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Sounds Open Homestand with Extra-Inning Victory

May 11, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Norris Hopper plated Johnny Raburn with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Nashville Sounds a 4-3 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers on Tuesday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.

Raburn drew a one-out walk from Tacoma reliever Levale Speigner then scored the winning run two batters later on Hopper's knock to center. The throw by center fielder Ezequiel Carrera beat Raburn to the plate, but the Nashville baserunner adeptly avoided the tag to provide the Sounds (20-11) with their seventh last at-bat win of the year.

The late heroics made a winner out of David Johnson (1-0), who turned his best relief outing of the year for Nashville with three hitless frames. Speigner (1-4) took the loss after allowing the game-winner in his 1 2/3 innings of work.

It was the fourth extra-inning contest of the year for Nashville (3-1) and the sixth for Tacoma (2-4).

The Sounds pulled out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Tacoma starter Luke French. Second baseman Ray Olmedo put the home team on the board by belting his first home run of the year, a one-out solo shot to left. Nashville doubled its advantage later in the frame when Adam Heether doubled and scored on Erick Almonte's RBI single to right.

Tacoma cut the lead to 2-1 in the second. Tommy Everidge led off with a single and scored one batter later on Jack Hannahan's RBI double to the wall in left-center off Sounds starter Kameron Loe. The run was the first earned run the right-hander allowed in 21.0 innings, a three-start stretch.

The visitors tied it at 2-2 in the third when Everidge's two-out single to center brought home Carrera.

Drew Anderson put Nashville back in front by a 3-2 count in the fifth when his one-out single to center off French plated Luis Cruz.

Tacoma took advantage of a pair of Sounds fielding errors to re-tie the contest with an unearned run in the top of the sixth. After Mike Carp reached second to open the frame when Anderson dropped his fly ball in left field, he later scored when first baseman Joe Koshansky was unable to handle Matt Mangini's grounder.

Neither starter factored in the decision despite a pair of solid efforts.

Loe took a no-decision for Nashville after tossing his fourth consecutive quality start. He allowed three runs (two earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts in seven innings of work.

French matched Loe's effort with a quality outing of his own, allowing three runs on eight hits over his seven frames.

The teams continue the series with an 11:05 a.m. contest on Wednesday morning, when Greer Stadium will be packed with area schoolchildren in attendance as a reward for reaching their goals in the popular Sounds Reading Club. Left-hander Chris Waters (3-0, 3.26) will man the bump for Nashville to face Tacoma right-hander Steven Shell (1-1, 2.10).

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