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Sounds Win Again, Defeat Tucson 5-3

June 4, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds continued their winning ways on Monday evening at Greer Stadium, dispatching the Tucson Sidewinders, 5-3.

The win was the fifth in the last six games for Nashville (31-26), which ensured itself a winning homestand.

The Sounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Tucson starter Enrique Gonzalez in the bottom of the first inning. Ozzie Chavez led off with a single to right and Chris Barnwell walked before Laynce Nix forced Barnwell at second to put runners on the corners with one out. Drew Anderson hit a comebacker to the right of the mound and Chavez beat the throw home to score the game's first run.

After Vinny Rottino singled to load the bases, Gonzalez uncorked a wild pitch to allow Nix to score the second run before Brad Nelson singled to short right to plate Anderson.

Rottino's first-inning single extended the catcher's hitting streak to nine games, matching his longest effort of the season.

Jose Macias increased the Nashville lead to 5-0 in the third with a two-out, two-run single to right off Gonzalez that scored Anderson and Rottino.

Gonzalez helped his own cause by driving in the first Sidewinders run with an RBI single off Tim Dillard in the top of the fourth inning.

Tucson got two more runs back from Dillard in the fifth to make it a 5-3 contest. Former Sound Mark Johnson laced an RBI single to right before Augie Ojeda ripped a run-scoring double just inside the first-base bag down the right field line.

Dillard worked his shortest outing of the season, lasting only 4 1/3 innings while throwing 95 pitches. He allowed three runs on nine hits.

Nashville native R.A. Dickey (4-4) earned the win in relief for the Sounds after turning in an outstanding outing. The knuckleballer allowed just one hit over 3 2/3 scoreless frames that included three strikeouts.

Left-hander Joe Thatcher worked a perfect ninth, including a pair of strikeouts, to earn his first save of the season. He became the sixth different Nashville hurler to notch a save this year.

Nix went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to six games, matching his best effort of the season.

The teams wrap up the series with a noon finale on Tuesday afternoon at Greer. Right-hander Chris Oxspring (4-3, 2.88) will make the start for the Sounds to face right-hander D.J. Carrasco (2-4, 5.13).

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