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Sounds Split Monday's Twinbill with Portland

Published on May 17, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds split a doubleheader with the Portland Beavers on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium.

Nashville (23-14) dropped the first contest, 4-3, but won the second game, 2-1, thanks to Sounds left-hander Chris Waters (4-1). In his third consecutive quality start, the left-hander threw six shutout frames while allowing four hits with a walk and six strikeouts.

The Sounds jumped on the board, 2-0, in the bottom of the third inning in the second game thanks to three consecutive hits to lead off the frame. Shortstop Ray Olmedo doubled to center field and scored the first run on another double from left fielder Trent Oeltjen. Joe Koshansky then singled to right field to plate Oeltjen for the club's second run.

Portland's Chris Stewart jacked his third home run in the top of the seventh inning, a solo shot that reduced the Sounds lead to 2-1. Chris Smith then got the final two outs to earn his minor league-leading 13th save of the season.

Luis Cruz went 2-for-3 with a double, lengthened his hitting streak to a season-high nine games. Olmedo extended his hitting streak to eight games with a 1-for-4 performance in the second contest.

In his second rehab start, Portland right-hander Sean Gallagher (0-1) took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in three innings pitched.

Portland grabbed an early lead in the opener, plating a run against Sounds starter Kameron Loe in the top of the first inning. Sean Kazmar singled with one out and later scored on a Craig Cooper groundout.

Nashville rallied to take a 2-1 advantage in the third against Portland starter Josh Geer. With one out, Ray Olmedo doubled to left then came home to tie the contest when Trent Oeltjen followed with an RBI single to right. After a Joe Koshansky single, Adam Heether drove in Oeltjen with an RBI single up the middle. The knock extended Heether's hit streak to eight games.

The Beavers took the lead right back in the top of the fourth with a pair of home runs off Loe. Right fielder Mike Baxter, who played collegiately at Vanderbilt, knotted the contest with a leadoff solo homer to left, his third longball of the season. Lance Zawadazki spotted the visitors a 3-2 lead with a two-out solo homer to left-center, his first roundtripper of the year.

Drew Anderson, who extended his hitting streak to eight games with a 2-for-3 effort, squared the contest in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double to right-center that plated Luis Cruz, who singled earlier in the frame.

Portland pulled ahead for good in the opener with an unearned run in the top of the sixth. Baxter led off with a single, moved to second on a Loe wild pitch, then scored to make it 4-3 when Olmedo mishandled Cruz's feed to second on a potential inning-ending, double-play grounder off the bat of Zawadzki.

Geer (1-3) picked up his first win of the year for Portland in the night's first contest. The right-hander allowed three runs on nine hits over five frames of action. Ernesto Frieri worked a scoreless seventh for the Beavers to nail down his eighth save.

Loe (4-2) took the loss for the Sounds after giving up four runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings of work.

The teams wrap up their four-game series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Tuesday evening. Left-hander Chris Capuano (1-0, 0.00) makes his second start of the year for the Sounds after working eight scoreless innings against Tacoma earlier in the homestand. Portland will counter with right-hander Cesar Carrillo (3-2, 3.35).

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