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Redbirds Rock the Express, 7-4

July 26, 2013 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Memphis Redbirds News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Memphis Redbirds defeated the Round Rock Express 7-4 on Friday night at the Dell Diamond. The Redbirds beat the Express for the third game in a row after taking the last two in Memphis and game one in this four-game series.

Memphis (52-55) takes over first place in the PCL American Northern Division, up a game on Iowa. Round Rock (59-48) drops into second in the American Southern Division. The Express lead the season series over the Redbirds, 7-6.

Memphis starter Nick Additon (7-6) earned the win while cruising through the first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth. The left-hander finished with five 1/3 innings pitched, allowing three runs on eight hits with a walk and three strikeouts. He threw 88 pitches, 50 for strikes.

Kolten Wong hit a three-run homer, his eighth of the year. Chad Huffman, Ryan Jackson and Justin Christian each had two hits. Adron Chambers added an RBI-single, a stolen base and a sacrifice.

The Redbirds opened the scoring in the third with two outs. After back-to-back singles by Travis Tartamella and Jackson, Wong roped a shot over the right-field wall to give the 'Birds a 3-0 lead. Huffman doubled and was driven in by Chambers to extend the Memphis lead to 4-0.

The Express finally reached Additon in the fourth. Joey Butler hit his ninth home run of the year with a man on to cut the Redbirds' lead in half, 4-2. Chris McGuiness tacked on another run with a two-out RBI-double, pulling the Express within a run at 4-3.

The score would remain 4-3 until the Redbirds played add-on in the eighth. RBI-singles by Greg Garcia and Jackson plus a sacrifice fly by Tartamella put Memphis up 7-3. The 'Birds brought seven batters to the plate in the inning, knocking three hits and walking once.

Round Rock got a run back in the bottom of the eighth when McGuiness picked up his second RBI on a single, ending the scoring at 7-4 in favor of the visitors.

Round Rock starter Evan Meek (5-5) took the loss, giving up four runs on eight hits with a walk and five strikeouts over five 2/3 innings pitched. Express reliever Nate Robertson threw a scoreless inning, while Johan Yan gave up three runs over an inning and a 1/3. Ryan Rodebaugh worked the ninth.

Sam Freeman worked a clean inning and a 1/3 of relief with a hit and a strikeout. Victor Marte followed, allowing a run on two hits with a walk and a strikeout in one inning pitched. Keith Butler picked up his first save, with no runs or hits and a strikeout over the last inning and a 1/3.

In game two of the series on Saturday, the Redbirds send righty Boone Whiting (4-4, 4.61 ERA) to the hill against Round Rock southpaw Ryan Feierabend (5-3, 3.65 ERA) for the 7:05 p.m. CT first pitch.

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