Sounds Take Three of Four from RedHawks
Published on June 21, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Luis Cruz jacked his fifth homer and added three RBIs to propel the Nashville Sounds over the Oklahoma City RedHawks, 8-6, on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the finale of a four-game series.
Taking three of four from first place Oklahoma City, Nashville (38-32) scored seven of its eight runs with two outs. Six of Nashville's 10 hits went for extra-bases while seven different players in the Sounds lineup scored at least one run.
Sounds starting pitcher Chuck Lofgren (7-4) earned his team-leading seventh win after surrendering four runs while scattering seven hits with two strikeouts over five innings. Brandon Kintzler picked up his second save of the year, recording the final out after Mitch Stetter fanned the first two batters in the ninth inning.
The RedHawks quickly took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Esteban German led off the contest with a base hit up the middle followed by a Mitch Moreland walk. Later in the frame with German on third, Ryan Garko hit a sacrifice fly for the game's first run.
The Sounds went ahead 3-1 in the next frame, scoring all three runs with two outs in the inning. With Ray Olmedo and Brendan Katin on base, Joe Koshansky doubled to right field to score both runners and momentarily tie himself for the club lead with Cruz at 36 RBIs. Cruz then regained the RBI lead when he singled home Koshansky from second base for a 3-1 Sounds advantage.
Oklahoma City regained the lead in the third inning with two consecutive doubles and a two-run home run over the left field wall by first baseman Chris Davis, his eighth long ball of the year.
With two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, centerfielder Trent Oeltjen crushed Doug Mathis' 2-2 pitch over the right field wall to knot the contest at 4-4. It was Oeltjen's sixth long ball of the season and the first home run hit in the last four games for Nashville.
After a Mat Gamel walk, Cruz added to his RBI total in the next inning by belting a two-run homer over the wall in left center, giving Nashville the 6-4 lead. The Sounds tacked on another run in the next inning, led by Martin Maldonado's first double of the season. Maldonado then came home on a two-out double from second baseman Ray Olmedo for a 7-4 Nashville lead.
The RedHawks got one run back in the top of the seventh inning and reduced the lead to two runs as Esteban German walked, stole second base, and then scored on a two-out RBI single by Mitch Moreland. Oklahoma City scored another run in the next inning and trimmed the lead to 7-6 after Gregorio Petit doubled home Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Nashville added an insurance run in the bottom of the eight frame that made it 8-6. With the bases juiced, Katin hit a soft grounder to shortstop that brought home Oeltjen from third base.
Mathis (2-3) took the loss, allowing six runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts in five innings pitched.
The Sounds travel three hours west tomorrow to Memphis to face the cross-state rival Redbirds in a five-game, four day series at AutoZone Park, beginning at 7:05 pm CT on Tuesday evening. Following his spectacular one-hit performance earlier in the week against the Redbirds, left-hander Chase Wright (5-3, 3.73) takes the mound again for Nashville against Memphis left-hander Evan MacLane (4-6, 4.48).
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