Nashville Sounds win in dramatic fashion 5-4 over Tucson Padres

Nashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to record a walkoff 5-4 victory over the visiting Tucson Padres on Monday evening at Greer Stadium.

Sean Halton’s two-out RBI single to left off Tucson closer Miles Mikolas was the game-winner for the Sounds, who recorded their fourth walkoff win of the year and the second of the current homestand.

Halton followed by working a full count against Mikolas then fouling off a pair of offerings before turning the right-hander’s eighth pitch of the at-bat into a solid line drive to left to plate Davis with the winning run.

The victory was the seventh in the last eight games for red-hot Nashville (45-72).

Halton went 4-for-5 for the Sounds to continue his torrid hitting. He has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games and is batting .344 (21-for-61) over his last 18 PCL contests.

The visitors took a 2-0 first-inning lead against Jimmy Nelson. Padres left fielder Brandon Allen (2-for-3) plated the first run with a one-out RBI single to right before Gregorio Petit added a sacrifice fly.

The Sounds jumped out to a 3-2 lead with a third-inning rally against Tucson starter Robbie Erlin.

Velez singled, stole second, and later scored Nashville’s first run when Allen lost Hunter Morris’ one-out single in the lights. With the knock, Morris extended his hitting streak to eight games, batting .333 (11-for-33) over that stretch. The Sounds continued its rally by loading the bases when Robinzon Diaz (2-for-4) singled then pulled in front on ‘s two-out, two-run single to left.

The Padres tied the contest at 3-3 in the top of the third. Allen led off with a double and later came plateward on Scott Moore’s one-out single through the right side of the infield.

Tucson first baseman Cody Decker put the visitors back on top in the sixth when he smashed a two-out solo homer to left-center off the scoreboard. The blast, off Nelson, was the infielder’s 13th big fly of the year.

Kyle Heckathorn (7-3) was the beneficiary of the late Nashville rally, picking up the victory after working two hitless inning of relief. Mikolas (4-2) was saddled with the loss after suffering his fourth blown save of the year.

The teams wrap up the four-game series with a 7:05pm finale on Tuesday evening. Left-hander Chris Narveson (3-6, 5.51) will man the bump for the Sounds. Tucson will counter with right-hander Matt Andriese (1-4, 3.98).

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