Sounds take down RedHawks, 11-1
Published on June 29, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE - Right-hander Tim Dillard tossed a quality start to earn his league-leading eighth win and right fielder Brendan Katin homered as part of a 3-for-4 evening to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-1 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium.
Dillard (8-3) pulled into a tie for the Pacific Coast League lead by earning his eighth victory of the season. He worked his sixth quality start of the season, allowing one run on four hits over eight inning of work, matching his longest outing of the year.
Katin rapped three extra-base hits on the night, including his team-leading 17th homer of the year, to pace the Nashville offense. Adam Heether drove in a team-high three runs for the Sounds.
First baseman Joe Koshansky spotted the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a solo homer to right off Oklahoma City starter Josh Rupe. The blast was his 14th of the season.
Nashville increased the lead to 7-0 in the third with a six-run outburst against Rupe. Angel Salome and Koshansky delivered one-out RBI singles before Heether and Katin belted the Sounds' first pair of back-to-back homers of the year.
Heether's shot, a three-run blast to left, was his seventh of the year, while Katin's dinger was the right fielder's team-leading 17th roundtripper of the season.
Oklahoma City got on the board in the top of the fourth with Esteban German scored on Emerson Frostad's RBI single to center off Dillard. The right-hander worked out of a no out, bases-loaded jam with no further damage by striking out Greg Golson and inducing an inning-ending double play from Steven Murphy.
Nashville increased the lead to 9-1 in the fifth. Cole Gillespie increased lifted a sacrifice fly to center that plated Heether to bring home the first run of the inning. Katin later scored from third on a throwing error by RedHawks backstop Max Ramirez on a failed pickoff attempt.
The Sounds wrapped up the evening's scoring in the eighth with a pair of runs off Clayton Hamilton. Gillespie led off with a single, moved to third on a Martin Maldonado double, and scored on an Escobar groundout. Hernan Iribarren celebrated his 25th birthday with an RBI single up the middle to bring the score to its final 11-1.
John Axford pitched a scoreless ninth for Nashville to close out the victory.
Rupe (1-5) was dealt the loss for the RedHawks after he allowed nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits over his 4 1/3 frames of action.
The teams wrap up the series with a 7 p.m. finale on Tuesday evening at Greer. Left-hander Chris Cody (2-1, 2.73) will man the bump for the Sounds to face rehabbing right-hander Dustin Nippert (NR) for Oklahoma City.
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