Sports stats



PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Sounds Split Sunday Twinbill In Omaha

May 10, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


OMAHA, Neb. - The Nashville Sounds split a doubleheader with the division-rival Omaha Royals on Sunday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium, capturing the nightcap by a 5-3 count after being shut out 3-0 in the opener.

The game two victory snapped a three-game skid for the Sounds (16-15), who continue to play well on the road with a 10-6 mark away from Greer Stadium.

Outfielder Jason Bourgeois led the way offensively on the afternoon, finishing 4-for-7 with a pair of hits in each contest. Nashville pushed across the second game

's first run in the opening frame. Tony Gwynn led off with a double, moved to third on an Alcides Escobar sacrifice bunt, and score on Mat Gamel's sacrifice fly, which accounted for the third sacker's team-leading 31st RBI of the year.

Omaha knotted the contest at 1-1 in the bottom of the second on Irving Falu's two-out RBI single.

The Sounds reclaimed the lead in the fifth on a Joe Koshansky sacrifice fly and extended the advantage to 3-1 an inning later on catcher Patrick Arlis' RBI single.

The Royals pulled back with a run in the bottom of the sixth when Brayan Pena and Kila Ka'aihue opened the frame with back-to-back doubles off Sounds reliever Chris Narveson before Nashville added a couple of two-out insurance runs in the seventh against Dusty Hughes. Erick Almonte ripped an RBI double before Bourgeois contributed a run-scoring single.

Falu wrapped up the afternoon's scoring in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out solo homer off Chris Smith, the shortstop's first roundtripper of the season. Matt Ginter made a spot start for the Sounds and allowed one run in three innings of work in a no-decision. Narveson (1-1) picked up his first win of the year in relief of Ginter and Smith closed out the game to record his team-leading sixth save.

Hughes (0-1) took the loss in his first decision of the year for Omaha after giving up four runs in three innings of action.

In the opener, veteran Omaha right-hander Brandon Duckworth combined with reliever Roman Colon on a five-hit, seven-inning shutout to hand the Sounds a 3-0 defeat.

Duckworth (2-1) struck out seven batters over 6 2/3 innings of work in his victory as Nashville was blanked for the third time this season. Colon inherited a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the top of the seventh and induced a game-ending lineout from Alcides Escobar to preserve the victory and nail down his first save of the year.

The Royals took a first-inning lead when Tug Hulett reached on a one-out single and later scored on a Ka'aihue sacrifice fly.

Omaha increased the advantage to 3-0 against Sounds starter Tim Dillard in the fifth with two unearned runs stemming from a pair of Nashville fielding errors. Tommy Murphy opened the frame by reaching when first baseman Joe Koshansky failed to handle his grounder. Cory Aldridge followed with a bunt single up the third base line and Mat Gamel committed his first error in 15 games by throwing the ball into right field, allowing Murphy to score. Falu then delivered an RBI single to right to bring home Aldridge.

Dillard (5-1) took a hard-luck loss for Nashville to snap his season-opening win streak at five. He allowed three runs (one earned) on seven hits over six innings of work, his fourth quality start of the year.

Nashville twice had the bases loaded in the opener but failed to get a runner across home plate. Its best scoring chance came in the fifth when it loaded the bags with one out against Duckworth before the right-hander induced a fielder's choice grounder from Cole Gillespie that forced Hernan Iribarren at the plate then retired Gwynn on an inning-ending groundout to escape the jam unscathed.

The teams wrap up the five-game series with an 11:05 a.m. finale on Monday morning. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (1-2, 8.64) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Omaha southpaw Bruce Chen (1-1, 4.82).

Check out the Nashville Sounds Statistics



Pacific Coast League Stories from May 10, 2009


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central