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Nashville Sounds drop second game in a row to Round Rock Express, 8-5

July 18, 2012 | Print This Post
 

Corey Patterson Homers, Sean Halton Drives In Two For Nashville In Losing Effort

Nashville SoundsNashville, TN – The Nashville Sounds dropped their second straight game to the Round Rock Express, falling 8-5 on Wednesday evening at Greer Stadium.

With the defeat, the Sounds (42-55) suffered their first consecutive losses since late June.

All-Star outfielder Joey Butler paced the Express’ offensive attack with a 5-for-5 night that included an RBI and three runs scored. It marked the first five-hit effort by an opponent against Nashville this season.

Nashville Sounds. (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)

Nashville Sounds. (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)

First baseman Sean Halton went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs to highlight four two-hit efforts by Sounds batters on the night.

Round Rock opened the scoring with a three-run second  inning against Sounds starter Seth McClung, who suffered his Pacific Coast League-leading 12th loss of the year.

Former Sound Brad Nelson led off with a double to right and, after Ryan Spilborghs was hit by a pitch, scored the night’s first run on Butler’s RBI two-bagger into the right field corner. Luis Hernandez made it 2-0 when he plated Spilborghs with a sacrifice fly before Butler scored the third Express run on Elio Sarmiento’s RBI single to center.

The Sounds got a run back in the bottom of the second. After loading the bases with one out against Round Rock starter Chad Bell on three consecutive singles, catcher Jason Jaramillo lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Halton to make it a 3-1 contest. Nashville was unable to do any further damage, though, as Bell induced an inning-ending groundout from Edwin Maysonet.

Nashville pulled in front, 4-3, with a three-run outburst against Bell in the third. Halton tied the game with a two-out, two-run double down the left field line that brought in Eric Farris (single) and Andy Gonzalez (walk).  For the third straight night, Taylor Green (2-for-4) gave the Sounds their first lead of the contest when he followed with a broken-bat RBI single to shallow right.

Round Rock reclaimed a 6-4 lead in the fourth, chasing McClung from the contest in the process. After the right-hander issued a leadoff walk to Spilborghs, Butler (3-for-3) and Yangervis Solarte followed with back-to-back singles, the second of which knotted the game at 4-4. Later in the frame, Butler put the Express back on top when he raced plateward on Julio Borbon’s bases-loaded infield single.  McClung followed by issuing a walk to his final batter, Greg Miclat, to up the visitors’ lead to 6-4.

Sounds reliever Rob Wooten inherited a one-out, bases-loaded jam and escaped without further damage by popping up former Vanderbilt star Matt Kata and inducing a groundout from Nelson.

McClung (2-12) allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings of action, walking four batters and striking out three.

The Express added single runs in the fifth and sixth against Wooten on a two-out Hernandez RBI double and a Kata run-scoring single to extend the advantage to 8-4.

Corey Patterson belted his eighth home run of the year, a mammoth one-out solo shot to right off Bell, to pull the Sounds within three at 8-5. The red-hot veteran went 2-for-4 on the night and is hitting .391 (36-for-92) over his last 29 contests.

Bell (3-2) picked up the victory for Round Rock after allowing five runs on nine hits in seven innings of work.

Johan Yan and Yoshinori Tateyama closed out the contest with a pair of perfect innings for Round Rock, with Tateyama picking up his second save of the year.

The teams will wrap up the four-game set with a 7:05pm finale on Thursday evening. Right-hander Claudio Vargas (3-1, 4.94) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Round Rock right-hander Justin Grimm (0-0, 2.25).

The first 2,000 fans through the turnstiles will receive a bobblehead of Oak Ridge Boy bass singer Richard Sterban, a former Sounds minority owner and one of the team’s official ambassadors.

Box Score

Round Rock Express (41-56) 8, Nashville Sounds (42-55) 5
July 18th, 2012

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Round Rock Express 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 12 0
Nashville Sounds 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 1





Round Rock AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Borbon, CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .300
Miclat, SS 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 .260
Kata, DH 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 .264
Nelson, B, 1B 4 1 1 0 1 2 4 .275
Spilborghs, LF 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 .303
Butler, Jy, RF 5 3 5 1 0 0 0 .290
Solarte, 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .283
Hernandez, L, 2B 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .233
Sarmiento, C 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .154
Bell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Yan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tateyama, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 8 12 8 6 6 20 .271
BATTING
2B: Nelson, B (23, McClung), Butler, Jy (23, McClung), Hernandez, L (12, Wooten), Miclat (9, Wooten).
TB: Sarmiento; Nelson, B 2; Kata; Hernandez, L 2; Solarte; Miclat 2; Borbon; Butler, Jy 6.
RBI: Butler, Jy (48), Hernandez, L 2 (42), Sarmiento (8), Solarte (38), Borbon (34), Miclat (13), Kata (43).
2-out RBI: Hernandez, L.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nelson, B 2; Sarmiento; Spilborghs 3.
SF: Hernandez, L.
GIDP: Solarte 2.
Team RISP: 6-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
SB: Kata (4, 2nd base off Wooten/Jaramillo).FIELDING
DP: (Miclat-Hernandez, L-Nelson, B)

 

 

Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schafer, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Farris, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .264
Gindl, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250
Gonzalez, A, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .249
Halton, 1B 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .274
Green, T, DH 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286
Patterson, C, LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .280
Jaramillo, C 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .218
Maysonet, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .209
McClung, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Wooten, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dillard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sanchez, Je, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 5 9 5 1 4 7 .258
BATTING
2B: Halton (15, Bell).
HR: Patterson, C (8, 6th inning off Bell, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Farris 2; Halton 3; Patterson, C 5; Green, T 2; Gindl.
RBI: Jaramillo (11), Halton 2 (30), Green, T (11), Patterson, C (30).
2-out RBI: Halton 2; Green, T.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maysonet.
SF: Jaramillo.
GIDP: Gindl.
Team RISP: 3-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.BASERUNNING
SB: Farris (23, 3rd base off Bell/Sarmiento).FIELDING
E: Patterson, C (2, fielding).
Outfield assists: Schafer (Solarte at 3rd base).
DP: 2 (Dillard-Maysonet-Halton, Farris-Maysonet-Halton).

 

 

Round Rock IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bell (W, 3-2) 7.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 4.15
Yan (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.82
Tateyama (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.39
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 1 4 1 4.93

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
McClung (L, 2-12) 3.1 6 6 6 4 3 0 5.97
Wooten 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 4.80
Dillard 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Sanchez, Je 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9.0 12 8 8 6 6 0 4.57



Balk: Wooten.
HBP: Spilborghs (by McClung).
Pitches-strikes: Bell 87-59, Yan 7-5, Tateyama 17-12, McClung 86-47, Wooten 42-30, Dillard 32-17, Sanchez, Je 13-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Bell 10-5, Yan 3-0, Tateyama 1-1, McClung 4-0, Wooten 4-1, Dillard 4-0, Sanchez, Je 1-0.
Batters faced: Bell 30, Yan 3, Tateyama 3, McClung 20, Wooten 12, Dillard 9, Sanchez, Je 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Wooten 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Jordan Baker. 1B: Nick Bailey. 2B: Stu Scheurwater. 3B: Mark Ripperger.
Weather: 83 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:47.
Att: 2,309.


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