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Nashville Sounds

Nelson Lead Sounds Past Grizzlies

July 26, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Mark DiFelice fanned a season-high eight batters over seven scoreless frames and Brad Nelson homered and drove in five runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-1 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies in front of 7,054 on Thursday evening at Greer Stadium.

DiFelice (1-0), who turned in his third consecutive quality start since joining the Sounds in mid-July, earned his first victory with Nashville. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.02 ERA (4er/35.1ip) in his six starts this year between the Sounds and Double-A Huntsville.

The right-hander's eight strikeouts matched a season high. DiFelice walked Fresno leftfielder Brian Horwitz with two outs in the top of the fourth inning, the first base on balls he issued in 56 2/3 innings, dating back to May 19.

Nashville (64-41) grabbed a 2-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs and a man on first, Joe Dillon grounded to third baseman Justin Leone, whose throw to second was mishandled by William Bergolla. Nelson took advantage of the miscue by delivering a two-run double to deep center off Fresno starter Sun Woo Kim that plated Drew Anderson and Dillon.

Nelson (3-for-4) extended the lead to 4-0 in the sixth with a two-run, opposite-field homer to left. The blast, which chased Kim, was his 16th of the year and fourth in his last five games.

The Sounds increased the advantage to 6-0 in the seventh with a two-out rally against Grizzlies reliever Tyler Walker. Gabe Gross (3-for-4) and Anderson singled before Dillon registered his team-leading 71st RBI of the year with an RBI single to left. Nelson then ripped his second double of the night, an opposite-field line drive to left, to plate Gross for a 6-0 lead.

Fresno broke up the shutout bid with two outs in the top of the ninth inning against Sounds reliever Marino Salas when Horwitz plated Leone (2-for-4) with an RBI single to right-center, bringing the score to its final 6-1.

Kim (2-7) took the loss for Fresno after he allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits over five innings of work.

The teams wrap up the series with a 7 p.m. finale on Friday evening. Right-hander Elmer Dessens (0-0, 1.35) will make his third rehabilitation start for Nashville and face Fresno right-hander Matt Kinney (5-9, 4.71).

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