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Sounds Score Winning Run In 9th To Defeat Fresno, 2-1

May 22, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


FRESNO, Calif. - The Nashville Sounds plated a run in the top of the ninth inning to eke out a 2-1 victory over the PCL-leading Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park.

With the win, Nashville (25-16) improved to 15-4 in games decided by one or two runs this season.

Neither team scored over the first five innings as Nashville's Kameron Loe and Fresno's Matt Kinney engaged in a pitchers' duel.

The Sounds finally broke the scoreless deadlock in the sixth against Grizzlies reliever Henry Sosa, who took over for Kinney after the right-hander worked five scoreless frames. Josh Anderson greeted Sosa with a double to center and came around to score two batters later on Trent Oeltjen's ground-rule double that hopped over the right field wall.

Fresno knotted the contest at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh. With runners on the corners and two down, the Grizzlies executed a double steal with reliever A.J. Murray on the hill for Nashville. On the play, Jesus Guzman swiped second and then Ben Copeland stole home following the throw to second to tally the game-tying run.

Nashville pulled back ahead, 2-1, in the top of the ninth thanks to some aggressive baserunning by Oeltjen. The Sounds' left fielder led off with a walk against Fresno reliever Alex Hinshaw then stole second, his eighth theft of the year. Following a Joe Koshansky strikeout, Oeltjen swiped his second bag of the inning, taking third, and hustled home to score on Adam Heether's sacrifice fly to center.

Loe turned in his team-leading sixth quality start of the year for Nashville but took a no-decision for his efforts. The big right-hander held Fresno to one run on two hits over 6 2/3 solid innings of work. Loe walked five batters and struck out four in lowering his team-leading ERA to 2.70.

Rehabbing right-hander David Riske (1-0) followed Loe to the hill and worked a 1-2-3 eighth, including a strikeout, to earn a victory in his first appearance for the Sounds.

Chris Smith took over in the ninth for Nashville and worked around a two-out walk to notch his league-leading 15th save of the year.

Hinshaw (0-2) took a tough-luck loss for the Grizzlies after allowing the game-deciding run despite not giving up a hit in his two innings of work.

Nashville second baseman Ray Olmedo went 0-for-4 on the night to snap his longest hit streak of the year at 11 games.

The teams wrap up their four-game season series with a 4:05 p.m. CT matinee on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Chris Capuano (1-1, 1.88) makes his third Triple-A start of the year for Nashville. Fresno will counter with southpaw Madison Bumgarner (3-1, 3.64).

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