PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Shut Out In Rain-Shortened Contest

Published on July 12, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds were shut out by the New Orleans Zephyrs, 7-0, in a rain-shortened seven-inning contest on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium.

The game, which was played under a steady drizzle for the majority of the evening, was halted after the top of the seventh due to a combination of temporary electrical failure resulting from a lightning strike then unplayable field conditions as the rains picked up during that delay.

The teams' second game of their scheduled doubleheader was postponed and will be made up as part of a Sunday evening twinbill at Greer.

New Orleans starting pitcher Brian Stokes (9-8) worked an abbreviated, six-inning shutout to earn the win for the Z's. He allowed three hits and struck out six batters in his 106-pitch outing.

Nashville starter Mark DiFelice worked two scoreless innings and struck out four before departing early due to an undisclosed reason.

The Zephyrs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning against Nashville reliever Ben Howard. Stokes led off with a single, was sacrificed to second, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on an Andy Green sacrifice fly.

New Orleans made it a 2-0 game in the fourth when Valentino Pascucci and Michel Abreu led off the inning with back-to-back doubles off Howard.

The Z's tacked on five runs in the top of the seventh to extend the lead to 6-0. Derrick Turnbow issued back-to-back one-out, bases-loaded walks to Abreu and Anderson Hernandez to plate the first two runs. After Luis Pena took over on the hill, New Orleans added a third run on former Sound Abraham Nunez's RBI infield single before Pena issued a pair of bases-loaded walks to pinch-hitter Anderson Machado and Jesus Feliciano. All five runs in the frame were charged to Turnbow, whose ERA rose to 10.50 through 18 outings.

Sounds outfielder Brendan Katin went 1-for-2 to extend the club's longest active hitting streak to eight games, matching his longest effort of the season.

Howard (2-6) took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits over his three innings of work.

The teams wrap up the series with a 5:00 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday evening that will consist of two seven-inning contests.

In the opener, Nashville left-hander Steve Hammond (0-3, 8.31) will man the bump to take on Zephyrs southpaw Willie Collazo (4-6, 4.32).

All-Star left-hander Lindsay Gulin (5-4, 2.89) will make the start for the Sounds in the nightcap to face New Orleans right-hander Nelson Figueroa (3-3, 3.31).

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