Sounds Fall To Albuquerque, 3-2 In 10 Innings
Isotopes second baseman Chin-lung Hu drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk from Sounds reliever Mike Jones in the top of the tenth to plate Michael Restovich with the winning run.
The extra-inning contest was the sixth of the year for Nashville (3-3) and seventh for Albuquerque (6-1).
In the decisive Albuquerque tenth, Ivan De Jesus, Jr. led off with a single to center off Sounds reliever Mitch Stetter. One out later, Jones took over on the Nashville hill and was greeted by pinch-hitter Restovich's sharp single to center, which careened off the outstretched glove of shortstop Luis Cruz. De Jesus moved to third on the knock.
After a walk to Jamie Hoffmann loaded the bases with one out, Jones coaxed a fielder's choice grounder from Lucas May that forced De Jesus at the plate before Hu drew his go-ahead walk from the right-hander.
Nashville got the potential tying run to third with two outs in the bottom of the tenth against Isotopes closer Scott Dohmann before the right-hander struck out Norris Hopper looking to end the contest and nail down his fourth save of the year.
Juan Perez (2-1) picked up the win for the Isotopes after tossing two scoreless frames of relief. Stetter (1-1) took his first loss of the year for Nashville after being charged with the game-winning run.
The Sounds left a season-high 14 runners on base in the contest, finishing just 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position on the night.
Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Hu drew a two-out walk from Sounds starter Chris Waters and scored when Isotopes third baseman Justin Sellers followed with a double into the left field corner.
Xavier Paul, who was added to the Albuquerque roster earlier in the day, doubled the visitors' advantage in the fifth with a leadoff solo homer to right off Waters, the outfielder's fifth longball of the year.
The Sounds halved the lead with a two-out run in the bottom of the fifth. Waters drew an inning-opening walk from Albuquerque starter Scott Elbert, moved to second on a Norris Hopper sacrifice, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on team RBI leader Joe Koshansky's single to center.
Nashville knotted the score in the sixth against Isotopes reliever Jon Link. Johnny Raburn legged out a leadoff double to left before scoring on pinch-hitter Erick Almonte's RBI single through the left side of the infield.
Sounds right fielder Trent Oeltjen kept the score tied in the seventh when he fired a laser to the plate to gun down Sellers as he attempted to score from second on Paul's single.
The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Friday night at Greer. Left-hander Chuck Löfgren (6-3, 4.68) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Albuquerque right-hander Tim Corcoran (3-5, 4.56).