PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Split Isotopes With 5-2 Victory

Published on August 13, 2007 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds gained a split of their series with Albuquerque by posting a 5-2 victory over the Isotopes on Monday evening at Greer Stadium.

With the win, Nashville (73-49) improved upon the best record in Triple-A baseball and maintained its 4 ½-game lead over Iowa in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

Nashville native R.A. Dickey (10-5) pulled into a tie for the league lead by earning his tenth victory of the year. He allowed two runs on six hits over his eight innings of work, matching his longest outing of the season.

The knuckleballer tossed a season-high 126 pitches in the outing and improved to 6-1 with a 2.01 ERA (17er/76.0ip) over his last 11 starts.

Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Reggie Abercrombie doubled with one out and later scored on a Dickey wild pitch.

Brad Nelson tied the contest in the bottom of the frame with a two-out RBI double off the center field wall to plate Callix Crabbe, who opened the inning with an infield single. The run-scoring knock extended Nelson's hitting streak to eight games.

Vinny Rottino gave the Sounds a 2-1 lead in the third when he slugged a one-out solo homer to left-center off Albuquerque starter Chris George, his tenth roundtripper of the year.

Abercrombie knotted the score once again at 2-2 when he led off the sixth inning with a solo home run off Dickey that cleared both walls in center field, the outfielder's tenth longball of the year.

The Sounds pulled ahead with a three-run sixth against George. Rottino broke the tie when he led off with a single and later scored on a Mike Rivera fielder's choice grounder. Laynce Nix followed with his 16th home run of the year, a two-run shot to right that made it a 5-2 game.

Luther Hackman worked a scoreless ninth to secure the victory and earn his team-leading 18th save of the year.

George (5-10) was tagged with the loss for Albuquerque after he surrendered five runs on nine hits over his six frames of action.

Shortstop Chris Barnwell went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a season-high-tying seven games for Nashville.

The Sounds continue their homestand on Tuesday by welcoming the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA-Mets) to town for a four-game series that is a potential playoff preview. Entering play on Monday, the Z's held a 3 1/2 game lead in the PCL American Conference Southern Division. The season series between the clubs is tied, 6-6.

Left-hander Zach Jackson (9-8, 4.69) will look to end a seven-start winless stretch when he mans the bump for the Sounds in the 6 p.m. series opener. New Orleans will counter with right-hander Jose Santiago (5-7, 5.49).

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