PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds open trip with loss to Redhawks

Published on June 9, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


OKLAHOMA CITY - The Nashville Sounds started their road trip on the short end of a 5-2 loss to the Oklahoma RedHawks on Monday evening at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in the opener of a four-game series.

Nashville (27-36), which fell to 0-5 against Oklahoma this season, grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a two-out rally against RedHawks starter Dustin Nippert. After the first two batters were retired, Laynce Nix drew a walk and came around to score the evening's first run on Brad Nelson's RBI double to center.

Former Sound Nelson Cruz put Oklahoma in front in the home half of the frame when he belted a two-run homer to left off Sam Narron, the outfielder's team-leading 19th longball of the year.

The RedHawks increased the lead to 4-1 in the second on Jason Ellison's two-out, two-run double to right.

The Sounds pulled within two at 4-2 in the third when Callix Crabbe legged out a triple then scored on an RBI double off the bat of Tony Gwynn, the outfielder's first extra-base knock of the season. Nashville attempted to add another run later in the frame when Vinny Rottino singled to extend the club's longest hitting streak of the year to 18 games, but Cruz gunned down Gwynn at the plate from his post in right to end the inning.

Oklahoma plated an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Sounds reliever Luis Pena to increase the lead to 5-2. Ryan Roberts drew a leadoff walk and later scored on Nate Gold's RBI infield single to third.

Nippert (5-1) got the win after he turned in a quality start for the RedHawks, allowing two runs on four hits over his six innings of action.

Paul Komentani followed with two hitless innings before Warner Madrigal worked a scoreless ninth to earn his third save of the season.

Narron (3-1) took his first Triple-A loss of the year after giving up four runs on seven hits in six frames.

The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. meeting on Tuesday. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (2-4, 3.10) will make the start for Nashville and face RedHawks right-hander Luis Mendoza (1-2, 8.36).

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