Round rock Chupacabras 2019 GAME NOTES 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. | Round Rock, TX 78665 | RRExpress.com Media Contact: Andrew Felts | [email protected] | 512.238.2213 Game 61 | Away Game 32 | June 7, 2019 | 8:05 p.m. | Smith's Ballpark | Salt Lake City, UT | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Chupacabras (36-24) at Abejas de Salt Lake (27-32) Chupacabras: RHP Jose Urquidy (2-0, 4.12) | Abejas: RHP Jose Suarez (2-0, 3.91) TONIGHT'S GAME CHUPACABRAS AT A GLANCE The Round Rock Chupacabras continue their seven-game road trip as they head to Utah for a four-game Overall Record: 36-24 Current Streak: W2 series with the Abejas de Salt Lake on Friday night. Chupacabras RHP Jose Urquidy is slated to start Home: 15-14 Away: 21-10 while the Abejas plan to counter with RHP Jose Suarez. First pitch at Smith's Ballpark is set for 8:05 p.m. Standings: 2nd (-1.5) BROADCAST INFORMATION SERIES INFORMATION Tonight's game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Chupacabras, AM 1300 The Zone. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Game 1 | Friday, June 7 | 8:05 p.m. Chupacabras Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. Chupacabras: RHP Jose Urquidy (2-0, 4.12) Abejas: LHP Jose Suarez (2-0, 3.91) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Round Rock Express left Las Vegas with a lopsided 26-11 victory in their series finale against the Aviators on Thursday night. Round Rock got the scoring party started as C Jamie Ritchie drove in CF Game 2 | Saturday, June 8 | 7:35 p.m. Drew Ferguson with a double in the second inning. The Aviators answered back quickly with an RBI Express: TBD single in the third to level the score. In the fourth, Ferguson notched a one-out single then was doubled Bees: RHP Nick Tropeano (1-1, 6.67) home by 1B Taylor Jones. 3B Nick Tanielu then shot a longball into right field to give the Express a 4-1 lead. Round Rock scored single runs in each of the next two frames, beginning with a fifth-inning Game 3 | Sunday, June 9 | 2:05 p.m. longball courtesy of RF Kyle Tucker. In the sixth, Ritchie doubled home Jones to extend the lead. In Express: RHP Corbin Martin (1-1, 1.42) the bottom half of the sixth, the Aviators came within 6-3 on a two-run homer by 2B Franklin Barreto. Bees: RHP Adrian De Horta (0-1, 7.56) Round Rock humbled Las Vegas with a 13-run seventh inning that consisted of eight singles, three doubles, four walks and an Aviators fielding error. A total of 11 batters reached base in consecutive Game 3 | Sunday, June 9 | 8:05 p.m. order. The frame saw a total of 19 E-Train hitters come to the plate. The Aviators pushed back in the Express: RHP Brandon Bielak (0-1, 14.73) home half with a leadoff homer followed by a double that sent a pair home, but their best effort only Bees: LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-2, 5.12) cut the deficit to 19-7. At the same time, Round Rock refused to let up as Ferguson worked a walk in the eighth while Jones and Tanielu teamed up for back-to-back home runs to increase the lead to 22-7. SERIES HISTORY In the final inning, Tucker smoked his 20th bomb of the year before his teammates added three more 2019 Overall: 0-0 runs. Las Vegas drove in four last-minute runs in the bottom half to cut the final score to 26-11, but a In Round Rock: 0-0 comeback was nearly impossible. In Salt Lake City: 0-0 Streak: -- K'S ON K'S One-Run Games: 0-0 Round Rock RHP Jose Urquidy is set to take the mound in tonight's series opener against the Abejas Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 de Salt Lake. The righty has been impressive in his first three starts of the year, holding a 2-0 record All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 33-22 while punching out 32 in just 19.2 innings of work. Urquidy owns the highest Chupacabras single-game All-Time Record in Round Rock: 17-11 strikeout total with 12 punchouts in his start against San Antonio on May 21. All-Time Record in Salt Lake: 16-11 JONES IGNITES THE FIRE Chupacabras OF Taylor Jones posted a season-best outing on Thursday night, going 5-5 with a double, 2019 MEETINGS a home run, six RBI, two walks and five runs scored. Through seven plate appearances, Las Vegas failed 6/7 at Salt Lake 8:05 p.m. to retire the outfielder once as he worked for a five-hit game, a feat that has not been accomplished OF 6/8 at Salt Lake 7:35 p.m. Travis Snider notched five knocks on June 7, 2017. 6/9 at Salt Lake 2:05 p.m. 6/10 at Salt Lake 8:05 p.m. CRUSHING RECORDS Thursday night's lopsided victory set several season-highs, including the most at-bats (57), total bases RECENT RESULTS (45), hits (24) and runs scored (26). In fact, the Chupacabras even etched their name in the Aviators 5/28 at Nashville L 4-2 history books, serving the foes a new franchise record of 26 runs allowed (previously 24) and tied for 5/29 at Nashville W 13-12 (13) the most runs allowed in an inning (13) against the foe. 5/30 vs Iowa L 7-0 A TRIPLE-A DEBUT... OF SORTS 5/31 vs Iowa W 8-1 Round Rock C Oscar Campos made his Triple-A debut in the eighth inning of Thursday night's ballgame, 6/1 vs Iowa W 2-1 (10) pinch hitting for DH AJ Reed. The backstop went 1-2 with a double and two RBI. After his second at- 6/2 vs Iowa L 8-5 bat, Campos was called on as a relief pitcher in the ninth inning. In 1.0 inning of work, the right-hander 6/4 at Las Vegas L 19-9 notched his first career strikeout. 6/5 at Las Vegas W 11-5 6/6 at Las Vegas W 26-11 BACK-TO-BACK Chupacabras INF Nick Tanielu's bat sparked in the Las Vegas series as he combined for back-to-back UPCOMING GAMES games with multiple homers. Tanielu went deep twice on Wednesday then followed up with a nearly identical outing on Thursday. The infielder is .400 (8-20) in his last five games with two doubles, four 6/8 at Salt Lake 7:35 p.m. home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs scored. 6/9 at Salt Lake 2:05 p.m. 6/10 at Salt Lake 8:05 p.m. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 6/12 vs Reno 7:05 p.m. 6/13 vs Reno 7:05 p.m. American Southern Division Pacific Southern Division 6/14 vs Reno 7:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions 38-23 -- El Paso Chihuahuas 39-21 -- 6/15 vs Tacoma 6:05 p.m. Round Rock Express 36-24 -1.5 Las Vegas Aviators 33-28 -6.5 6/16 vs Tacoma 6:05 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 34-27 -4.0 Salt Lake Bees 27-32 -11.5 6/17 vs Tacoma 7:05 p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 23-36 -14.0 Albuquerque Isotopes 27-34 -12.5 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 2019 game notes SEASON TALLY #20STRONG Situation Home Road All The Round Rock Express are celebrating their 20th anniversary season in 2019. The Overall 15-14 21-10 36-24 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 2-5 7-2 9-7 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 13-9 14-8 27-17 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 3-3 4-1 7-4 vs RHP 12-11 17-9 29-20 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L1 W2 W2 Seventeen players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Brandon Bielak, RHP Longest Win Streak 3 5 6 Ronel Blanco, RHP Jose Bravo, RHP Humberto Castellanos, C Oscar Castro, RHP Tanner Duncan, RHP Longest Losing Streak 4 2 4 Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Martin, C Lorenzo Quintana, INF Josh Rojas, RHP Kit Series Wins 4 6 10 Series Losses 2 0 2 Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Series Splits 2 2 4 Wrenn. The remaining 25 players that have suited up for Round Rock in 2019 all appeared for the Fresno Series Sweeps (won) 0 2 2 Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate from 2015-2018, Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Pacific Coast League Championship Series a year ago. STATING THE FACTS Extra Innings 2-2 4-1 6-3 American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 16 different states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Doubleheaders 0-0 4-2 4-2 Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Shutouts 2-1 1-1 3-1 Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.