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Sounds Sweep Away Isotopes With 10-2 Rout

June 29, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - First baseman Brad Nelson belted two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to lead Nashville to a 10-2 rout of Albuquerque on Friday evening at Isotopes Park as the Sounds completed a sweep of the three-game series.

With the victory, the Sounds (48-33) extended their lead to 2 ½ games over Iowa in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. Nashville finished a successful road trip with a 5-2 record.

Left-hander Zach Jackson (9-3) picked up his Pacific Coast League-leading ninth victory by limiting the Isotopes to one run on five hits over seven strong innings. The win was the southpaw's fourth in his last six starts, all of which have been Nashville triumphs.

The Sounds continued to crush Albuquerque pitching, belting a season-high four home runs and ripping eight of their 13 hits for extra bases. In the series, Nashville posted 23 extra-base hits among its 42 knocks against the Isotopes.

Nine of the Sounds' 10 runs in the contest came home with two outs in an inning.

Nashville posted back-to-back double-digit scoring totals in the final two games of the series, a feat they accomplished for only the second time this season (also April 14-15 at New Orleans).

Chris Barnwell put the Sounds on the board in the top of the second inning with a two-out, two-run homer off Isotopes starter Seth Etherton. The longball was the infielder's fifth of the year.

After Scott Seabol halved the Nashville lead with a leadoff home run against Jackson in the bottom of the frame, his third roundtripper in three games and 18th of the year, the Sounds pulled comfortably ahead with a five-run third against Etherton.

Nelson highlighted the big inning with a two-out grand slam off Etherton that came on the first pitch he saw from the right-hander. Drew Anderson followed the blast with a double to extend his season-best hitting streak to nine games before scoring the frame's fifth run on Barnwell's subsequent RBI single to make it a 7-1 contest.

The Sounds added a pair of runs in the fourth when Joe Dillon belted a mammoth two-out, two-run homer to left field off Albuquerque reliever Jesus Silva, who was making his first Triple-A appearance of the season. Dillon's four-bagger, his team-leading 15th of the year, extended the veteran's hitting streak to a season-high nine games.

Nelson struck again for Nashville in the fifth, leading off the frame with his second homer of the evening to push the visitors' advantage to 10-1. The longball, which came against Silva, was the slugger's 11th of the year.

Albuquerque leftfielder John Gall contributed the Isotopes' second run when he belted a two-out solo homer to left off Sounds reliever Dennis Sarfate, his seventh roundtripper of the year.

Etherton (0-2) remained winless on the year as he absorbed the loss after giving up eight runs (three earned) on seven hits over only 3 1/3 innings of work.

The Sounds travel home to Music City on Saturday to open a four-game homestand against the Round Rock Express (AAA-Astros). Nashville leads the season series between the clubs, 5-3.

Left-hander Manny Parra (1-1, 1.20), who tossed the second perfect game in Sounds history in his last outing, will start Saturday's 6 p.m. series opener for Nashville. Round Rock will counter with right-hander Chance Douglass (0-1, 7.71).

It will be Faith Night at Greer Stadium featuring a pre-game concert by Jessie Daniels. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. The first 2,000 fans through the turnstiles will receive a Nashville Sounds baseball card set, courtesy of H.G. Hill. All fans are invited to stay after the game for a spectacular fireworks display presented by Your Select Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealers.

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