NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Interstat) — The Nashville Sounds defeated the Worcester Red Sox 5-3 on Wednesday at First Horizon Park, securing a second straight win in the series.

Worcester took an early lead on Allan Castro’s first-inning RBI single, but Nashville responded with two runs in the second on Luis Lara’s two-run single and added two more in the fourth. Lara finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Cooper Pratt added two hits and two RBIs for the Sounds.

Joe Corbett earned the win in relief for Nashville, while Worcester’s Alec Gamboa took the loss. Will Childers secured his third save. The Red Sox scored single runs in the sixth and eighth but left the tying runs on base in the ninth.

Attendance was 5,255. The game lasted 3 hours, 13 minutes.