Las Vegas 51s Rally in the Seventh for a 7-2 Win Over the Nashville Sounds

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas 51s scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to hang a 7-2 defeat on the Nashville Sounds on Saturday evening at Cashman Field in the opener of a four-game series.

The Sounds grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Hernan Iribarren (3-for-4) opened the contest with a second, moved to second on a Miguel Pinango wild pitch, and scored on Laynce Nix’s RBI single.

Nashville doubled its lead in the third on a two-out Russell Branyan RBI double that plated Abraham Nunez. The two-bagger was the veteran’s team-leading 11th of the year.

The 51s tied the contest at 2-2 in the bottom of the third when a pair of runs scored on Terry Tiffee’s bases-loaded fielder’s choice grounder off Lindsay Gulin.

Neither team scored again until the home half of the seventh, when Las Vegas plated five runs against Sounds reliever Ben Howard to take a 7-2 lead. Three of the runs came on an Andy LaRoche home run to left-center, the third baseman’s third longball of the season.

Pinango (2-2) picked up the victory with a quality start for the 51s. The right-hander allowed two runs on seven hits over seven innings of work.

Howard (1-1) was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs in his 1 1/3 frames.

Sounds first baseman Brad Nelson went 0-for-4 on the evening, bringing an end to his season-best nine-game hitting streak.

The teams continue the series with a 2:05 p.m. CT matinee on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Jeff Weaver (1-1, 3.75) makes his third start for Nashville. Las Vegas will counter with right-hander Jason Johnson (4-2, 5.45).

Box Score: http://www.nashvillesounds.com/stats/Default.asp?stats=g_box&gid=2008_05_10_nasaaa_lvgaaa_1
 

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