PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Patterson powers Sounds past Bees, 11-4

Published on August 10, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


SALT LAKE CITY - Center fielder Corey Patterson belted a pair of home runs and recorded five RBIs to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-4 victory over the Salt Lake Bees on Monday evening at Spring Mobile Ballpark.

With the win, Nashville (62-55) pulled back into a tie for first place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division with Memphis, which had its game in Colorado Springs suspended due to rain.

Every Sounds batter recorded a knock in the club's 15-hit output, led by 3-for-4 efforts from catcher Angel Salome and Patterson.

The veteran outfielder - whose homers were his first two as a Sound- has hit safely in all five of his starts for Nashville this season, batting .458 (11-for-24) in those contests.

The Bees got on the board in the bottom of the first with an unearned run off Sound starter Chase Wright. Terry Evans led off with a double, advanced to third on a passed ball charged to Salome, and scored a batter later when Nashville shortstop Adam Heether was unable to handle a grounder off the bat of Chris Pettit. Salt Lake doubled the advantage to 2-0 in the second when right fielder Adam Pavkovich slugged his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to left.

The Sounds offense erupted for a six-run rally in the top of the third inning as the visitors vaulted to a 6-2 lead.

Salome made amends for his earlier fielding gaff by leading off the frame with a solo homer to center off Bees starter Brad Knox, the backstop's sixth roundtripper of the year. Brendan Katin followed with his team-leading 29th double of the year and later scored the tying run on a Jason Bourgeois RBI single up the middle.

Alcides Escobar followed with a single before Patterson put Nashville on top, 3-2, with an RBI single to right. First baseman Joe Koshansky followed with a two-run triple to center before Heether wrapped up the big inning's scoring with a sac fly to right.

Salt Lake scored for the third straight inning to open the contest, pulling back within 6-3 in the home half of the third when Sean Rodriguez tripled and scored on a Matt Brown sacrifice fly.

Nashville upped its lead to 8-3 in the fourth when Escobar delivered a bases-loaded RBI single to bring home Katin and Patterson followed with a sacrifice fly, which chased Knox from the contest.

Patterson continued his solid evening in his next two at-bats. The veteran led off the seventh with a solo homer to center that greeted Salt Lake reliever Rafael Rodriguez. An inning later, he wrapped up the Nashville scoring with a two-run homer off Robert Mosebach.

Former Sounds infielder Luis Figueroa concluded the night's scoring in the bottom of the eighth when he delivered an RBI double for the Bees off Robert Hinton.

Wright (7-6) picked up the win for Nashville after allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings of work.

John Axford turned in an impressive relief outing for the Sounds, striking out the final four batters of the contest including working out of an inherited bases-loaded jam unscathed in the eighth inning.

Knox (6-7) absorbed the loss for the Bees after surrendering eight runs on nine hits in just 3 2/3 innings of action.

The teams continue their series with another 8:05 p.m. CT matchup on Tuesday. Left-hander Chris Cody (5-6, 4.33) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Salt Lake right-hander Brad Salmon (4-3, 5.28).

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