Nashville defeats Round Rock on road 6-3, Gulin wins 4th game

Gulin (4-4)

The Nashville Sounds (45-35) finally supported starter Lindsay Gulin (W, 4-4) with some offense on their way to defeating the Round Rock Express (36-42) 6-3 tonight in Round Rock, Texas.

Game summary:

The Express took an early 1-0 lead in the first but the Sounds busted out with a big inning in the fifth, plating four men. Adam Heether singled to lead-off. Katin followed with a single to right (he was 4-for-4 tonight, with a solo HR). A third straight single in the inning – the next by Drew T. Anderson – plated Heether.  1-1 tie. One out later Bourgeois hit an RBI ground- out scoring Katin.  2-1 Sounds. Escobar then walked and Iribarren’s single scored Anderson 3-1 Sounds. Martin Maldonado then stroked an RBI-single scoring Escobar.  4-1 Sounds.

Adam Heether led off with his 8th home run of the year in the top of the sixth. 5-1 Sounds. Brendan Katin’s 18th homer of the season in the 8th made it 6-1 Sounds.

Round Rock scored once in the 8th and the 9th to make the final score 6-3 Sounds.

Lindsay Gulin earned his 4th victory (4-4) and Bud Norris (3-6) suffered the loss.

July 01, 2009 7:05 PM CT

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nashville	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0		6	11	1
Round Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		3	8	0

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W: Lindsay Gulin (4-4); L: Bud Norris (3-6)

Sound’s MVP of the Game: Lindsay Gulin, (W, 4-4) with 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 1 run, walking two, striking out five.

Brendan Katin went 4-for-4 tonight, hitting is 18th HR.