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Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds beat the division-rival Omaha Royals 5-2 on Saturday night at historic Greer Stadium in front of 8,083 fans in the third game of a four game set.

Marty McLeary (3-6) threw his second quality start for the win, allowing two runs while scattering eight hits with two strikeouts in six innings pitched. Over his last three starts, the veteran right-hander is 2-0 with a 1.56 ERA (3er/17.1ip). Mike McClendon continued to dominate in relief, striking out three over three shutout innings to earn his first Triple-A save.

Coming into tonight’s game hitting .400 (22-for-55) over his last 18 games,  Adam Stern continued to stay hot for Nashville going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Erick Almonte also added two hits, his third multi-hit game in a row.

The Sounds jumped on the board in the opening frame as Nashville third baseman Mat Gamel crushed the first pitch he saw over the left field wall for 1-0 lead. The long ball was Gamel’s fourth of the year and first since July 2nd.

The Royals knotted the contest at 1-1 in the next frame, as Mike Moustakas singled for his first Triple-A hit and later scored on a two-out RBI double by second baseman Marc Maddox.

Nashville upped the lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the second inning after Joe Koshansky reached base with a single to begin the inning and later scored on a Ray Olmedo fielder’s choice. Adam Stern then singled home Olmedo for the second run of the inning.

The Royals came within a run in the top of the third inning as Alex Gordon doubled off the wall in left center to bring home Ed Lucas.

Nashville extended the lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Stern homered over the right field wall, his third tater of the season. Later in the inning, designated hitter Erick Almonte smacked a hard hit ball off Moustakas’ glove that ricocheted into left field, bringing home Norris Hopper from third base for a final 5-2 lead.

Omaha starting pitcher Philip Humber (4-6) was removed from the game with two outs in the bottom of the second inning after he was hit with a Martin Maldonado line drive on his non-pitching shoulder. Following Humber, Federico Castaneda allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and four strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings pitched.

The Sounds and Royals wrap up their four-game series with Sunday evening’s 6:35pm CT finale at historic Greer Stadium. Left-hander Sam Narron (4-3, 2.88) takes the hill for the Sounds against Omaha right-hander Manauris Baez (2-1, 4.05).

July 17th, 2010

IBB: Koshansky (by Castaneda, F).

Pitches-strikes: Humber 29-21, Castaneda, F 69-39, Herges 27-18, Lowery 7-6, McLeary 99-59, McClendon 37-26.

Groundouts-flyouts: Humber 3-2, Castaneda, F 2-4, Herges 3-0, Lowery 2-0, McLeary 9-6, McClendon 3-2.

Batters faced: Humber 9, Castaneda, F 16, Herges 7, Lowery 3, McLeary 28, McClendon 11.

Inherited runners-scored: Castaneda, F 2-1.

Umpires: HP: Brian Sinclair. 1B: Barry Larson. 2B: . 3B: Takeshi Hirabayashi.

Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy.

Wind: 7 mph, R to L.

T: 2:41.

Att: 8,083.

Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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