Redbirds fall to Sounds in Nashville

Nashville scored five runs in the first two innings Thursday night, then held on to beat the Memphis Redbirds 7- 6 at Herschel Greer Stadium, snapping a sixgame losing streak.

The Sounds jumped on Memphis starter Nick Additon (6-5) for two runs in the first and three in the second.

The Redbirds (45-50) cut it to 5-4 in the fifth behind Brock Peterson’s 22nd homer of the season and Greg Garcia’s RBI double.

Nashville got two insurance runs in the eighth off Victor Marte to take a 7-4 lead.

Blake Lalli and pinch-hitter Stephen Parker each contributed run-scoring doubles.

Adron Chambers rallied the ’Birds in the ninth as he homered off PCL All-Star right-hander Rob Wooten with Kolten Wong aboard to make it 7-6. But Wooten got Tommy Pham to foul out to end the game.

Chambers led the Redbirds’ 10-hit attack with four hits, coming up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

For the third game of the series Saturday night at 6:35, the Redbirds will start right-hander Boone Whiting (4-4, 4.94 ERA) against Sounds right-hander Johnnie Lowe (0-1, 4.41).