Sounds Pound RedHawks, 14-3
Published on June 20, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Nashville Sounds put on an offensive show in a decisive 14-3 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Friday night at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.
The Sounds (41-28) had two five-run innings in the contest while recording a season-best 19 hits and equaling a season high with 14 runs scored.
Every Sound reached by a base hit, and six different players had multi-hit games, paced by three-hit games by near cycles by Brendan Katin, Angel Salome, and Adam Heether. Katin and Salome were home runs shy of the cycle, while Heether needed a triple.
Nashville took a five -un lead in the top of the first inning off Oklahoma City starter Elizardo Ramirez. Nine batters went to the plate in an inning that featured a five hits, including a team cycle, keyed by a two-run home run by Heether.
The Sounds added runs in the second, fourth, and two in the fifth to build a 9-0 lead. The RedHawks plated their first run in the sixth inning when Nate Gold drove in Joaquin Arias with a base hit.
Nashville scored five in the eighth off Oklahoma City reliever Luis Mendoza. Six of the first seven batters in the inning reached on base hits.
The RedHawks closed out the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Sounds starter Chris Cody (2-1) allowed two runs over eight innings and earned the win in his third Triple-A outing, working his third straight quality start for Nashville.
Ramirez (3-6) took the loss after allowing the first nine runs of the game in his four innings of action for Oklahoma City.
The contest also featured four hit batters and a warning to both dugouts by home plate umpire Jeff Macias.
Oklahoma City and Nashville will square off in the third game of the series at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday night at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. Right-hander Mike Burns (7-2, 2.69) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face RedHawks right-hander Bryan Corey (3-2, 4.75).
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