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Sounds Sweep Royals in Doubleheader

Published on August 9, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds posted their first doubleheader sweep since August 2005 with two wins over the Omaha Royals on Saturday night at Greer Stadium.

With the wins, the Sounds (50-71) stayed hot as winners of six of their last seven contests.

Two-out RBIs were the key to game one of the doubleheader, with the Sounds recording four of their five runs with two outs in their 5-3 victory over the Royals.

Sounds starter Sam Narron (7-3) gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched to pick up his team-leading seventh win of the year for the Sounds, and both Joe Dillon and Brad Nelson contributed two RBIs each to pace the offensive attack for Nashville.

Game two was a low-scoring affair, with the Sounds pulling out a 2-1 victory over Omaha. Jay Gibbons had a solo home run and Hernan Iribarren recorded the go-ahead RBI on an infield single in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sounds pitchers Troy Cate, Mitch Stetter (2-3), and Tim Dillard combined to throw seven innings of one-run ball to keep the Royals off the board after the third inning. Nashville relievers have now only given up one run over their last 16 2/3 innings.

The Sounds scored the first run of game one in the bottom of the first inning when Dillon scored from second base on a two-out single from Nelson off Omaha starter Carlos Rosa. Dillon singled and moved to second on a fielding error from right fielder Brayan Pena in the previous at-bat.

Omaha responded with a run of its own in the top of the second inning to tie the game. Angel Sanchez doubled to center field off Narron and scored when Chris Lubanski singled in the next at-bat.

Nashville then mounted a three-run rally in the bottom of the inning off three hits and two walks. Adam Heether started the inning with a double, and Dillon contributed a two-run single to cap the rally for the Sounds. Nashville added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning off a pair of doubles from Gibbons and Nelson, who picked up his second two-out RBI of the night.

The Royals cut the deficit to two in the top of the sixth inning when Kila Ka'aihue belted a two-run home run to right field off Narron. The longball was his sixth of the year in just 10 games for the Royals since being promoted from Double-A Arkansas.

Joe Bateman contributed 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up his second save of the year for the Sounds.

The Royals scored first in game two in the top of the third inning off Cate. Damon Hollins and Matt Tupman led off the inning with back-to-back singles before Josh Labandeira knocked another single to score Hollins from second and give the Royals the lead.

Nashville evened things up in the bottom of the fourth on a solo home run from Gibbons to right field. The longball was his second on the year for the Sounds.

The Sounds took the lead in the next frame when Ozzie Chavez reached on a fielding error by Royals first baseman Kila Ka'aihue with two outs, and then stole second and scored on an infield single by Iribarren. Labandeira, the Omaha second baseman, made a diving stop on the groundball to keep the ball in the infield but was unable to throw Chavez out at home.

Cate pitched four innings and gave up only one run in his first spot start for the Sounds. Dillard picked up his second save of the season after pitching out of two jams, striking out Labandeira with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh to end the contest. He worked two scoreless innings.

The teams continue the series tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. at Greer Stadium. Left-hander Chris Narveson (4-12, 5.10) will start for the Sounds against right-hander and ex-Sound Jose Capellan (4-1, 3.56) for Omaha.

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