PCL1 Round Rock Express

Round Rock Express Edged at Nashville 7-6

Published on May 25, 2012 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hainley Statia's eighth-inning, two-out RBI single propelled the Nashville Sounds to a 7-6 victory over the Round Rock Express in Friday night's Pacific Coast League series opener at Herschel Greer Stadium. The Express (21-28) fall to 4-9 in series openers and suffered their 10th loss in their last 13 road games. The Sounds (19-28) have won three straight.

Corey Patterson singled to open the bottom of the eighth, and former Express member Edwin Maysonet pushed Patterson to second on a sacrifice bunt. Caleb Gindl grounded out to first, advancing Patterson to third. Statia followed with a single to right on Johan Yan's 1-0 offering. It was Yan's first career Triple-A outing after being promoted from Double-A Frisco earlier in the day.

That made a winner of Amaury Rivas (3-2), who worked around a Tommy Mendonca leadoff bunt single for a scoreless top of the eighth; he had one strikeout. Vinnie Chulk surrendered only a Ryan Spilborghs one-out single in the ninth with two strikeouts for his first save. Nashville starter Seth McClung, who spent part of last season with Round Rock, allowed four runs on five hits and four walks over five and two-thirds innings with four strikeouts.

Ben Snyder (1-2), who surrendered Patterson's eighth-inning leadoff single before giving way to Yan, was charged with the loss; he retired the side in order with one out in the seventh. Starter Martin Perez yielded six runs - three earned - on four hits and four walks with one strikeout over four innings.

Nashville plated four first-inning runs on just one hit, benefiting from two Express errors. Brooks Conrad, who played for Round Rock from 2004 to 2007 and still holds several Express career records, tacked on a two-run homer in the second.

Round Rock battled back, starting with Joey Butler's fourth-inning sacrifice fly. The Express plated three runs on two hits and a pair of walks in the sixth. Brad Nelson started the scoring with an RBI single. After Butler was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Mike Bianucci delivered an RBI single. McClung then hit Luis Martinez, forcing home the third run.

Spilborghs tied the game in the top of the seventh, following Yangervis Solarte's one-out single with his third homer of the season. Mendonca was stranded at third in the eighth when Luis Hernandez struck out.

Spilborghs was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk. Julio Borbon singled twice, pushing his hitting streak to 13 games (.431, 25-for-58). Nelson was 2-for-4. Spilborghs' home run was the only of Round Rock's 10 hits that went for extra bases. It marked the first time the Express did not produce a double since the season opener, ending a 47-game streak.

Patterson had Nashville's lone multiple-hit game, going 2-for-4. Conrad was 1-for-3 with two RBI, a walk and two runs scored. Statia wsa 1-for-3 with two RBI, and Eric Farris scored twice.

Round Rock and Nashville continue their four-game series Saturday with a 6:35 p.m. CDT first pitch at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Greg Reynolds (3-3, 4.15 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Express, while right-hander Mark Rogers (0-2, 5.29 ERA) is slated for the Sounds.

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