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Final: Nashville 11, Tacoma (Mariners) 5

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

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Sounds Take Down Rainiers, 11-5; One Win Away

NASHVILLE ? The Nashville Sounds moved within one win of their first league title in 23 years when they cranked out 13 hits and took advantage of five Tacoma errors in posting an 11-5 victory over the Rainiers on Wednesday evening at Greer Stadium in Game 2 of the 2005 PCL Championship Series.

 

Dave Krynzel ? who had posted only two hits in his first 22 at-bats this postseason ? paced the Nashville offense with a 3-for-5 evening, one of four Sounds players with multiple-hit efforts. Every Nashville player except catcher Julio Mosquera recorded a hit in the contest.

 

Tacoma right fielder Abraham Nunez put the visitors on top, 2-0, with a first-inning two-run homer to left-center off Sounds starter Tommy Phelps. Justin Leone, who drew a one-out walk earlier in the frame, scored on the homer, Nunez?s first of the postseason.

 

Nashville got one run back in unearned fashion in the bottom of the inning. Trent Durrington drew a leadoff walk, moved to second when Tacoma starter Jesse Foppert misfired on a pickoff attempt, stole third, and scored when catcher Ryan Christianson?s throw went into left field.

 

AUDIO: Durrington Scores The First Run --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...209-14.mp3

 

The Sounds took a 4-2 lead in the second. Tony Zuniga and Warren Morris ripped back-to-back singles before Nelson Cruz knotted the game at 2-2 with an RBI double to deep center. With two down, Durrington added an infield single that scored both Morris and Cruz when second baseman Hunter Brown misplayed the ball.

 

Nashville added three more against Foppert in the third. With Cruz at the plate and the bases loaded, the righthander uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Vinny Rottino to score. Cruz then continued his solid series with a two-run single through the left side that plated Brad Nelson and Zuniga to extend the lead to 7-2.

 

The Rainiers? defense continued to backfire on them in the fourth when reliever Sean Green threw wildly past first base while attempting to retire Nelson on a grounder, allowing Durrington and Krynzel ? who had both singled ? to score for a 9-2 Sounds lead.

 

Leone stopped Nashville?s run of nine unanswered runs in the top of the fifth when he smacked his second home run of the series, and third of the postseason, off the guitar-shaped scoreboard. The third baseman?s two-out solo shot made the score 9-3.

 

Tacoma pulled within 9-5 in the sixth when center fielder T.J. Bohn smacked his second roundtripper of the series, a two-out, two-run blast to center off Phelps.

 

The Sounds closed out the night?s scoring in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of runs. Shortstop Steve Scarborough greeted Rainiers reliever Masao Kida with a solo homer to left-center. The blast gave Nashville its 14th double-digit scoring effort of the season. Later in the frame, Morris drew a bases-loaded walk from Kida to force home Rottino with the tilt?s final run.

 

Phelps (1-1) earned his first playoff victory for the Sounds. The southpaw struck out seven and allowed five runs on five hits in his six innings of work. Foppert (1-1) took the loss after being tagged for seven runs (five earned) on six hits in only 2 2/3 frames.

 

The teams take Thursday off to travel to the West Coast, where they will resume the series with Game 3 at 9:05 p.m. CT Friday evening at Tacoma?s Cheney Stadium. Nashville will send right-hander Gary Glover (2-0, 2.45) to the mound to try to lock down the championship. He?ll face Rainiers southpaw Damian Moss (0-1, 7.50).

 

MILB.com's Gameday Summary:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Nashville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

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Sounds just one win from first PCL championship

By MAURICE PATTON

Tennessean Staff Writer

 

The Nashville Sounds made their 2005 Greer Stadium finale a memorable one, scoring in each of their first four at-bats and rolling to an 11-5 win over Tacoma in Game 2 of the Pacific Coast League championship series.

 

The Sounds moved within one win of their first league title since the 1982 team won the Southern League crown.

 

Nashville leads 2-0 in the best-of-five series, which will conclude in Tacoma beginning tomorrow night.

 

Steve Scarborough's home run to lead off the eighth inning and Warren Morris' bases-loaded walk capped the most prolific Nashville offensive outburst in more than a month. The Sounds got some help as Tacoma committed five errors.

 

"The way we've won games all year, coming back so many times here at home, it's been a lot of fun," said Scarborough, who hit the Sounds' first homer of the season in the April 7 opener against New Orleans.

 

"Everybody's done something heroic. Every time we've needed a win, it's been somebody different coming through. It was important to play the way we did (last night) in front of this crowd."

 

Tommy Phelps worked six innings and gave up three home runs, but exited with a four-run lead. Sounds relievers Jeff Housman and Mike Meyers protected it the rest of the way.

 

The Rainiers left home trailing Sacramento 2-0 in the conference playoff series, but swept the two-time PCL champions in three games to advance into the league finals.

 

"The advantage may be in that we've been to their place (losing three of four May 19-22) and they hadn't been here."

 

In their 11th postseason appearance in the 28-year history of the franchise, the Sounds are playing for their third league championship.

 

The 1979 team won the Southern League title as well.

 

The Sounds have won four straight. During the regular season, Nashville won four or more games consecutively three times, including the season-high five-game streak Aug. 8-12.

 

Nashville's 10 runs marked the 14th time the Sounds have scored in double figures ? but the first time since a 15-11 win at Colorado Springs on Aug. 6.

 

"It first started out the same as (Tuesday), with them going up," said pitcher Gary Glover, who gets the start in tomorrow's Game 3. "They seemed to have the fire coming out of the gates, but we answered back, just like (Tuesday). Hopefully, we can keep the intensity going. We've got the luxury of being relaxed going out there. They've got the pressure on them."

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Sounds can win with or without homers

Hit just one out of park, but lead PCL series 2-0

By MAURICE PATTON

Tennessean Staff Writer

 

After hitting a franchise postseason record five home runs Tuesday, the Nashville Sounds scored nine runs without one in last night's 11-5 Game 2 win over Tacoma.

 

The Rainiers contributed four errors in the first four innings, leading to four unearned runs as Nashville took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Pacific Coast League championship series.

 

The Sounds had only one extra-base hit ? Nelson Cruz's second-inning double ? through the first four innings when they took a 9-2 lead.

 

Tacoma hit three home runs, including T.J. Bohn's two-run shot in the sixth that cut the Sounds' lead to 9-5. The Rainiers have scored nine of their 11 runs in the series on six home runs.

 

Nashville finally went deep in its final at-bat, as shortstop Steve Scarborough led off the eighth inning with his first postseason homer and his 12th of the year. The Sounds loaded the bases before Warren Morris walked to drive in Vinny Rottino with the final run of the game ? and of the home portion of the schedule.

 

"It was nice to win our last game here," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said of the victory, before an announced attendance of 5,230 at Greer Stadium. "The fans were really raucous, and the guys played well."

 

Big changes: After posting an .091 batting average in Nashville's first six playoff games, Dave Krynzel busted out last night with a 3-for-5 performance.

 

The breakout coincided nicely with a change in Krynzel's at-bat music. Last night, the center fielder debuted Swerve from the soundtrack of the movie Hustle and Flow. Before that, Krynzel had been coming out to I Forgot My Name by Eminem.

 

Gone, but not forgetting: A number of Milwaukee Brewers have their eyes on their former teammates in the PCL championship series.

 

"They think they can win it," Corey Hart ? a PCL all-star for the Sounds before going up last month ?told MLB.com. "They still have confidence, which is amazing because of the way they got in like they did.

 

"Tacoma is a tough team, but the pitching is pretty good for Nashville right now and the hitters are picking it up. It seems like every time somebody left, someone else stepped in and was getting the job done."

 

What they said: "That's how you lose playoff games. They made some bad decisions on some tough plays, but you can't fault them for that. Then, things started to snowball." ? Scarborough, whose solo homer in the eighth was the sixth in two games for Nashville.

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Sounds one win from title

By Nate Rau, nrau@nashvillecitypaper.com

 

If Nashville?s powers that be grant the Sounds their riverfront stadium, Music City baseball fans ought to have a team to be proud of. The Milwaukee Brewers boast a well-stocked farm system, as further evidenced by the Sounds? dominating 11-5 victory over visiting Tacoma in Game 2 of the Pacific Coast League Championship Series.

 

It was the Sounds? final game at Greer Stadium this season. Nashville is now a win away from the PCL crown. Sounds manager Frank Kremblas said one more win would cap off the season perfectly.

 

?It?s already been a memorable season,? Kremblas said. ?It?ll be more memorable if we win one more.?

 

The Sounds earned the win by pounding out 13 hits. Nelson Cruz (2-for-5, double, three RBIs) and Dave Krynzel (three hits) led the charge for the Sounds? offense.

 

Starting pitcher Tommy Phelps got the win. He allowed five runs over six innings, but benefited from the dynamite Sounds offense.

 

Nashville scored in each of the first four innings, including putting up a three-spot in the second and third innings courtesy of RBI hits from Cruz.

 

With the exception of catcher Julio Mosquera, every player in the lineup notched at least one hit. It?s typical of a Sounds team which has had to rely on several different players in 2005.

 

?[The Brewers did an] outstanding job [of providing us with talent],? Kremblas said. ?We lost Rickie Weeks, and they signed Warren Morris. Adding [catcher] Mike Rivera and [utility infielder] Corey Hart were big pickups. [Reliever] Brett Evert was a big pickup.?

 

Now the Sounds head out to Tacoma to try to bring Nashville its first Triple-A title. Tacoma made things easy on the Sounds Wednesday by committing five crucial errors.

 

?We got some big hits, some big two-out hits,? Kremblas said. ?They helped us out, defensively.?

 

Shortstop Steve Scarborough blasted a solo shot in the eighth for the Sounds. Trent Durrington also notched two hits and two runs scored for Nashville, which had Jeff Housman and Mike Meyers combine for three innings of scoreless relief work.

 

Kremblas said he doesn?t expect the talent level to be as strong in 2006 as it was this year, but acknowledged the team will have one thing back for sure ? its aggressive skipper.

 

?I?ll be back,? Kremblas said. ?I know I?ll be back with the Brewers and I assume I?ll be the manager here.?

 

Gary Glover will throw for the Sounds Friday against Damian Moss for Tacoma.

 

Nashville?s Steve Scarborough rounds third after hitting an eighth inning homer to put the Sounds up 10-5. Photo by the Nashville City Paper's Mike Strasinger.

 

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