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wwwtennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Saturday, April 27, 2802 5C SPORTS: BASEBALL Glavine still strong in April Memphis 3, Sounds 1 Next game: vs. Memphis When: Today, 7 p.m. Walrond strong in AAA debut REDBIRDS 3, SOUNDS 1 ab bi 0 0 0 de la Rosa ss 4 RdrrrovichK 4 hbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hermansncf 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Memphii at) Motart 4 Clapp2b 4 Clbaugh3b 4 Cfuzlb 4 OgeoaK 4 Snopekss 3 McDnaMc 3 Taguchicf 2 Walrond 2 Ddgadoph 1 Sheredyp 0 Rdnguezp 0 MoHnap 0 Totata 31 Hyzdu rf Post 1b Garcia 3b Secnstc Cqutette2b Arroyop Pritcrettph Tolarp 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GLAVINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Astros. Glavine has a 10-game winning streak over Houston since his last loss on June 4, 1995. The hitters made things easy for Glavine.

Chipper Jones went 4-for-5 with four RBI and the Braves pounded four Houston pitchers for a season-high 16 hits. "Tommy was phenomenal and 3 6 3 Total 112 1 010 000 020 3 0 000 010 000 1 2 1 Nashvito Game at a glance Losing pitcher Branson Arroyo (1-3). Big stick: Reed Secrist, 1-for-3, RBI single. How they lost Back-to-back doubles in the eighth inning by former Sound Chris Snopek and Keith McDonald off Arroyo snapped a 1-1 tie, and Wilson Delgado added a pinch-hit single to score McDonald with an insurance run. Nashville couldn't answer in its final two at-bats against the Memphis bullpen.

What they said: "McDonald hadn't hit a bam this season, and he came out with three doubles. You know he's not going to end up hitting .140. 1 guess this was his turnaround night." Sounds right fielder Adam Hyzdu, who had the team's only other hit, a two-out single in the seventh. Tonight's pitchers: Sounds RHP Kris Benson (0-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. RHP Clint Weibl (0-0, 2.31).

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SH-TagucN. SB-Post (4). CS-Secnst (1). Seven scoreless innings lower his ERA to 0.89 Associated Press Tom Glavine doesn't want this month to end. Mr.

April pushed his major league-leading ERA even lower, pitching seven scoreless innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 9-0 victory over the Houston Astros last night. In six starts this month, Glavine (4-1) allowed just four earned runs in 40-13 innings an 0.89 ERA. Those numbers are hardly surprising for someone who's been the ML pitcher of the month for April three times in his career. "If I had an answer for that, I'd use it in May, June, July, August and September," he said. A night after Greg Maddux gave up a career-high 10 runs, Glavine pitched a game more typical of the Atlanta staff.

He allowed only three hits before leaving after 103 pitches. "If we need a good start, need a pick-me-up, I certainly don't shy away from that situation," Glavine said. "I enjoy the challenge." He also enjoys pitching against couldn't get anything going." The Braves knocked out Houston starter Tim Redding (0-2) after only three innings. Redding surrendered three runs in the second. Rafael Furcal had an RBI single and Jones drove in his first two runs with a single to left.

"I always get thrown by a bad inning," Redding said. "There's no sense crying over it, since the game is over. But I'll be sulking tonight over what happened." Wes Helms hit his second homer in as many nights to put the Braves ahead 4-0 in the third. Redding was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the fourth, having already given up seven hits and thrown 76 pitches. "I don't know what else I can do," he said.

"I work hard on my off days." B.J. Surhoff had three hits, including a two-out, two-run double in the sixth against Bradley Lidge. The Braves pounded Brandon Puffer in the eighth, putting together five straight hits. Jones capped his big night with a two-run double and Vinny Castilla had an RBI double. i.i,ii..ir IP 7 02 0.1 1 Memphis Walrond 1-0 Sheredy Rodriguez Molina 1 bb so 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 C.

JONES AroyoL.1-3 Tofcr WP-Wakondfl). THURSDAY'S BOX SOUNDS 6, REDBIRDS 4 the hitting was phenomenal," said manager Bobby Cox, who was ejected in the third inning. "A lot of guys had big nights. We had the whole ball of wax." Glavine escaped trouble in the second and third, then faced the minimum over his final four innings. Craig Biggio singled in the fifth, but Brad Ausmus hit into an inning-ending double play.

"Glavine was tough," Houston manager Jimy Williams said. "We Nashville delaRosass Rdmnovidi If Pacific Coast League Standings American Conferenca Central Division Memphis ab Motarf 4 Oapp2b 4 Delgado ss 4 Clbaugri3b 4 Cruz 1b 3 Ortega If 4 McDnaldc 4 Taguchicf 4 Cooganp 1 Hsermanp 1 Chmbleph 1 Ohmep 0 Snopek ph 1 Totals 36 12 11 10 Omaha (Royals) Iowa (Cubs) Hermansncf Cquillettecf Pritchettlb Hyzdu rf Secrist 3b Post 2b Romeroc McKnightp ManzaniHop Cotaph Service Totals PcL G6 9 571 9 .550 12 11 .476 2 11 .421 3 By MAURICE PATTON Staff Writer Maybe it was the element of surprise, but the Nashville Sounds looked helpless last night against Les Walrond as visiting Memphis scratched out a 3-1 victory. Walrond, making his Class AAA pitching debut after being called up Thursday from Double-A New Haven, stopped the Sounds on two hits with seven strikeouts over seven innings before the Redbirds bullpen threw two hitless innings to complete the win. "He's not a guy with an arm that you say, but he throws his stuff," said Nashville right fielder Adam Hyzdu, who managed one of the two hits. "We didn't even hit that many balls hard.

You've got to give him some credit. "He handled the inside part of the plate well That stood out, as far as a younger guy coming up. You don't see that all that much. But he's not a guy that's going to overpower you. We had a couple of situations where we offered at pitches that we may not ordinarily.

But that's the way it goes." A Bth-round pick in 1998, Walrond was 2-1 with a 2.42 ERA at New Haven. He was just named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week with a pair of wins and one earned run allowed in 13 innings. "He kept us off-balance," Sounds Manager Marty Brown said. "He had a pretty good breaking ball, and he mixed in his changeup at good times. It probably helped to have catcher Kevin McDonald calling his game for him." As helpful as McDonald was behind the plate, he was equally so at the plate with three doubles, two RBI and a run scored.

McDonald got the Redbirds on the board with a second-inning double off Nashville starter Branson Arroyo that scored former Sound Ivan Cruz. McDonald then drove in Chris Snopek also an ex-Sound with his eighth-inning double that made it a 2-1 game. Salt Lake (Angels) Col. Springs (Rockies) 8 Eastern Division New Orleans (Astros) 11 LiyMiM Pet GB 10 .524 11 .476 1 12 .429 2 Nashvie (Pirates) 10 9 010 110 100 4 9 1 303 000 OOx 6 12 0 Mempre (Cardinals) Oklahoma (Rangers) 8 12 .400 212 E-Clapp (4). DP-Memphis 1, Nashville 1.

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3 Heading downtown for Saturday's marathon, or for next weekend's River Stages? Take a good look at Nashville's riverfront, because it may soon be changing. Mayor Purcell and various downtown organizations are gathering ideas for new designs and improvements. Pacific Coast League Schedule Edmonton at Okla. 2nd game Fresno at Salt Lake Las Vegas at New Orleans Memphis at Nashville Portland at Iowa Sacramento at Omaha Tucson at Colorado Springs Today's Game Calgary at Tacoma Edmonton at Oklahoma Fresno at Salt Lake Las Vegas at New Orleans Thursday Games Tacoma 3, Calgary 2 Edmonton at Oklahoma, ppd rain Salt Lake 3. Fresno 2 New Orleans 7, Las Vegas 2 Nashville 6.

Memphis 4 Portland 2, Iowa 1, 10 innings Sacramento 6, Omaha 0 Colorado Springs 4, Tucson 3 Yesterdays Games Calgary at Tacoma Edmonton at 1st game Memphis at Nashvite Portland at towa Sacramento at Omaha Tucson at Colorado Springs Sunday's Games Calgary at Tacoma Edmonton at Oklahoma Fresno at Salt Lake Las Vegas at New Orleans Memphe at Nashwle Portland at Iowa Sacramento at Omaha Tucson at Colorado Springs Why has Tennessee's former governor and U.S. Senate candidate Lamar Alexander been teaching classes at Harvard while fellow candidates Ed Bryant and Bob Clement were out on the campaign trail? rra.iv a. Crowe sparks rally in Tennessee win jTJIiR. Meet Carolyn Dawn Johnson, the only mainstream country artist performing at this year's River Stages. Ironically, the Canada native made her first big impression in the video for a song called Georgia.

"(Nashville) is where I'm meant to be," she says. Also, get a look at the schedule and the map to plan your visit to the Riverfront Park music festival. Tmnessean Staff Reports Nick Crowe hit a two-run double during a four-run rally in the eighth that gave Tennessee an 8-5 victory at Mississippi last night Crowe's double was the first of three straight run-scoring hits against Ole Miss closer T.J. Beam, who had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 19-23. Beam entered the game with one out trying to protect a 54 lead.

He struck out the first batter and had two strikes on Crowe before allowing an opposite-field double down the third base line that gave the Volunteers (22-22, 7-12) a 6-5 lead. Jordan Czarniecki followed with an RBI double and Walter Sevilla RBI and scored two runs to lead Belmont (20-19, 8-13) to a victory over Troy State (20-24, 9-10) in the first game of a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series at Riddle-Pace Field. Cumberland 9, Union 5: Cumberland (32-22) pounded out four runs in the top of the ninth inning to a win at Union (40-18). Left fielder Tirzon Nunez went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for Cumberland. WL Kentucky 4, New (Means 1: First baseman Nick Turner went 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple to lead Western Kentucky (29-10, 9-3 SBC) to a win over New Orleans singled home another run to put the Vols up 8-5.

Sevilla was 3-for-4, Czarniecki was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and Crowe was l-for-4. Mssisstppi State 6, VanderUt 4: Vanderbilt (18-19, 3-14 SEC) scored four runs in a rally in the last two innings, but fell short in a loss to Mississippi State (26-15, 10-8). For Vanderbilt, Scott Shapiro went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while teammate Karl Nonemaker went 2-for-4 with two runs. Sean Luell-witz had one RBI and went 3-for-5. Belmont 6, Troy State 3: Scott Browning went 3-for4 with three The TENNESSEAN Every day matters, vwyrw.tennessean.cotn Call 242-NEWS to subscribe.

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