PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Rally Late To Knock Off Express, 6-5

Published on August 20, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - Andy Abad delivered a two-run seventh-inning single to give the Nashville Sounds a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the Round Rock Express on Monday evening at The Dell Diamond.

With their sixth consecutive victory, the Sounds (79-50) improved to a season-best 29 games over .500 and reduced their magic number to seven to clinch their third consecutive division title.

Nashville's lead over Iowa remains at 7 1/2 games in the PCL American Conference Northern Division, as the Cubs defeated Memphis in their last at-bat later Monday evening.

Adam Pettyjohn (11-3) pulled into a tie for the minor-league lead by earning his 15th overall victory of the year. The left-hander allowed five runs on six hits while striking out seven batters over his six innings of work. Pettyjohn is 13-3 in his last 17 starts between Nashville and Double-A Huntsville.

Every Sounds starting position player recorded at least one hit in the contest, including outfielder Laynce Nix, who homered in his sixth consecutive game to tie a team record.

Round Rock took a 1-0 lead when Jesse Garcia led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run for the second consecutive evening. The solo shot off Pettyjohn was the shortstop's eighth longball of the season.

The Sounds jumped in front with a three-run fifth, highlighted by catcher Mike Rivera's 18th home run of the season - a leadoff solo shot to left off Express starter Chad Reineke.

Nix etched his name in the Music City record books an inning later when he homered in his sixth consecutive contest to tie a club record. The outfielder's 21st blast of the year, a solo shot to center, greeted reliever Jose Rodriguez and extended Nix's season-best hitting streak to nine games while making it a 4-1 contest.

Round Rock rallied to regain a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the frame with four runs off Pettyjohn. Tim Raines, Jr. led off with a double and scored the inning's first run on a Hunter Pence RBI single. Three batters later with the bases loaded, Mark Saccomanno ripped an 0-2 Pettyjohn offering to left for a three-run, go-ahead double.

Abad put the Sounds right back on top in the following half-inning with a one-out, two-run single off Rodriguez that plated Tony Gwynn and Chris Barnwell.

Steve Bray (2.0 IP) and Greg Aquino combined to work three scoreless innings behind Pettyjohn to secure the Sounds victory. Aquino retired the Express in order in the bottom of the ninth to notch his fifth save in five opportunities.

Rodriguez (3-4) took the loss for Round Rock after giving up three runs in five hits in his two innings of work.

The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. CT finale on Tuesday evening. Right-hander Mark DiFelice (3-1, 2.88) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Round Rock right-hander Chan Ho Park (6-12, 3.38).

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