Interstate rival or not, the Sounds came out with a plan 10 - 8 over the Redbirds in the 901

MEMPHIS, TN - The Nashville Sounds evened the series with a 10-8 win over the Memphis Redbirds at AutoZone Park. Memphis scored early, but Nashville answered immediately and held on after a late push. The two teams combined for 28 hits and 12 extra-base hits.

From a Nashville perspective, the decisive start began in the top of the third after Akil Baddoo struck first. Baddoo opened the scoring with a solo home run in the second inning. Jett Williams followed with a two-run shot in the third after Ethan Murray had doubled. Back-to-back singles and a hit by pitch put runners on, and Baddoo delivered again with his second home run of the game—his fourth grand slam of the season—to make it 7-0 early.

Akil Baddoo added to the ledger again in the fourth with bases loaded, drawing a walk for his sixth RBI. Ethan Murray later drove in another run with a RBI double in the fifth to push Nashville to 9-2.

Memphis responded with home runs in the fifth and then continued to score in each of the next three trips to the plate. Joshua Baez drew a bases-loaded walk after a long at-bat to bring the tying run. Yohel Pozo hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats, and a leadoff double in the eighth scored on a groundout to cut the Sounds lead to 9-8.

Nashville added two in the ninth. Luke Adams reached on catcher’s interference to start the inning, Jeferson Quero singled, and Greg Jones doubled in Adams. Mark Manfredi took over on the mound and stranded a runner with two straight fly outs.

The series continues tonight with Game 3 at 7:05 p.m. at AutoZone Park.