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Sounds Split Doubleheader In Memphis

July 22, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds split a doubleheader against the division-rival Memphis Redbirds on Wednesday evening at AutoZone Park, winning the opener, 1-0, before falling 5-1 in the nightcap.

Sounds right-hander Tim Dillard turned in the highlight of the evening and the best pitching performance by a Nashville hurler all season, working an eight-inning, one-hit shutout in the visitors' 1-0 victory in the night's first contest.

Dillard (10-4), who faced the minimum 24 batters in his outing and tossed just 65 pitches, allowed a first-inning Tyler Greene single then erased him on a double play grounder en route to retiring the final 22 Memphis batters in order. The right-hander leads all Pacific Coast League hurlers with his ten wins this season and lowered his ERA to 3.66 on the year after hurling Nashville's first shutout of 2009.

Jason Bourgeois went 2-for-4 for Nashville and drove in the winning run with a single in the top of the eighth inning. Hernan Iribarren opened the Sounds' eighth by drawing a walk from Redbirds reliever Jess Todd and later scored the game's lone run on Bourgeois' second single of the night.

Memphis starter Blake Hawksworth matched Dillard pitch-for-pitch on the evening, carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning before Bourgeois singled to become the Sounds' first baserunner. The right-hander allowed just the one hit while striking out five over seven scoreless frames in taking a no-decision.

Todd (4-2) drew the loss for the Redbirds after allowing the game's only run in his one inning of relief work.

In the nightcap, Memphis notched a split of the twinbill with a 5-1 victory.

The Redbirds drew first blood with a first-inning run off Sounds starter Chris Cody. Jon Jay led off the inning with a single to center before being erased on a Tyler Greene fielder's choice grounder. Greene then swiped second and scored on Allen Craig's RBI single to center.

Craig upped the Memphis lead to 4-0 in the third with one swing of the bat, belting a three-run homer to right off Cody. The blast, his 12th of the year, plated Jay (single) and Greene (double).

Nashville plated its lone run of the nightcap in the top of the fifth with a two-out rally against Redbirds starter Evan MacLane. Johnny Raburn ripped a double to center before scoring when catcher Carlos Corporan followed with an RBI single to left.

Memphis answered with a run of its own in the home half of the fifth when Greene scored on a double play grounder, bringing the score to its final 5-1. MacLane (4-9) turned in a quality start to pick up the win for Memphis. He allowed one run on six hits while fanning six over six innings.

Cody (4-5) took the loss for the Sounds after giving up four runs on seven hits in four frames of action.

The teams wrap up the four-game set with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Thursday. Left-hander Lindsay Gulin (5-5, 4.45) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Memphis righty Mitchell Boggs (5-4, 4.55).


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