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Nashville Sounds lose to the Round Rock Express 5-1

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Nashville SoundsRounds Rock, TX – Chad Bell pitched for five scoreless innings as the Round Rock Express handed the Nashville Sounds a 5-1 defeat on Thursday night at The Dell Diamond.

The Sounds have dropped the first two games of the five-game series and 17 of their last 21 games at The Dell Diamond since the beginning of the 2010 season.

Bell (4-4) scattered five hits while striking out five in five frames for the victory.

Nashville Sounds. (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)
Nashville Sounds. (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)

Outfielder Khris Davis snapped out of an 0-for-16 slump to double twice. Shortstop Andy Gonzalez and catcher Dayton Buller each had two hits. Second baseman Eric Farris (1-for-4) singled to extend his hitting streak to seven games.

Ryan Spilborghs gave the Express a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run double. Two innings later, Matt Kata belted a solo homer in the fourth for the club’s third run.

Former Sound Brad Nelson led off the sixth with a solo home run for a 4-0 Round Rock advantage. The long ball was Nelson’s team-leading 22nd of the season. Robinson Diaz would tack on a two-out, RBI single later in the frame to conclude Round Rock’s scoring.

The Sounds loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh, but only came away with one run in the process. Reliever Derek Hankins allowed an inning-opening walk and two singles before outfielder Logan Schafer hit a sacrifice fly to right to score outfielder Caleb Gindl.

Coming away with the loss in his second straight start, Nashville starter Tyler Thornburg (1-2) gave up three runs on three hits and a pair of walks in five innings of work. The 23-year-old also fanned six in 81 pitches, 50 for strikes.

Donovan Hand was charged with two runs in two innings. Jesus Sanchez allowed one hit in a scoreless inning.

The Sounds and Express continue their series at 7:05pm CT at the Dell Diamond on Friday night. Right-hander Hiram Burgos (0-2, 4.30) seeks his first Triple-A win against Round Rock righty and Tennessee native Justin Grimm (2-2, 4.37).

Box Score

Round Rock Express (63-70) 5, Nashville Sounds (61-72) 1
August 23rd, 2012

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




Nashville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Farris, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .280
Schafer, CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .272
Davis, Kh, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286
Brown, J, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .298
Halton, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .267
Green, T, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .264
Gonzalez, A, SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .243
Gindl, RF 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .252
Buller, C 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .256
Thornburg, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hand, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Sanchez, Je, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 1 8 1 5 7 15 .258
BATTING
2B: Davis, Kh 2 (6, Bell, Hankins), Buller (6, Bell).
3B: Schafer (9, Bell).
TB: Farris; Buller 3; Schafer 3; Davis, Kh 4; Gonzalez, A 2.
RBI: Schafer (37).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brown, J 2; Davis, Kh; Schafer; Gonzalez, A.
SF: Schafer.
GIDP: Buller.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
CS: Green, T (3, 2nd base by Bell/Diaz, R), Gonzalez, A (2, 2nd base by Bell/Diaz, R).FIELDING
DP: 2 (Farris-Gonzalez, A-Halton 2).

 

 

Round Rock AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Borbon, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .303
Hernandez, L, 2B-SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .262
Martin, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .366
Nelson, B, 1B 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 .285
Kata, 3B 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 .271
Butler, Jy, RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .283
Spilborghs, DH 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 .295
Gonzalez, Al, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417
Solarte, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .279
Diaz, R, C 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .299
Bell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hankins, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ortiz, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Eyre, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 5 8 5 4 9 16 .278
BATTING
2B: Spilborghs (20, Thornburg).
HR: Kata (9, 4th inning off Thornburg, 0 on, 1 out), Nelson, B (22, 6th inning off Hand, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Nelson, B 4; Kata 5; Hernandez, L; Diaz, R; Spilborghs 3; Butler, Jy.
RBI: Spilborghs 2 (51), Kata (57), Nelson, B (76), Diaz, R (33).
2-out RBI: Diaz, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Diaz, R; Martin; Borbon.
GIDP: Martin, Solarte.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING
SB: Butler, Jy (6, 2nd base off Hand/Buller).FIELDING
DP: (Hernandez, L-Solarte-Nelson, B).

 

 

Nashville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Thornburg (L, 1-2) 5.0 3 3 3 2 6 1 2.79
Hand 2.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 3.51
Sanchez, Je 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
Totals 8.0 8 5 5 4 9 2 4.36

 

Round Rock IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bell (W, 4-4) 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 4.41
Hankins (H, 2) 1.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 5.13
Ortiz, J (H, 4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.33
Eyre 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.66
Totals 9.0 8 1 1 5 7 0 4.66



HBP: Gonzalez, Al (by Thornburg).
Pitches-strikes: Thornburg 81-50, Hand 53-35, Sanchez, Je 8-5, Bell 85-51, Hankins 42-23, Ortiz, J 5-3, Eyre 33-20.
Groundouts-flyouts: Thornburg 3-4, Hand 2-0, Sanchez, Je 2-0, Bell 4-4, Hankins 1-3, Ortiz, J 1-0, Eyre 1-2.
Batters faced: Thornburg 21, Hand 11, Sanchez, Je 3, Bell 20, Hankins 10, Ortiz, J 1, Eyre 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Ortiz, J 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Chris Segal. 1B: Kolin Kline. 3B: Brandon Misun.
Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, Varies.
T: 3:10.
Att: 9,076.

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