Express Surge Past Nashville 8-4
Published on July 31, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Esteban German goes 5-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored as the Round Rock Express beat the Nashville Sounds 8-4 in Pacific Coast League action Sunday night. The Express (64-45) and Sounds (53-56) have split the first two games of the four-game series.
The Sounds got on the board in the first inning with two runs on one hit off Express starter Martin Perez. Caleb Gindl scored the first run on Mat Gamel's fielders choice with the bases loaded. Taylor Green later scored in the inning on a balk by Perez.
Round Rock answered with a run in the second on Matt Kata's RBI single. Val Majewski scored the run after singling to right field and stealing second base. Nashville charged right back with two more runs in the bottom of frame on Gindle and Green's RBI singles. German scored in Chad Tracy's RBI single in the third inning to make the score 4-2.
The Express took a 5-4 lead in the fourth inning. Kata hit his 11th home run of the year, a solo shot, to bring the game within one run. Kevin Cash and Nick Green scored the tying and go-ahead runs on German's two-out RBI double to right field.
The Express added single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to push the score to 8-4, a tally Round Rock would eventually win by. Cash hit his fifth home run of the year in the sixth inning and drove in another run in the seventh with an RBI single. German scored his second run of the game on Tracy's RBI single in the eighth.
Perez (2-2) got the win, allowing four runs - three earned - on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work.
Nashville starter Josh Butler (6-6) allowed five runs - four earned - on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts to get the loss.
Mark Hamburger, Darren O'Day and Merkin Valdez combined on four shutout innings out of the bullpen for Round Rock.
The Express and Sounds continue their four-game series Monday at 7:05 p.m. CDT. Left-hander Zach Jackson (8-4, 5.93 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Express, while righty Amaury Rivas (7-10, 4.85 ERA) will pitch for Nashville.
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