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(WM, ERICWRSONSSTAFF Fans fill Greer Stadium on opening night as the Sounds took on the Iowa Cubs. luwciuig nyuui iu iciuci uciu ui the seventh. "I was proud of the maturity J.J. showed in his at-bats," Jewett said. "In that first one, he got to two strikes fast, then he saw the same pitch two other times and laid off it Three walks for him is phenome-naL" It marked the first three-walk game for Davis since he walked four times for Class A Hickory in a South Atlantic League game against Asheville on June 1999.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pound Davis batted 287 with 20 home runs and 62 RBI in 100 games at Double-A Altoona last year. Thanks to the troops The Sounds will continue to observe Military Appreciation Days throughout the remainder of their series with Iowa. All active or retired military personnel and their families will be admitted free with their military identification. Personnel stationed at Fort Campbell can pick up vouchers on base to be redeemed for tickets at the stadium. Maurice Patton covers the Sounds for The Tennessean.

He can be reached at 259-8018 or mopattontennessean.com. first-inning lead against Vogelsong who was coming off elbow surgery behind Midre Curnrnings' two-out RBI double and David Kelton's two-run homer. With the Sounds down 4-0 in the second, Humberto Cota's two-run double keyed a game-tying rally. Vogelsong settled down after the rough start, striking out nine in five innings, and Carlos Rivera's double in the fifth drove in Mike Gulan for a one-run cushion that the bullpen made stand up. Nashville lost its season-opener each of the past two years and had lost its Greer Stadium opener each of the previous three seasons.

"When you get down like that, if easy to think we let our fans Jewett said. "If one game, but ifs a lot better than laying down. I was proud of what we brought out of spring training for one night" Waking stidc Despite starting last night, Nashville right fielder J.J. Davis had to wait awhile for his first official Class AAA at-bat Davis walked in his first three plate appearances battling back from an 0-2 count in the Sounds' aaajai PRESENTED BY, tCjJMSM Don't miss this spectacular opening weekend on Nashville Superspeedway's 2003 calendar. It kicks off on Friday, April 11th with the PFG Lester 150 ARCA ReMax Series Wpfi tk.

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