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Dillard, Sounds Derail Express, 8-2

August 28, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Nashville Sounds got back on the winning track on Friday evening at The Dell Diamond, snapping a two-game skid with an 8-2 victory over the Round Rock Express.

Right-hander Tim Dillard (11-7) picked up a win for the first time in his last five outings with his team-leading tenth quality start of the year. He allowed two runs on eight hits while fanning five batters over eight innings, matching the longest outing by a Nashville starter this season.

Corey Patterson paced the Nashville offense with a 4-for-5 evening while J.J. Hardy and Tike Redman each drove in a pair of runs in the winning effort.

Round Rock took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on third baseman Chris Johnson's two-out RBI single off Dillard.

Nashville took advantage of a pair of Express errors in the third to grab a 3-1 lead.

Carlos Corporan opened the frame by reaching on a fielding error by second baseman Matt Kata and was sacrificed to second before Adam Stern walked. Patterson followed with an RBI single to right off Round Rock hurler Polin Trinidad to even the contest. Hardy pushed the Sounds in front with a two-run double to left.

The Express pulled back within a run at 3-2 in the bottom of the frame on another Johnson RBI single.

The Sounds tagged on three more runs in the seventh to extend the lead to 6-2. Patterson opened with a single off Polidad and stole second before the left-hander issued walks to Joe Koshansky and Hernan Iribarren to load the bags.

Redman (3-for-5) greeted new Express reliever Roy Corcoran with a two-out, two-run single to left before Corporan followed with an RBI single of his own.

Pinch-hitter extraordinaire Erick Almonte closed out the evening's scoring in the top of the ninth when he came off the bench to belt a two-out, two-run homer to left off Geoff Geary. The blast, which also scored Redman, was Almonte's second roundtripper of the year and the Sounds' third pinch-hit blast of 2009. Almonte is batting .375 (15-for-40) as a pinch-hitter for Nashville.

Trindad (5-5) took the loss for Round Rock after allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits in his 4 2/3 frames of action.

The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. matchup on Saturday night. Left-hander Chase Wright (8-7, 4.22) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Round Rock right-hander Eric Abreu (2-2, 7.90).

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