Hiram Burgos Earns First Career Triple-A Victory
Round Rock, TX – Caleb Gindl went 4-for-4 with three doubles to power the Nashville Sounds to a 5-2 victory over the Round Rock Express on Friday evening at The Dell Diamond.
Sounds starter Hiram Burgos (1-2) picked up his first career Triple-A victory after holding the Express to two runs (one earned) on four hits over five-plus innings of work. The right-hander walked four batters and struck out three while throwing 102 pitches on the night, his highest workload in six starts since joining Nashville.
The Sounds increased the advantage to 3-0 in the third. Eric Farris led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a Corey Patterson single, and scored on a Khris Davis sacrifice fly to right. Patterson then scored the second Nashville run of the frame when Jordan Brown followed Davis with a first-pitch RBI single to right.
Gindl continued his solid night in the fourth when he led off with the first of his three two-baggers and later scored on a Patterson groundout to make it a 4-0 contest.
Nashville missed a chance to add to the lead in the top of the sixth. After the Sounds placed runners on second and third with no outs, Grimm and reliever Neal Cotts combined to strand the runners there and keep the lead at 4-0.
Burgos opened the contest with five scoreless frames for Nashville before running into trouble as he tired in the sixth, when Round Rock halved its deficit to 4-2.
The Nashville right-hander walked the first three batters of the frame to load the bases before being replaced on the hill. Reliever Amaury Rivas induced a first-pitch flyout from Matt Kata to record the first out then got a potential double play grounder to short off the bat of Joey Butler, but Farris’ throw from second on the play was in the dirt and eluded Halton at first base, allowing a pair of Express runs to score.
Gindl struck again for the Sounds in the eighth, ripping his third double of the night off the top of the left field wall to plate Andy Gonzalez to up the Nashville lead to 5-2.
Five Nashville relievers combined to work four scoreless innings following Burgos’ departure, capped by a 1-2-3 ninth by Rob Wooten, who notched his fifth save.
Grimm (2-3) took the loss for the Express after giving up four runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings of action.
The teams continue the series with another 7:05pm meeting on Saturday night. Right-hander Claudio Vargas (6-1, 3.58) will toe the slab for the Sounds and face Round Rock southpaw Martin Perez (7-6, 4.11).
Box Score
Nashville Sounds (62-72) 5, Round Rock Express (63-71) 2
August 24th, 2012
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Sounds | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | |
| Round Rock Express | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Nashville | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farris, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .280 |
| Patterson, C, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .254 |
| Davis, Kh, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Brown, J, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Halton, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .269 |
| Green, T, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Gonzalez, A, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Gindl, CF | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Quintero, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .265 |
| Burgos, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rivas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| De Los Santos, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Perez, J, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kintzler, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wooten, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | .259 |
| BATTING 2B: Halton 2 (22, Grimm, Uehara), Gindl 3 (25, Grimm, Grimm, Yan). TB: Farris; Quintero; Brown, J; Halton 4; Patterson, C; Gindl 7; Green, T. RBI: Gindl 2 (46), Davis, Kh (20), Brown, J (35), Patterson, C (37). 2-out RBI: Gindl. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brown, J; Gonzalez, A; Davis, Kh; Patterson, C 3. SF: Davis, Kh. Team RISP: 4-for-17. Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING SB: Patterson, C 2 (17, 2nd base off Grimm/Hill, K, 2nd base off Grimm/Hill, K), Farris (31, 2nd base off Grimm/Hill, K). FIELDING |
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| Round Rock | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borbon, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Solarte, 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Martin, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .361 |
| Nelson, B, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .283 |
| Kata, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .270 |
| Butler, Jy, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| Spilborghs, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .294 |
| Snyder, B, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .232 |
| Hill, K, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .194 |
| Grimm, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cotts, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Uehara, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Snyder, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | .277 |
| BATTING TB: Kata; Solarte 2; Borbon; Spilborghs; Butler, Jy 2. RBI: Butler, Jy (68). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kata; Martin. GIDP: Hill, K, Spilborghs. Team RISP: 0-for-9. Team LOB: 8.FIELDING E: Kata (17, throw). Outfield assists: Butler, Jy (Quintero at 2nd base), Martin (Halton at 3rd base). |
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| Nashville | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgos (W, 1-2) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.93 |
| Rivas (H, 8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 |
| De Los Santos (H, 4) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.04 |
| Perez, J (H, 9) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 |
| Kintzler (H, 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Wooten (S, 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Round Rock | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimm (L, 2-3) | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.59 |
| Cotts | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 |
| Uehara | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yan | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.70 |
| Snyder | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.81 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4.66 |
Burgos pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
HBP: Gonzalez, A (by Grimm).
Pitches-strikes: Burgos 102-61, Rivas 8-5, De Los Santos 17-9, Perez, J 16-11, Kintzler 4-3, Wooten 9-7, Grimm 96-59, Cotts 2-1, Uehara 14-8, Yan 25-11, Snyder 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Burgos 7-2, Rivas 2-1, De Los Santos 0-1, Perez, J 1-0, Kintzler 1-0, Wooten 0-2, Grimm 7-6, Cotts 0-1, Uehara 0-1, Yan 0-0, Snyder 1-1.
Batters faced: Burgos 22, Rivas 3, De Los Santos 4, Perez, J 3, Kintzler 2, Wooten 3, Grimm 28, Cotts 1, Uehara 3, Yan 6, Snyder 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Rivas 3-2, Perez, J 2-0, Kintzler 1-0, Cotts 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Kolin Kline. 1B: Brandon Misun. 3B: Chris Segal.
Weather: 94 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, R to L.
T: 3:21.
Att: 10,171.
