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Sounds Win 7th Straight, 7-4 Over Memphis

April 30, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds extended their winning streak to seven games by defeating the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds, 7-4, in front of a season-high 8,520 fans on Friday evening at historic Greer Stadium.

Nashville (16-6) finished the month of April with the best record in the 16-team Pacific Coast League.

Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren (4-1) pulled into a tie for the league lead by earning his fourth win in five starts. The southpaw turned in his second quality start of the year, holding the Redbirds to two runs on three hits over six innings of work.

The Sounds took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Memphis starter Lance Lynn, plating three unearned runs as a result of a pair of Redbirds errors. Jonathan Lucroy had a bases-loaded fielder's choice groundout for Nashville, and Trent Oeltjen added a two-out RBI single in the frame.

Joe Koshansky pushed the Sounds' lead to 4-0 in the fifth when his bases-loaded sacrifice fly brought home Adam Stern (3-for-5), who singled earlier in the frame.

Memphis halved the lead to 4-2 in the sixth when center fielder Shane Robinson (2-for-3) belted his first home run of the season, a two-out, two-run shot to left off Lofgren.

The Sounds got a run back in the bottom of the frame against the Memphis bullpen. Trey Hearne hit Oeltjen with a pitch to open the inning before Johnny Raburn singled to put runners on the corners. Shortstop Luis Cruz upped the lead to 5-2 with an RBI single to center.

The visitors made a game of it in the eighth, pulling within a run at 5-4 before leaving the bases loaded. With one out, Bryan Anderson, Donovan Solano, and pinch-hitter Kevin Howard strung together consecutive singles against Mitch Stetter, the third of which made it a 5-3 game. After John Axford took over on the Nashville hill, Robinson singled to load the bases before Daniel Descalso drew a run-scoring walk from the right-hander to pull Memphis within a run.

With the bases still loaded and only one out, Axford recovered to strike out Allen Craig and induce an inning-ending pop-up from Mark Hamilton to escape the jam without further damage and preserve the one-run advantage.

For the second time in three innings, Nashville answered a Memphis score in the top of an inning with runs of its own in the home half as the Sounds got both runs back against Fernando Salas in the bottom of the eighth.

Pinch-hitter Norris Hopper delivered an RBI single to plate Oeltjen, who had opened the frame with a double. Stern added a run-scoring knock later in the frame to extend the Sounds' lead to 7-4.

Closer Chris Smith retired the Redbirds in order in the top of the ninth to notch his minor league-leading 10th save of the year.

Lynn (0-2) took the loss for Memphis after giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits over five innings of work.

Sounds second baseman Ray Olmedo singled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to seven games, matching Eric Farris for the longest effort on the club this season.

The teams continue the series with a 6:35 p.m. matchup on Saturday night. Right-hander Marco Estrada (1-0, 2.74) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Memphis left-hander Rich Hill (1-2, 5.16).

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