Katin, Burns Lead Sounds To 7-1 Victory
April 15, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brendan Katin homered and drove in four runs and Mike Burns turned in the club's first quality start of the year to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 7-1 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Wednesday afternoon at Greer Stadium in the third game of four-game set.
Katin (2-for-4, 4 RBIs), the Sounds' cleanup hitter, has hit safely in his last four contests and ranks second among Nashville batters with a .385 average on the young season.
Every Nashville batter recorded a hit in the contest, except Joe Koshansky (0-for-4).
Katin continued his strong start to the year by putting the home team in the board in the bottom of the first inning with a mammoth two-out, two-run homer over the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. The blast, his first of the year, came off RedHawks starter Doug Mathis and also plated Tony Gwynn, who had opened the contest with a single to left.
Nashville upped the lead to 5-0 in the second with three more runs, two of which coming unearned after Oklahoma City first baseman Scott Thorman's two-out fielding error. Jason Tyner contributed an RBI single in the frame, his first hit of the year.
RedHawks designated hitter Ben Harrison put the visitors on the board in the top of the fourth when he slugged a one-out solo homer to left-center that careened off the scoreboard. The roundtripper, which came against Sounds starter Mike Burns, was his first of the year.
Burns (1-0) earned the win after allowing one run on four hits while walking three batters and striking out three in his six innings of work.
The Sounds padded the lead to 7-1 in the bottom of the seventh when Katin delivered a two-run single off Oklahoma City reliever Michael Ballard.
R.J. Swindle followed Burns to the hill for Nashville and earned his first save of the year with three innings of hitless relief, striking out seven batters in the outing.
Mathis (0-1) drew the loss for the visitors after giving up five runs (three earned) on seven hits over his six frames of action.
Second baseman Hernan Iribarren singled in the second inning to extend his hitting streak to five games for Nashville.
The Sounds wrap up their season-opening eight-game homestand with a 7 p.m. finale on Thursday evening against Oklahoma City. It will be a battle of prospects on the hill as left-hander Chase Wright (0-0, 2.25) will man the bump for Nashville to face RedHawks right-hander Neftali Feliz (0-0, 0.00).
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