Sounds Win 5-3 In Suspended Game Completion
Published on July 6, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Third baseman Adam Heether homered and drove in three runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a come-from-behind, 5-3 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the completion of the teams' Saturday game that was suspended due to rain.
In the first portion of the game on Saturday, Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Cole Gillespie led off with a single against Isotopes starter Charlie Haeger and later scored on Hernan Iribarren's two-out RBI triple to right-center.
Albuquerque rallied to take a 2-1 lead against Sounds starter Tim Dillard. Jamie Hoffmann drew an inning-opening walk and moved to third on a single by ex-Sound JD Closser. Luis Maza tied the contest with a sacrifice fly to left before third baseman Juan Gonzalez put the visitors in front with a single to center.
The game was halted at 8:24 p.m. on Saturday due to another rainstorm with two outs in the top of the fourth inning. Following a rainout on Sunday, the teams resumed play on Monday evening.
A two-out walk to Sounds pitcher Chris Cody came back to haunt Isotopes hurler Eric Stults in the bottom of the fifth as Nashville rallied to tie the contest.
After Cody drew his free pass, Alcides Escobar singled to right before Iribarren continued his role as the club's top hitter with runners in scoring position, knotting the score with an RBI single to left off Stults.
Heether gave the home club a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run double down the left field line. Brendan Katin and Joe Koshansky, who had opened the frame with consecutive singles, scored on the two-bagger.
Isotopes right fielder Jamie Hoffmann pulled the visitors back within a run at 4-3 in the top of the eighth with a two-out solo homer to left off Cody, his third longball of the season.
Heether struck again for Nashville when he answered Hoffmann's shot in the bottom of the frame by leading off with his ninth roundtripper of the season, a solo shot to left off Albuquerque reliever Cory Wade.
Cody (3-3) picked up the victory after allowing only one hit, Hoffmann's homer, over his 4 1/3 innings of work in relief of Dillard. Ryan Houston worked a scoreless ninth to notch his fourth save.
Stults (0-1) took the loss in his first appearance for the Isotopes on the year after giving up three runs on six hits in three frames of work.
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