Sounds Fall to Stripers in Extra-Innings

The Gwinnett Stripers tied the game in the ninth inning, took the lead in the tenth and hung on to defeat the Nashville Sounds 5-4 Wednesday night at First Horizon Park. The Sounds are now 7-5 in extra-innings this season.

After four scoreless innings, the Stripers took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on a run-scoring single from Yolmer Sánchez.

In the seventh, Sean Kazmar Jr. singled and was driven in on a pinch-hit double from Travis Snider to make it 2-0, Stripers. Cristian Pache extended the Gwinnett lead to 3-0 with a run-scoring double.

Dustin Peterson cut the Gwinnett lead to 3-2 in the bottom half of the seventh with a two-run home run to right field.

Peterson came up clutch again in the eighth, tying the game at three with a double. David Dahl gave Nashville a 4-3 advantage as he came in to score on an error. But Pache responded with a run-scoring single in the ninth to tie the game at four for Gwinnett.

William Contreas drove in the winning run with a single in the 10th to give the Stripers a 5-4 lead.

Game three of the six-game series is scheduled for Thursday night at First Horizon Park. Right-hander Josh Lindblom (4-1, 2.29) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Kyle Wright (3-2, 3.46) for the Stripers. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

· The Sounds have lost 10 of their last 12 games.

· Dustin Peterson extended his hit streak to six games…homered for the second time in five games.

· David Dahl has hit safely in all six of his games with the Sounds…batting .440 (11-for-25) with 7 runs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 3 RBI.