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Sounds Sweep Away Grizzlies With 8-3 Victory

Published on August 6, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


FRESNO, Calif. - The Nashville Sounds wrapped up their first series sweep of the 2008 season with an 8-3 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Wednesday evening at Chukchansi Park in the finale of an eight-game road trip.

Nashville (48-70) extended its longest winning streak of the year to four games and finished its West Coast road trip with a 6-2 record.

The Sounds' 6-7-8 hitters did the majority of the damage in the contest. Adam Heether, Chris Woodward, and Vinny Rottino combined to go 9-for-15 with six RBIs and three runs scored on the evening.

Fresno took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Travis Ishikawa led off the frame with a solo homer against Sounds starter Mark DiFelice, his 14th roundtripper of the year. The Grizzlies doubled their advantage later in the inning on Guillermo Rodriguez's two-out RBI single.

The Sounds got a run back in the fifth when Heether singled with one out and Woodward followed with an RBI double to center off Fresno starter Pat Misch.

Nashville grabbed a 5-2 lead in the top of the sixth with a four-run rally against Misch. Joe Dillon drew a one-out walk, moved to second on a Jay Gibbons single, and scored the tying run on Heether's two-out single to right. Woodward struck again for Nashville when he gave the visitors a one-run lead with a go-ahead RBI single to left that plated Gibbons. Rottino gave the Sounds some breathing room when he followed with a two-run double to center but was thrown out trying to reach third on the play to end the inning.

The Grizzlies plated a run in the bottom of the frame to pull within 5-3 when Ishikawa led off with a double and scored on Scott McClain's single.

The Sounds extended the lead to 6-3 in the seventh when Tony Gwynn doubled and later scored on Gibbons' two-out RBI single off Misch.

Nashville tacked on two more runs in the top of the ninth against Grizzlies reliever Victor Santos. After the first two batters of the inning were retired, Callix Crabbe drew a walk then scored when Laynce Nix followed with a triple to center. Heether added an RBI single to make it an 8-3 contest.

DiFelice (5-1) turned in a quality start to pick up the victory for the Sounds, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out five batters over six innings of work.

Erasmo Ramirez followed DiFelice with a pair of scoreless innings before Joe Bateman took the hill and worked the ninth for Nashville.

Misch (6-4) took the loss for Fresno after giving up six runs on 10 hits in his 6 2/3 frames of action.

After joining the entire Pacific Coast League for an off day on Thursday, the Sounds open an eight-day, nine-game homestand on Friday evening against the division-rival Omaha Royals. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (5-5, 3.64) will man the bump for Nashville in Friday's 7 p.m. series opener to face Royals right-hander Brandon Duckworth (3-11, 4.97).

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