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Katin, Sounds Pound Zephyrs, 9-1

September 6, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


METAIRIE, La. - Brendan Katin went deep twice to highlight a four-homer Nashville barrage and lead the Sounds to a 9-1 victory over the host New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday evening at Zephyr Field.

Sounds starting pitcher Lindsay Gulin (7-10) allowed four hits and struck out six batters over six scoreless innings, his ninth quality start of the year, to pick up the victory.

Robert Hinton took over on the hill in the seventh and went the rest of the way, allowing one run in three innings of work, to notch his first save of the year for Nashville (74-69).

Outfielder Corey Hart looked very comfortable in the batter's box during his third rehab appearance for the Sounds, finishing a triple short of the cycle in a 3-for-4 night at the dish. He played six innings in right field.

Katin's two-homer effort was the outfielder's fourth of the year as he pulled into a tie with Joe Koshansky for the club lead with 23 roundtrippers. Nashville's four home runs on the night marked a season high for the club.

Hart put the Sounds on top early, belting a two-run home run to left in the top of the first inning off Zephyrs starter Chris Volstad. The blast was the first hit of his three-game rehab stint with Nashville and also scored Johnny Raburn, who preceded Hart with a single.

Katin, who ended a 174 at-bat homerless drought on Saturday evening, continued his recent power surge in the second inning with an opposite-field solo shot to right off Volstad to extend Nashville's lead to 3-0.

Nashville extended its lead to 8-0 in the top of the fifth with a five-run rally against Z's reliever William Glen. Koshansky got things started with a bases-loaded, two-run single to center that plated Tike Redman (walk) and Raburn (single). Following a strikeout, Mat Gamel stepped in and drove in Hart with an RBI groundout before Katin bashed a mammoth home run to left, his second of the contest, to extend the advantage to eight.

Right fielder Jon Knott put an exclamation point on the victory with a monstrous two-out solo homer to left off Jay Buente in the top of the ninth inning to make it a 9-0 contest. The longball was Knott's first hit in a Sounds uniform.

New Orleans scored its lone run in the bottom of the ninth against Hinton when pinch-hitter Andy Jenkins plated Neil Wilson on a groundout.

The contest began following a one hour and 52-minute delay at the outset due to rain.

Volstad (0-1) took the loss in his Zephyrs debut after giving up three runs, all on homers, in his four innings of work. He walked two batters and struck out seven in his outing.

The teams wrap up the 2009 season with a 2 p.m. Labor Day finale on Monday afternoon. Right-hander Mike Burns (7-3, 2.69) will toe the rubber to close out the year for the Sounds. He'll face New Orleans southpaw John Koronka (4-10, 4.92).

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