on homers, over his five innings of work.

Richie Gardner followed Gulin with four hitless innings of relief to close out the contest for Nashville.

The teams continue the series on Saturday evening with a 6 p.m. doubleheader that will consist of two seven-inning games. Left-hander Sam Narron (6-3, 4.78) will start the opener for Nashville and face Omaha right-hander Roman Colon (3-5, 4.64). Left-hander Troy Cate (2-2, 5.22) will man the bump in the nightcap for the Sounds to square off against Royals righty Matt Wright (3-7, 5.86).

A fireworks show, presented by Buick-Pontiac-GMC, will follow the second game.

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