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Final: Fresno 6, @Nashville 3 Sounds Open Homestand With 6-3 LossNashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds suffered their ninth consecutive defeat on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium, falling 6-3 to the Fresno Grizzlies in the opener of a four-game series. The Sounds (9-22) have posted only one victory in their last 15 contests, dating back to April 23rd. Fresno took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning against Sounds starter Sam Narron. After Brad Eldred singled with one out, the 6-foot-6, 268-pounder proceeded to steal second, third, and home off the Narron in the inning, scoring the game's first run as a part of a double steal with Terry Evans (who had walked). The Grizzlies doubled their lead to 2-0 when catcher Chris Stewart plated Evans on a hit-and-run single to left. Fresno second baseman Brett Pill upped the visitors' lead to 3-0 in the third with a solo homer off Narron that careened off the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. The blast was the infielder's team-leading fifth of the year. The Grizzlies added a two-out run in the sixth when starting pitcher Matt Yourkin slapped a seeing-eye RBI single through the left side of the infield to bring home Eldred from second base. It was the second hit of the night for the Fresno hurler and chased Narron from the contest. Yourkin (3-2) earned the win with a quality start for Fresno, working six innings of scoreless, three-hit ball. The southpaw walked one batter and struck out five in his 99-pitch effort. The Sounds jumped onto the board in the bottom of the seventh inning, plating two runs against the Fresno bullpen. Mat Gamel opened the frame by drawing a walk from Alex Hinshaw and moved to third on a one-out double by Taylor Green (2-for-4), who recorded his fourth consecutive two-hit effort. Shortstop Edwin Maysonet, who returned to action for the Sounds after missing nearly a month on the disabled list, followed with an RBI single to center that plated Gamel to put Nashville on the scoreboard. Pinch-hitter Jeremy Reed drew a walk to load the bases and Fresno skipper Steve Decker summoned Waldis Joaquin from the bullpen to face Caleb Gindl, who drew a run-scoring walk to force home Green to draw the Sounds within 4-2 with the bases loaded and still just one out. The right-hander quickly recovered, inducing an inning-ending double play grounder from Eric Farris to escape the jam with the two-run lead intact. Fresno got both runs back in the top of the eighth against Sounds reliever Sean Green. Stewart drew an inning-opening walk and moved to third on a Tyler Grisham bunt single combined with a Green throwing error. Edgar Gonzalez followed with a run-scoring groundout to second. Later in the frame, Conor Gillaspie (3-for-5) laced an opposite-field RBI double to left to drive in Grisham and increase the visitors' advantage to 6-2. Sounds left fielder Brendan Katin mashed his team-leading ninth home run of the year in the bottom of the eighth, launching a one-out solo shot off the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center against Joaquin to close out the evening's scoring. Veteran reliever Marc Kroon worked a scoreless ninth inning for Fresno to nail down his eighth save of the year. Narron (0-1) took a loss in his first decision of the year for the Sounds. He allowed four runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings of work, walking four batters and striking out four. Gamel continued his recent hot hitting, extending his season-best hitting streak to five games with a 2-for-2 effort. The teams continue the series with an 11:05 a.m. contest on Wednesday morning, when thousands of area schoolchildren will pack the stands as a reward for meeting their educational goals in the popular Nashville Sounds Reading Club program. Right-hander Frankie De La Cruz (0-1, 3.19) will make the start for the Sounds and face Fresno right-hander Doug Mathis (0-1, 4.88). Nashville box scoreWill the Sounds ever win again? Not much to talk about on the pitching side, except to note that Sean Green's struggles upon his demotion will give some Brewers fans who fear his recall a measure of relief. Gamel reached base all three times before being lifted for Jordan Brown. All four of Taylor Green's consecutive two-hit games have featured a double, buoying his line back to a respectable .247/.340/.435. Brett Carroll, the man with the golden arm, took another baserunner scalp. Audio of Maysonet's RBI single (welcome back, Edwin) here.Nashville play-by-play

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Ex-Bulldog baseball star Brown hopes for fresh start with Brewers organizationTim Roe/Vacaville Reporter Jordan Brown has a new home. Now all he needs to do is find a new home. Such is the life of a minor-league baseball player. Brown hopes to become a major-leaguer, but now must make that dream come true with the Milwaukee Brewers instead of the Cleveland Indians. Brown was traded last week from the Columbus Clippers, the Indians Class AAA team, to the Brewers AAA team, the Nashville Sounds. "I hope it will be a good thing," the Vacaville High School graduate said. "Cleveland wasn't a good fit for me. I always thought if you produce, you would get a chance. But it's production and fit. Hopefully this will be a better fit for me." Brown will play his first home game tonight as the Sounds host the Sacramento River Cats. The left fielder-first baseman joined the Sounds during an eight-day road trip to Oklahoma City and then Round Rock (Texas). He already had been on a road trip with the Clippers when he learned of the trade. "You never expect for that to happen," he said. "You walk into the ballfield, and see your name whited out from the lineup, and then someone says, 'You've been traded.' "It's tough, because my car and a lot of my stuff is still in Columbus. I need to find a place to live in Nashville that's month-to-month, and I need to get my stuff moved." Brown already has moved right in on the field, starting five straight games. He's batting .263 with a double and two RBI. He was batting .278 through 20 games in Columbus, with three home runs and 13 RBI. "The good news is, they traded for me. Now they want me to produce," Brown said of the Milwaukee organization. "I've got to play like I'm capable of playing. I still believe, if you play well, good things will happen." The 27-year-old had been with the Indians organization since being drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 Amateur Draft out of the University of Arizona. Brown was a September call-up of the Indians last fall, batting .230 in 26 games in his first stint in the majors. He spent the bulk of the last three seasons at AAA Columbus, even though he won the International League batting title in 2009 with a .336 average. In 2010, Brown fought through an early-season injury and drove in 67 runs in 83 games, batting .298. "It's not just being productive ... that's why I was so frustrated," Brown said. "I got an opportunity, but it was sparing. I want to get back there (to the majors). Hopefully that can happen with Milwaukee."

Final: Huntsville 7, @Tennessee 5 Huntsville box scoreNice comeback win for the Stars, who put up four runs between the 5th & 6th innings to take a 6-4 lead. Dan Merklinger continues to do very little to distinguish himself at the AA level, allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits, two walks, and a hit batter in four innings, striking out two. Michael Fiers notched the save with two scoreless innings; he threw 28 pitches, and 21 were strikes--right on, man. Because Lee Haydel wasn't in the starting lineup, so Erik Komatsu was back on top of the order today, and all he did was get on base four out of five trips with three singles and a walk. Cool Little Pine Breeze is now hitting .321/.426/.429 with 15 walks against just seven strikeouts. Haydel did enter the game later on a double switch and went 2-3 with a double and a stolen base. Sean Halton's double play problems were mentioned above, and he went on to ground into another one in the 7th inning, so that's four at-bats and seven outs for him today. Maybe they were all Betancourt/Weeks-esque beauties. Hang with 'em, Sean. Huntsville play-by-playThe Stars' three-run 5th: Huntsville Top of the 5thHainley Statia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Rebel Ridling.Matt Cline walks. Hainley Statia to 2nd.Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Lee Haydel replaces Dan Merklinger.Lee Haydel doubles (5) on a soft fly ball to left fielder Rebel Ridling. Hainley Statia scores. Matt Cline to 3rd.Erik Komatsu singles on a ground ball to right fielder Brett Jackson. Matt Cline scores. Lee Haydel scores.Angel Gonzalez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Rebel Ridling. Erik Komatsu to 2nd.Pitcher Change: Ty'Relle Harris replaces Brooks Raley, batting 9th.Sean Halton strikes out swinging.Steffan Wilson strikes out swinging.Chuck Caufield flies out to center fielder James Adduci. Fiers' save wasn't without incident; the tying runs were both in scoring position when the game ended: Tennessee Bottom of the 9thSteve Clevenger singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Erik Komatsu.Rebel Ridling singles on a ground ball to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Steve Clevenger to 2nd.Blake Lalli pops out to third baseman Angel Gonzalez in foul territory.Josh Vitters grounds out, catcher Anderson De La Rosa to shortstop Matt Cline to first baseman Sean Halton. Steve Clevenger to 3rd. Rebel Ridling to 2nd.James Adduci grounds out, second baseman Sergio Miranda to first baseman Sean Halton. Double-switching out their second baseman was a major production for the Smokies: Huntsville Top of the 7thDefensive switch from right field to left field for Brett Jackson.Defensive switch from third base to second base for DJ LeMahieu.Pitcher Change: Jeff Beliveau replaces Ty'Relle Harris, batting 3rd, replacing second baseman Ryan Flaherty.Defensive switch from left field to first base for Rebel Ridling.Defensive switch from first base to third base for Josh Vitters.Matthew Spencer remains in the game as the right fielder.

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Final: @Wisconsin 5, Quad Cities 4 Hawn & Walker homer in Rattlers winChris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got home runs from Cody Hawn and Mike Walker and clutch relief pitching from Charly Bashara and Greg Holle in a 5-4 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits Monday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Hawn had three hits to lead the Rattlers 11-hit attack. Wisconsin won their second straight game by holding on for the victory against the Bandits. Quad Cities (14-17) scored first with a run in the third inning. They had runners at the corners and no outs. Rattlers starting pitcher Matt Miller got Nick Longmire to ground into a 4-6-3 double play that allowed the runner from third to score. Wisconsin (13-15) came back in the bottom of the third. Three straight singles by TJ Mittelstaedt, Hawn, and Chris Dennis tied the game. Then, Walker launched his sixth home run of the season. The opposite-field, three-run blast to left by Walker gave the Rattlers a 4-1 lead. However, Miller struggled through four innings. He gave up one run on one hit, but hit a batter and walked seven with two strikeouts. The Bandits rallied in the top of the fifth inning against Damon Krestalude with an RBI single by Juan Castillo and an RBI double by Packy Elkins with one out to make the score 4-3. Krestalude got the second out with runners at second and third. Bashara came in and got out of the inning with a grounder to first. In the fifth, Hawn lined a home run to left and the Rattlers went up 5-3. The homer, Hawn's third of the season, was his second in as many days for the Rattlers. Bashara retired nine straight batters and cruised to the eighth inning. He got the first two outs in the eighth, but Chris Edmondson hit a solo homer to cut Wisconsin's lead to one run. A walk and a single put runners on the corners. Rattlers closer Holle was called in from the bullpen. Holle extinguished the rally by getting Longmire to ground back to the mound. In the top of the ninth, Oscar Taveras singled to start the inning, but he was erased on a force play that put Jonathan Rodriguez. Pinch-runner Starlin Rodriguez took over at first and decided to challenge Rattlers catcher Tyler Roberts. Rodriguez took off for second on a 1-1 pitch to try to get into scoring position. Roberts threw out the would-be base stealer for the second out of the inning. Holle punctuated the evening with a strikeout of Juan Castillo to go to 6-for-6 in save opportunities this season. Wisconsin took two out of three games in the series with the River Bandits. The Rattlers begin a three-game series with the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night. Del Howell (0-3, 4.37) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Suammy Baez (1-2, 4.31) is set to go for the Kernels. Game time is 6:35pm. Tuesday is a Bang for Your Buck Night presented by 105.7FM, WAPL. Soda, Cher-Make hot dogs, and Miller Beer are available for $1. Plus, it is a KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets. Buy 1 Ticket, Get 1 Free from KRAFT Singles with purchase. Bring your package wrapper to a Timber Rattlers game on Tuesdays for a steal of a deal! Also, the first 1,000 fans will receive a poster of Timber Rattlers home run leader Mike Walker courtesy of Time Warner Cable. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, tune in to the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm. Wisconsin box scoreHoly crap, seven walks--that's not good. Only 36 of Miller's 77 pitches were strikes. Great game from Hawn, obviously. His line now sits at a less cringe-inducing .276/.336/.390; if he can keep up the recent power surge, it will look fine in no time. Dennis had a perfect night, two singles and two walks. Walker, Timber Rattler also singled to go with his homer. Nice job from Roberts on the clutch caught-stealing, but he did commit a throwing error on an attempted pickoff. The Rattlers are 6-3 in May (5-1 against Quad Cities) and, as Chris mentioned, just two games below .500. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: @Daytona 11, Brevard County 7 Brevard County box scoreUgh. Hate losing to the Cubs. This was just a 7-6 Daytona lead going into the bottom of the 8th, but four runs off Efrain Nieves basically clinched the loss. Kyle Heckathorn was definitely off tonight: 3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 5 K, 1 HR, 5/0 GO/FO. That's five groundouts and five strikeouts in only three innings, so that means one of the strikeouts came on a wild pitch, allowing the batter to reach. Just very unusual to see Heckathorn that wild. Trey Watten's miserable year continues with a three more runs allowed today. Watten has, somewhat remarkably, surrendered 25 base hits in just 10.1 innings this year. Rob Wooten was the lone bright spot on the mound, giving up just a hit in 2.2 innings, though he failed to record a strikeout. Shea Vucinich had three hits, and Hunter Morris was 2-4 with a walk. Sean McCraw and Mike Brownstein also had two hits. Scooter Gennett's hit streak was snapped with an 0-4 night, though he did notch a sac fly, but he also committed his eighth and ninth errors. Kentrail Davis went 0-5. D'Vontrey Richardson was 1-5; we're still rooting for him to break the .200 mark, unfortunately, so 1-5 nights are cause for celebration. Brevard County play-by-playWe'll have to keep an eye on Khris Davis: Brevard County Top of the 1stScooter Gennett flies out to right fielder Nelson Perez.Kentrail Davis grounds out to first baseman Justin Bour.Hunter Morris walks.With Khristopher Davis batting, Hunter Morris steals (1) 2nd base.Khristopher Davis grounds out, second baseman Matthew Cerda to first baseman Justin Bour. Daytona Bottom of the 2ndDefensive Substitution: Brock Kjeldgaard replaces left fielder Khristopher Davis, batting 4th, playing left field. No balls were hit to him in the bottom of the 1st, so not really any clue as to what could be wrong with him except maybe a pulled hamstring on the grounder.

Final: @Tennessee 10, Huntsville 2 Huntsville box scoreThat score looks familiar. I hate losing to the Cubs. Lucas Luetge made his first start of the year and, after holding Tennessee off the board for the first three frames, got hammered for five runs in the 4th. Dan Meadows and Corey Frerichs weren't any better, letting in five more combined over the rest of the game. At least they threw strikes and got it over with; though the Smokies had 14 hits, the Stars issued just one free pass. Sean Halton homered to push his slugging percentage back over .500; I see some Power 50 votes in his near future. Erik Komatsu doubled, Martin Maldonado singled and walked, and Lee Haydel also singled. In his first trip to the plate as a pro, Meadows executed a successful sacrifice.Huntsville play-by-play Tennessee Bottom of the 4thDJ LeMahieu singles on a ground ball to shortstop Hainley Statia.Ryan Flaherty doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Erik Komatsu. DJ LeMahieu scores.Rebel Ridling singles on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel. Ryan Flaherty to 3rd.Steve Clevenger out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Lee Haydel. Ryan Flaherty scores. Rebel Ridling to 2nd on the throw.Josh Vitters singles on a line drive to center fielder Erik Komatsu, deflected by shortstop Hainley Statia. Rebel Ridling to 3rd.Matthew Spencer doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Brandon Jones. Rebel Ridling scores. Josh Vitters scores.With Nate Samson batting, Matthew Spencer steals (3) 3rd base.Nate Samson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Matthew Spencer scores.Alberto Cabrera out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Lucas Luetge to second baseman Sergio Miranda. Nate Samson to 2nd.Pitcher Change: Daniel Meadows replaces Lucas Luetge, batting 9th.Brett Jackson grounds out, first baseman Sean Halton to pitcher Daniel Meadows.

From the Stars: HUNTSVILLE, AL. – The Milwaukee Brewers have made a couple of roster moves that will impact their Double-A affiliate Huntsville Stars prior to the start of their five-game series at Tennessee. Pitcher Wily Peralta has been placed on the disabled list, retroactive to May 5. In six games with the Stars, Peralta has gone 2-2 with a 4.02 ERA. His last outing was on May 4 against Jacksonville. He went 3.0 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on four hits. He walked four and struck out five. In a related move, pitcher Lucas Luetge has been activated from the Temporary Inactive List (TIL). Luetge was placed on the TIL on May 5. In eight appearances with the Stars, Luetge has a 3.52 ERA (15.1ip/6er) and recorded one win and one save. With these moves, the Stars active roster remains at 24, the Southern League limit. The Stars take off on a 10-game road trip starting Monday with a five-game series against the Tennessee Smokies. Luetge (1-0, 3.52 ERA) will take the mound against Tennessee’s RHP Alberto Cabrera (3-1, 5.19 ERA). For more information, visit www.huntsvillestars.com!

The Manatees were off today for Mother's Day, but they wore pink uniforms on Saturday to honor the ladies. Courtesy Facebook: http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/226679_10150179878662931_726202930_7018136_3388427_n.jpg RJ Seidel http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/224355_591538141495_83402552_31702249_2088943_n.jpgHiram Burgos

Chris Mehring's postgame thoughts include the note that Tyler Thornburg?was up to 97 mph today.

Express' Teagarden hits three homersJosh Jackson/Special to MLB.com Taylor Teagarden obviously isn't moping about his return to the Pacific Coast League. He's too busy bashing home runs. Two days after he was optioned to Triple-A, Teagarden went yard in three consecutive innings and collected seven RBIs on Sunday, powering the Round Rock Express to an 18-8 romp over Nashville Sounds. "I don't know how it was working out for me today, but it's nuts," Teagarden said. "It was just one of these crazy days. Everything went my way." The 27-year-old backstop started the year with Round Rock, homering in consecutive tilts and hitting .389 in six games before getting call up by the Rangers. He went 0-for-4 in two big league games and returned to the Express when Neftali Felix came off the disabled list. "I've been swinging the bat pretty good since start of the season," Teagarden said. "I got some good pitches to hit and some fastball counts, and I scored up on the ball pretty good today." It was Teagarden's first three-homer game as a pro and his first multiple-homer game since going yard twice in the California League on July 24, 2007. Facing Sounds left-hander Chase Wright with one out in the second inning, Teagarden drilled a 1-1 pitch over the wall in right-center field for a solo shot. He also took Wright over the center-field fence for a three-run homer in the third. An inning later, Teagarden stepped in against reliever Jim Henderson with runners on first and second and two outs. Was he thinking homer No. 3? "No, because I never thought I'd ever do it," the University of Texas product said. "After the first two, I thought, 'Wow, that's a great start. Now let's just try to stay on track.'" With a 3-1 count, he got an inside heater. "I don't even know how I hit that one out. The guy was trying to come in on me and I just kind of reacted to it and got the barrel on it." Teagarden pulled the ball and didn't need to wait to see it clear the left-field wall to know it was gone. "I hit that one better than the first two, to be honest with you," he said. He walked in his next plate appearance and grounded into a forceout in the seventh. Teagarden admitted it was especially nice to have a good game in his return to Triple-A. "I mean, yeah, it feels good for myself," he said. "I just want to come down here and play as good as I can and build up as much confidence as I can. I can't really control all the decisions that are made in terms of my career in the big leagues, but I can play as hard as I can. "I want to be ready whenever that time comes when I have the chance to go back up. Circumstances are a little different with the Rangers and all the catching depth up there this year, but I feel like I can play up there." Still, he doesn't feel any resentment about playing in the PCL. "I want that [big league] opportunity, but I'm not going to be a 'me' guy," he said. "I'm with the Rangers and I want whatever's best for the team."

Final: @Round Rock 18, Nashville 9 Teagarden Powers Express To 18-9 Rout Of SoundsNashville Sounds ROUND ROCK, Texas - Catcher Taylor Teagarden belted three home runs and drove in seven RBIs to power the Round Rock Express to an 18-9 romp over the Nashville Sounds on Sunday afternoon at The Dell Diamond. The loss was the seventh in a row for the Sounds (9-20), who fell to 3-12 in road contests this season. Teagarden - who became the first opposing player to hit three home runs against Sounds pitching in a single game since Nashville joined the Pacific Coast League in 1998 - did all of his damage in the early part of the contest, swatting a home run in three consecutive innings from the second through the fourth. He belted a solo shot in the second before delivering three-run blasts in the third and fourth. The backstop now has five home runs and 11 RBIs on the year. Dating back to the final two innings of Saturday night's game, the Express offense scored in nine consecutive frames against Sounds pitching before being blanked in their final inning at the plate today. The 18 Express runs marked a franchise record-high for Round Rock and were the most allowed by Nashville pitchers in 2011, one short of the club record of 19 runs permitted on three occasions (most recently last summer). The nine-run margin of defeat matched the largest suffered by the Sounds this season. Mat Gamel, Brendan Katin, and Mike Rivera all homered for Nashville in the losing effort. The three longballs matched the most by Sounds batters in a single game this season (also on April 12). Round Rock opened the game by taking a first-inning lead against the Sounds for the third straight time in the series. The Express jumped out to the early lead against Nashville starter Chase Wright, plating a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. Ex-Sound Brad Nelson drew a one-out, bases-loaded walk from Wright to force home Omar Quintanilla with the game's first run. Another former Sound, 2010 team MVP Luis Cruz, followed with an RBI single to center that made it a 2-0 contest. Third baseman Taylor Green halved the Sounds' deficit to 2-1 when he rattled a two-out double around the right field corner to plate Gamel, who had opened the frame by drawing a four-pitch walk from Round Rock starter (and former Sound) Seth McClung. Round Rock responded immediately, tacking on two more runs against Wright in the home half of the frame to increase its advantage to 4-1. Teagarden, in his first at-bat back with the club after being sent down by Texas, mashed a one-out solo homer to right-center off Wright. The blast was the backstop's third longball of the season. Later in the inning, Quintanilla singled to left, advanced to second on a Wright wild pitch, and came around to score on Brian Barden's two-out RBI single to left. Teagarden (3-for-4) struck again in the third, crushing a 3-0 Wright fastball over the wall in deep center for his second home run of the afternoon. The blast increased the Round Rock to lead to 7-1. After Wright retired the first two batters of the inning, he hit Doug Deeds with a pitch then allowed a Matt Kata single before falling behind Teagarden and ultimately surrendering the homer. Wright (0-3) dropped his second start of the year for the Sounds after surrendering seven runs (six earned) on seven hits over just three innings of work. Gamel continued his recent hot hitting in the fourth when he belted a one-our solo homer to right off McClung, his fourth big fly of the year and third in the past two games. Nashville tacked on another run later in the inning when Anderson Machado's two-out single to right plated Brett Carroll to make it a 7-3 contest. Again, Round Rock had an immediate answer and then some for the Sounds' rally, batting around in the bottom of the fourth to plate six runs off Sounds reliever Jim Henderson to stretch the Express lead to 13-3. Teagarden delivered the big blow in the frame, walloping a massive three-run homer to left-center with two outs in the inning. The high-scoring affair continued in the fifth when Katin hit the longest home run of the day by any player, launching a hanging McClung slider well past the wall in left-center for his team-leading eighth home run of the season. The two-run shot, which drew the Sounds within 13-5, also scored Eric Farris, who opened the inning with a single. For the third time on the day in the bottom of the fifth, Round Rock answered a Nashville score in the top of an inning with a rally of their own in the home half. After the Express put runners on the corners with a walk and single to start the frame, Tracy lifted a sacrifice fly to center that chased Henderson and made it a 14-5 game. Henderson gave up seven runs in his 1 1/3 innings of work on the afternoon. The Round Rock offense didn't slow down, adding a run in the sixth when Endy Chavez blooped an RBI single to left off Justin James to bring home Deeds for a 15-5 advantage. Sidearming right-hander Sean Green made his Sounds debut in the seventh and gave up singles to four of the first five batters he faced, resulting in three more runs that upped the Express lead to 18-5. Green worked the final two frames for Nashville, allowing three runs on four hits. The Nashville offense didn't surrender without a fight in the late innings as the visitors plated four runs over the final two frames. Rivera (2-for-4) belted a three-run homer to left off Express reliever Chris Mobley in the top of the eighth inning, the Nashville backstop's third roundtripper of the year. In the ninth, Katin doubled off the top of the center field wall with two outs against Express reliever Yoshinori Tateyama then came around to score on a Gamel opposite-field RBI single to left to bring the score to its final 18-9 standing. Jordan Brown went 1-for-5 for Nashville to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Sounds outfielder Caleb Gindl went 0-for-4 on the afternoon to snap his longest hit streak of the year at six games. McClung (2-0) picked up the victory against his former team after allowing five runs on nine hits over six frames of action. The Sounds will attempt to avoid their second consecutive series sweep when the clubs wrap up the series with a 12:05 p.m. finale on Monday afternoon. Nashville right-hander Amaury Rivas (3-2, 2.83) will make the start and face rehabbing Round Rock right-hander Tommy Hunter, who will make his first Triple-A appearance of the year. Nashville box scoreWell. At least they didn't score 20. Henderson has been quite bad, allowing two or more runs in four of his last five games; his ERA now sits at 11.08 on the year. Gamel, on the other hand, is now hitting .316/.386/.518, which is about a billion points of OPS higher than the big-league team lately. Katin's doing his part too, running his line to .265/.351/.721. Farris and Taylor Green each had two hits; Gindl went hitless but drew a walk.Nashville play-by-play

Final: @Wisconsin 3, Quad Cities 0 Wisconsin returns the favor; Shut out the BanditsChris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI – Less than 24 hours after the Quad Cities River Bandits shut out the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, three Rattlers pitchers combined on a 4-hit shutout of the Bandits. Wisconsin beat Quad Cities 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Tyler Thornburg tossed six scoreless frames and struck out eight for his second win of the season. Eric Marzec and Greg Holle pitched the final three frames to close out the victory. All the offense Wisconsin (12-15) needed came in the third inning. Reggie Keen tripled with one out. An RBI grounder by Nick Shaw drove Keen home for a 1-0 lead. Cody Hawn homered, his second of the season, to lead off the Rattlers fourth inning. Later in the frame, Tyler Roberts drove in the third run of the game with a sacrifice fly and Wisconsin was up 3-0. Quad Cities (14-16) got a double from Greg Garcia to start the game and a two out single from Cody Stanley in the first inning. But, Thornburg did not allow a River Bandit past second base. Thornburg walked two, hit a batter, and gave up just one more hit in the game. Marzec worked around a walk in the seventh and a hit in the eighth to keep the River Bandits off the scoreboard. Then, Holle pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save in five attempts this season. The final game of the series between the Rattlers and River Bandits is Monday evening at Time Warner Cable Field. Matt Miller (1-3, 4.34) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Trevor Rosenthal (1-3, 3.00) gets the start for Quad Cities. Game time is 6:35pm. Monday night is a bonus Bang for Your Buck Night with soda, beer, and hot dogs available for $1. If you can’t make it out to the ballpark, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm. Wisconsin box scoreThornburg was indeed pretty awesome. He's throwing a pretty good amount of strikes (64 in 103 pitches). He went six innings for the second straight start, and this time he brought the strikeouts along. One minor quibble: with Thornburg allowing so few hits, it really doesn't give the outfielders much of a chance to pad their assist totals. Hope Hawn is slowly heating up and at-'em balls from earlier in the year are now being hit where they ain't. Greg Hopkins had two hits, and TJ Mittelstaedt and Mike Walker each drew two free passes. Nice to see Marzec turn in another solid, healthy-sounding outing after his DL stint. Wisconsin play-by-play

Based on the fact that RHP Chad Robinson is trying out for the independent Pittsfield Colonials, he's been released by the Brewers.

Final: @Round Rock 8, Nashville 7 Sounds Suffer Devastating Last At-Bat Loss In Round Rock, 8-7Nashville Sounds ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning to hang a devastating 8-7 loss on the Nashville Sounds on Friday evening at The Dell Diamond in the opener of a four-game series. The loss was the fifth in a row for the Sounds (9-18), who suffered their PCL-leading 11th one-run defeat of the year. In the top of ninth, the Sounds took advantage of ineffective Express reliever Pedro Strop to break a tie and take a 7-5 lead. Brendan Katin led off with an opposite-field double to right then scored when Mat Gamel followed with a first-pitch single back up the middle and center fielder Endy Chavez overran the ball. Two batters later, Jeremy Reed drove in an insurance run with a single to left that gave Nashville a two-run cushion. Round Rock stormed right back in the bottom of the frame against Sounds reliever Zack Segovia. Andy Tracy got extended life after a questionable non-called third strike by the home plate umpire and took advantage by leading off with a double to left to get things started. After Brad Nelson lined out, former Sound Luis Cruz stepped in and mashed the first pitch he saw from Segovia over the left field wall for a game-tying two-run homer, the infielder's fifth roundtripper of the year. After Sounds catcher Mike Rivera was ejected following the homer as he argued the missed strike call with the home plate umpire, the Express continued their rally. Doug Deeds flew out to the wall for the second out, then Craig Gentry and Kevin Cash singled off Segovia to put a pair of runners on base for PCL mainstay Esteban German, who blooped a game-winning single to shallow center which dropped just in front of a charging Brett Carroll to allow Gentry to race home with the winning run. Strop (1-0) backed into a win by being bailed out by the Round Rock rally. The right-hander allowed two runs in his 1 1/3 innings of work. Segovia (1-2) was saddled with the loss after giving up three runs on five hits in 1 2/3 frames. Six different Nashville hitters recorded multiple-hit efforts on the evening, led by three-hit games from Carroll and Caleb Gindl, as the Sounds etched a season-best 15 knocks in the losing effort. Round Rock jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Sounds starter Frankie De La Cruz in the bottom of the first inning. German led off with a triple to center and scored the night's first run on Chavez's ensuing groundout. The Express stretched their lead to 3-0 in the second against De La Cruz. Doug Deeds led off the frame with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to right. Round Rock later loaded the bases with a pair of walks and a Brian Barden single sprinkled among a pair of outs before Tracy drew a walk to force home Cash with the inning's second run. De La Cruz then struck out Nelson, the former Sound, to leave the bases full and escape further damage. Round Rock added another run in the fourth when Barden tripled with one out and came plateward one batter later on Tracy's RBI single. After leaving runners on base in each of the first four innings (twice in scoring position), the Sounds finally broke through in the fifth inning against former Nashville hurler Zach Jackson. The first two batters of the frame were retired by the left-hander before Gindl doubled to right and scored the first Sounds run when Eric Farris followed with a single to center. Carroll (3-for-5) then hammered his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left-center, which drew the visitors within a single score at 4-3. Gindl (3-for-5) tied the contest at 4-4 in the seventh when he greeted new Express reliever Yhency Brazoban with a solo homer to right-center, his second big fly of the season. Round Rock took advantage of a Farris fielding error and some crafty baserunning to reclaim a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Nelson doubled and moved to third when Cruz, the 2010 Sounds MVP, reached as Farris booted his groundball. As Doug Deeds struck out, the two former Nashville standouts executed a double steal, with Nelson reaching home to give the home team a one-run advantage. Nashville again evened the contest at 5-5 in the following half-inning as Rivera ripped his second double of the night and later scored on a sacrifice fly to left off the bat of Anderson Machado. The Sounds missed an opportunity to do further damage, however, leaving the sacks full in the frame as Strop entered the contest and retired Carroll on a first-pitch fly to shallow right to escape the jam. The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. meeting on Saturday. Right-hander Josh Butler (1-2, 4.76) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Round Rock right-hander Derek Hankins (4-1, 4.94). Nashville box scoreBlergh. Four great games, but only one with the right team coming out on top. Pretty tough going down to Zach Jackson, Luis Cruz, and Brad Nelson. De la Cruz is really coming down from his early-season high the last couple starts. Gindl's been hot lately and may be working himself into the MLB OF conversation if another goes down; we know Ron Roenicke was impressed with him in spring training. Katin also singled and walked. Might be time to call Emmylou Harris again: Taylor Green's 0-4 drops his average to .188. If you're feeling masochistic, you can listen to Carroll's RBI single from the 9th inning here. Nashville play-by-play

Final: Jacksonville 12, @Huntsville 11 (12 innings) Huntsville box score What a game. Indulging my inner editor, here's a headline: "Suns outshine Stars". It was tied at nine going into the bottom of the 8th, when the Stars took the lead with a single run. The Suns answered with a run in the top of the 9th, then the teams traded runs in the 11th before Jacksonville finally won it in the 12th. After another nondescript Jesus Sanchez start (five innings, four runs, two earned), Corey Frerichs gave up five runs (but just one earned) to put Huntsville down four, but they immediately answered, tying the game in the bottom of the 6th. Michael Fiers struck out four and walked none (29 pitches, 21 strikes) in two innings, but two of the three hits he allowed were solo homers; the Stars took him off the hook after the first, but the second hung him with the loss. RHP Jameson Dunn made his pro debut with a scoreless 7th. Sean Halton (two homers) and Lee Haydel (three doubles, a single, and a walk) had monster games. Erik Komatsu, back in the sixth spot, was 1-4 with two walks. Huntsville play-by-play I could parse it, I guess, but better to just take in the whole end of the game: Huntsville Bottom of the 8th Lee Haydel strikes out swinging. Sergio Miranda strikes out swinging. Sean Halton homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Brandon Jones strikes out swinging. Jacksonville Top of the 9th Kyle Skipworth homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Jorge Padilla singles on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Jones. With Chris Gutierrez batting, passed ball by Martin Maldonado, Jorge Padilla to 2nd. Chris Gutierrez walks. Pitcher Change: Daniel Meadows replaces Roque Mercedes, batting 9th. With Jhan Marinez batting, Jorge Padilla caught stealing 3rd base, pitcher Daniel Meadows to third baseman Steffan Wilson to shortstop Hainley Statia to pitcher Daniel Meadows, Chris Gutierrez to 2nd. Jhan Marinez out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Daniel Meadows to first baseman Sean Halton. Chris Gutierrez to 3rd. Jim Negrych flies out to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Huntsville Bottom of the 9th Steffan Wilson pops out to shortstop Chris Gutierrez. Erik Komatsu walks. With Martin Maldonado batting, Erik Komatsu advances to 2nd on a balk. Martin Maldonado strikes out swinging, catcher Kyle Skipworth to first baseman Erik Lis. Hainley Statia grounds out to first baseman Erik Lis. Jacksonville Top of the 10th Ryan Curry grounds out, pitcher Daniel Meadows to first baseman Sean Halton. Alex Romero flies out to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Erik Lis flies out to left fielder Lee Haydel. Huntsville Bottom of the 10th Pitcher Change: Corey Madden replaces Jhan Marinez, batting 9th. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Chuck Caufield replaces Daniel Meadows. Chuck Caufield called out on strikes. Lee Haydel singles on a line drive to left fielder Jake Smolinski. With Sergio Miranda batting, Corey Madden picks off Lee Haydel at 1st on throw to Erik Lis. Sergio Miranda grounds out, shortstop Chris Gutierrez to first baseman Erik Lis. Jacksonville Top of the 11th Pitcher Change: Michael Fiers replaces Daniel Meadows, batting 9th. Jake Smolinski homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Kyle Skipworth called out on strikes. Jorge Padilla called out on strikes. Chris Gutierrez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Brandon Jones. Corey Madden called out on strikes. Huntsville Bottom of the 11th Sean Halton strikes out swinging. Brandon Jones reaches on fielding error by center fielder Jorge Padilla. Brandon Jones to 2nd. With Steffan Wilson batting, wild pitch by Corey Madden, Brandon Jones to 3rd. Steffan Wilson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jorge Padilla. Brandon Jones scores. Erik Komatsu grounds out, second baseman Ryan Curry to first baseman Erik Lis. Jacksonville Top of the 12th Jim Negrych called out on strikes. Ryan Curry homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Romero lines out to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Erik Lis grounds out, shortstop Hainley Statia to first baseman Sean Halton. Huntsville Bottom of the 12th Martin Maldonado grounds out, shortstop Chris Gutierrez to first baseman Erik Lis. Hainley Statia walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Dayton Buller replaces Michael Fiers. Dayton Buller called out on strikes. With Lee Haydel batting, Hainley Statia steals (2) 2nd base. Lee Haydel walks. Sergio Miranda flies out to left fielder Jake Smolinski.

Final: Wisconsin 4, @Beloit 3 A Keen win for the Rattlers in Beloit Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers BELOIT, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rallied on Friday night to defeat the Beloit Snappers at Pohlman Field 4-3. Reggie Keen started the comeback with a two-run triple that tied the game 2-2. Keen ended the Snappers hopes for a ninth inning rally with sparkling defensive play to end the game. The Snappers (16-10) jumped on some early wildness and defensive miscues to take a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Jimmy Nelson walked the leadoff batter and an error allowed Beloit to put two on with no outs. Nate Roberts was next and he dropped a bunt single up the first base line. Nelson's throw to first deflected off Roberts and allowed a run to score. Michael Gonzales drove in the second run of the inning with a sacrifice fly. Wisconsin (11-14) came right back in the top of the second inning. Keen's triple to right field sent Tyler Roberts and Carlos George to the plate to tie the game 2-2. Gonzales put the Snappers back in front with another sacrifice fly. Jamaal Hawkins started the bottom of the third inning with a double. A grounder to first off the bat of Roberts sent Hawkins to third. A fly ball to right by Gonzales was deep enough to score Hawkins and give Beloit a 3-2 lead. The Rattlers used the bunt and some defensive lapses by the Snappers to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Franklin Romero extended his hitting streak to ten games with a bunt single to start the inning. Roberts was next and he sent a grounder to first. But, the throw to second by Gonzales went into left field to allow Wisconsin to have runners at first and second. George came to the plate and fouled off a pair of bunt attempts. He was successful on his third attempt and successful beyond his wildest dreams. George pushed a bunt past Gonzales, who was charging from first base. The ball stopped on the infield grass just shy of the infield dirt in front of where the second baseman would normally play. However, Jamaal Hawkins had gone over to cover first on the bunt. Romero spotted the opening and raced around third. He just beat the throw to the plate from Gonzales to score the tying run. Another botched double play attempt allowed the Rattlers to score the go ahead run in the top of the eighth. Mike Walker drew a one out walk. Greg Hopkins hit a smash that Hawkins made a diving stab on a backhand play. Hawkins got to his feet and fired the ball into left as he tried to force Walker at second base. By the time the play ended, Walker was on third and Hopkins was at second. That brought Romero to the plate and the Beloit infield in to try to get Walker at the plate. Romero sent a slow chopper towards Hawkins. The Snappers second baseman charged and threw home, but Walker slid in under the tag and the Rattlers led 4-3. Thomas Keeling, who relieved Nelson in the sixth inning, got into trouble as he allowed a single sandwiched between two hit batsmen in the eighth. Greg Holle came in to protect the lead and he struck out the first batter for the second out. Then, the degree of difficulty was increased as Daniel Ortiz came up as a pinch hitter. Ortiz led the Midwest League in hitting at .382, had six homers, and 20 RBI coming into the game. Holle got Ortiz to fly out to center to end the inning. In the bottom of the ninth, a walk to Wang-Wei Lin, a sacrifice bunt, and a hit batsman put the winning runs aboard for the Snappers with one out. Then, the spotty Rattlers defense shone. Roberts sent a line drive to left-center and Keen went back to get it. Lin went got about halfway to third on contact, but went back when he saw that Keen would make the catch. Lin tagged and took off for third. Keen pegged him out with a strike to Hopkins for the game ending double play. The Timber Rattlers return to Time Warner Cable Field to start a six-game home stand on Saturday night. Wisconsin welcomes the Quad Cities River Bandits to town for a game that begins at 6:35pm. Austin Ross (3-0, 1.48) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Quad Cities will send Kevin Siegrist (3-1, 2.28) to the mound. Tune in for the Miller Lite Pregame Shown on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting at 6:15pm. Wisconsin box score In play, win(s)! Nelson was uncharacteristically wild, throwing only 42 of his 79 pitches for strikes and walking four. He went 5.2 IP, allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits with two strikeouts. He posted a 9/4 GO/FO. Keeling posted a second consecutive walkless outing, though he did hit two batters; saves three pitches, I guess. George led the Rattlers with three hits; Walker and Cody Hawn each walked twice. Keen stole two bases to run his total to 12 and, as Chris mentioned, tallied yet another outfield assist to end the game; he was picked off at third base after his triple, though. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: Daytona 5, @Brevard County 4 Brevard County box scoreSo close. The 'Tees were down by five entering the 9th but rallied, only to fall one run short. Adrian Rosario lasted only three innings, giving up all five of the Cubs' runs. On the bright side, Efrain Nieves, Jon Pokorny, and Rob Wooten turned in six scoreless frames in relief. Scooter Gennett had two hits, while Hunter Morris and Josh Prince each singled and walked. Kentrail Davis walked, stole a base, and hit a sac fly. With Khris Davis getting a day off, D'Vontrey Richardson was in the cleanup spot, where he went 1-5--which raised his average to .183. Brevard County play-by-playWow, what an ending: Brevard County Bottom of the 9thSean McCraw singles on a line drive to right fielder Nelson Perez.Scott Krieger singles on a ground ball to left fielder Michael Burgess. Sean McCraw to 2nd.Shea Vucinich grounds into a force out, third baseman Matthew Cerda to second baseman Logan Watkins. Sean McCraw to 3rd. Scott Krieger out at 2nd. Shea Vucinich to 1st.Josh Prince reaches on force attempt, fielding error by second baseman Logan Watkins. Sean McCraw scores. Shea Vucinich to 2nd.Scooter Gennett singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nelson Perez. Shea Vucinich to 3rd. Josh Prince to 2nd.Pitcher Change: Jeff Beliveau replaces Dae-Eun Rhee.Kentrail Davis out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jae-Hoon Ha. Shea Vucinich scores. Josh Prince to 3rd.Hunter Morris singles on a line drive to right fielder Nelson Perez. Josh Prince scores. Scooter Gennett to 3rd.Pitcher Change: Frank Batista replaces Jeff Beliveau.D' Vontrey Richardson singles on a fly ball to right fielder Nelson Perez. Scooter Gennett scores. Hunter Morris out at home on the throw, right fielder Nelson Perez to catcher Michael Brenly. Hopefully Shawn Zarraga is okay; maybe pulled a hamstring or something? Brevard County Bottom of the 4thBrock Kjeldgaard walks.Shawn Zarraga grounds into double play, first baseman Jake Opitz to shortstop Junior Lake to pitcher Nicholas Struck. Brock Kjeldgaard out at 2nd.Scott Krieger called out on strikes. Daytona Top of the 5thDefensive Substitution: Sean McCraw replaces catcher Shawn Zarraga, batting 6th, playing catcher

I bet Logan Schafer is pretty pissed right now.

Final (game two): @Huntsville 7, Jacksonville 3 (7 innings) Huntsville box score (game two)Finally, someone else's bullpen blows it! After the Suns tied it up at three-all in the top of the 6th, the Stars answered with four runs in the bottom of the 6th to seal the win. Another of the system's few reliable relievers malfunctioned, as Dan Meadows allowed the tying run (but ended up vulturing a win). Robert Hinton struck out two in the 7th for what doesn't officially qualify as a save but surely feels like one. Michael Bowman was the starter and, despite allowing nine baserunners in five innings, held J'ville to two runs. Sergio Miranda was a perfect 2-2 with two walks to lead the offense, and Lee Haydel also had two hits. Haydel took over the leadoff spot from a resting Erik Komatsu but not the center field position; Haydel stayed in left field, his normal spot, while Chuckie Caufield manned center. Komatsu pinch-hit in the 6th and drew a walk; he's now sporting an 11/7 BB/K on the year. Sean Halton went 1-3 with his sixth walk; all six have come in the last ten games, an encouraging sign. Hainley Statia again got the start at short, so it looks like he'll get an extended look there. Huntsville play-by-play (game two)Revel in someone else's misfortune: Huntsville Bottom of the 6thSteffan Wilson strikes out swinging.Chuck Caufield singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Romero. Chuck Caufield advances to 2nd, on fielding error by left fielder Alex Romero.Martin Maldonado flies out to right fielder Jorge Padilla. Chuck Caufield to 3rd.Hainley Statia walks.Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Erik Komatsu replaces Daniel Meadows.With Erik Komatsu batting, Hainley Statia steals (1) 2nd base.Erik Komatsu walks.Lee Haydel singles on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Padilla. Chuck Caufield scores. Hainley Statia scores. Erik Komatsu to 3rd.Sergio Miranda singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Romero. Erik Komatsu scores. Lee Haydel to 2nd.Sean Halton singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Mattison. Lee Haydel scores. Sergio Miranda to 3rd.With Brandon Jones batting, Sean Halton caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Kyle Skipworth to shortstop Chris Gutierrez.

Final: @Oklahoma City 4, Nashville 3 Sounds Swept After Another Last At-Bat DefeatNashville Sounds OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Pinch-hitter Brian Dopirak knocked a game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Oklahoma City RedHawks a 4-3 win over the Nashville Sounds on Thursday night at RedHawks Field. Oklahoma City scored four unanswered runs in the final three innings to take a four-game series sweep from Nashville (9-17), which has now been swept twice in the last three series and dropped 15 of the last 19 games overall. Anderson Hernandez hit a leadoff single off Justin James (0-2), moved to second on a sacrifice, and came home to score the game-winning run on Dopirak's double. Sounds left-hander Sam Narron threw a quality start, tossing six shutout innings while striking out four in the no-decision. The quality start was Narron's first of the year and Nashville's eighth of the season. Oklahoma City's Sergio Perez countered with a quality start and no-decision for Oklahoma City, surrendering three runs (two earned) in six innings pitched. Nashville plated their first run of the contest in the top of the third inning. Shortstop Luis Figueroa reached first on a leadoff walk and then moved to third on the next play as RedHawks shortstop Tommy Manzella committed an error. Sergio Perez then induced a double play that allowed Figueroa to score. The Sounds scored their next two runs in the top of the sixth inning. After Jeremy Reed led off the frame with a double, Brendan Katin belted his team-leading seventh home run, a two-run shot over the left field wall. The first of Oklahoma City's runs came in the bottom of the seventh inning after Narron left the ballgame. Jim Henderson allowed the first batter he faced to go deep, as Brandon Barnes knocked a solo home run over the wall. The RedHawks got two more runs to knot the game at 3-3 in the next inning. Henderson walked Joe Inglett to begin the inning, struck out Koby Klemens for the first out, and then allowed a single off a 10-pitch at-bat with Robinson Cancel. James came into the contest to relieve Henderson and gave up a single that brought home Oklahoma City's first run of the inning. The game-tying run was scored when Cancel stole home as the RedHawks executed a double steal. Henderson was tagged for three runs in 1 1/3 innings in relief. James took the loss after giving up the run in the ninth. The Sounds continue their road trip and begin a four-game series with tomorrow's 7:05 pm CT series opener with the Round Rock Express. Right-hander Frankie De La Cruz (0-1, 2.42) takes the mound against former Sounds southpaw Zach Jackson (2-0, 5.01). Nashville box scoreMore unrelieving relief work. The RedHawks stole five bases off George Kottaras without being caught, though Narron did notch a pick-off; cruelly, Kottaras himself was caught stealing. Caleb Gindl singled and took an intentional walk, Taylor Green also drew a free pass, and Eric Farris and Mat Gamel took collars. Listen to Katin's homer.Nashville play-by-play

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