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Round rock Express 2019 GAME NOTES 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. | Round Rock, TX 78665 | RRExpress.com Media Contact: Andrew Felts | [email protected] | 512.238.2213 Game 32 | Away Game 20 | May 8, 2019 | 6:35 p.m. | Werner Park | Papillion, NE | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Express (18-13) at Omaha Storm Chasers (14-18) Express: LHP Cionel Pérez (0-0, 5.74) | Storm Chasers: RHP Scott Blewett (2-2, 6.35) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express look to bounce back from a razor-thin 2-1 loss against the Omaha Storm Chasers Overall Record: 18-13 Current Streak: L1 in the series opener on Tuesday night. Express LHP Cionel Pérez is set to take the mound against Storm Home: 6-6 Away: 12-7 Chasers RHP Scott Blewett. First pitch at Werner Park is slated for 6:35 p.m. Standings: 1st (+0.5) BROADCAST INFORMATION SERIES INFORMATION Tonight's game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Express, AM 1300 The Zone. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express Director Game 1 | Tuesday, May 7 | L 2-1 of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: RHP Michael Ynoa (1-1, 6.75) LP: RHP Akeem Bostick (2-1, 7.52) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Round Rock Express traveled to Papillion, Nebraska to kick off their season series against the Omaha Game 2 | Wednesday, May 8 | 6:35 p.m. Storm Chasers on Tuesday night. The home team took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning as 2B Humberto Express: LHP Cionel Pérez (0-0, 5.74) Arteaga led off the game with a double before back-to-back singles by SS Nicky Lopez and 1B Cheslor Storm Chasers: RHP Scott Blewett (2-2, 6.35) Cuthbert scored a run. That score remained for most of the game until Express SS Jack Mayfield blasted a solo homer into the left field berm to tie the game at one in the top of the seventh inning. The Storm Game 3 | Thursday, May 9 | 6:35 p.m. Chasers eventually rallied to score the game-winning run in the eighth after Cuthbert opened the frame Express: RHP Brady Rodgers (3-0, 2.75) with a leadoff double, eventually touching home when Bubba Starling grounded into a force out. Express Storm Chasters: RHP Josh Staumont (0-1, 3.00) RHP Akeem Bostick suffered his first loss of the year after surrendering a run on four hits in 3.0 innings out of the bullpen. On the flip side, Storm Chasers RHP Michael Ynoa earned his first win of the season Game 4 | Friday, May 10 | 7:05 p.m. after holding the Express without a hit in his 2.0 inning relief appearance. Express: RHP Forrest Whitley (0-2, 10.43) PÉREZ ON THE HILL Storm Chasers: RHP Kyle Zimmer (1-1, 8.25) Round Rock LHP Cionel Pérez is set to make his fifth start of the season on Wednesday night. The lefty has no record through his first four starts and aims to notch his first win of the year this evening at Werner SERIES HISTORY Park. Through 15.2 innings, the lefty holds an ERA of 5.74, allowing 10 earned runs on 18 hits. Pérez allowed 2019 Overall: 0-1 three runs on six knocks in 2.1 innings during his last start, back on May 2 on the road against the Oklahoma In Round Rock: 0-0 City Dodgers. In Papillion: 0-1 Streak: L1 TIME TO ANSWER One-Run Games: 0-1 The E-Train looks to strike back after a 2-1 loss to the Storm Chasers last night. So far this year, Round Rock Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 has risen to the occasion, holding an 11-1 record in games following a loss. The only back-to-back losses All-Time Series: Omaha leads 131-102 the Express have suffered this year came on April 20-21 in Memphis, Tennessee against the Redbirds. All-Time Record in Round Rock: 59-58 THE END OF A GOOD RUN All-Time Record in Papillion: 43-73 Red-hot E-Train OF Drew Ferguson began last night's contest riding an eight-game hitting streak dating back to April 24. The Storm Chasers pitching spoiled the streak after striking out the righty three times 2019 MEETINGS in four at-bats. Ferguson's eight game hitting streak was the second longest of any Express player this 5/7 at Omaha L 2-1 season, trailing only INF Jack Mayfield's nine-game run from April 5-13. 5/8 at Omaha 6:35 p.m. 5/9 at Omaha 6:35 p.m. A RARE NIGHT FOR ALVAREZ 5/10 at Omaha 6:35 p.m. Round Rock OF Yordan Alvarez finished last night's contest 0-4 with no walks, marking just the fourth 6/29 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. time this season that the slugger failed to reach base in a game. In fact, Alvarez has tallied more multi-hit 6/30 vs Omaha 6:05 p.m. games than no-hit games this season. The 21-year-old has collected multiple base hits in a game 11 times 7/1 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. as compared to just eight hitless contests. The Express are 1-7 in games where Alvarez fails to collect a 7/2 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. base hit so far in 2019. 7/3 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. SPEED VS SPEED 7/23 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. Three of the top four base-stealers in the Pacific Coast League are set to face off during this week's Round 7/24 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. Rock at Omaha series. Express INF Myles Straw is currently tied with Storm Chasers INF Nicky Lopez for 7/25 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. third in the league with eight steals while Omaha OF Brett Phillips ranks second with nine. 8/30 at Omaha 7:05 p.m. 8/31 at Omaha 2:05 p.m. ALVAREZ AWARDS SEASON 9/1 at Omaha 7:05 p.m. Round Rock slugger OF Yordan Alvarez garnered a trio of awards this week, taking home Pacific Coast 9/2 at Omaha 12:05 p.m. League Player of the Week (April 29-May 5), Pacific Coast Player of the Month (April) and Houston Astros Minor League Player of the Month (April) honors. The Cuban prospect currently leads the PCL in home RECENT RESULTS runs (13), RBI (38), OBP (.500), SLG (.901), OPS (1.401), extra-base hits (24) and total bases (91) while 5/5 at San Antonio L 6-1 (7) ranking second in batting average (.406), hits (41) and runs scored (30). 5/6 at San Antonio W 6-5 5/7 at Omaha L 2-1 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS American Southern Division American Northern Division UPCOMING GAMES Round Rock Express 18-13 -- Iowa Cubs 22-11 -- 5/9 at Omaha 6:35 p.m. San Antonio Missions 18-14 -0.5 Memphis Redbirds 18-15 -4.0 5/10 at Omaha 7:05 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 17-15 -1.5 Omaha Storm Chasers 14-18 -7.5 5/11 vs Oklahoma City 7:05p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 10-21 -8.0 Nashville Sounds 11-21 -10.5 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 6-6 12-7 18-13 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 1-2 6-2 7-4 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 5-4 6-5 11-9 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 2-1 4-1 6-2 vs RHP 4-5 8-6 12-11 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L1 L1 L1 Just three players made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Longest Win Streak 3 5 4 Martin and RHP Forrest Whitley. The remaining 22 players on Round Rock’s preliminary roster all appeared Longest Losing Streak 2 2 2 for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate Series Wins 1 3 4 Series Losses 1 0 1 from 2015-2018, fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Pacific Coast League Championship Series Splits 1 2 3 Series a year ago. Series Sweeps (won) 0 1 1 Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 STATING THE FACTS American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 14 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Extra Innings 1-1 2-1 3-2 Texas and Washington. The squad features five players from the State of Texas: RHP Ralph Garza Doubleheaders 0-0 4-2 4-2 (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), INF Jack Mayfield (Del Rio), RHP Brady Rodgers (Richmond) Shutouts 1-0 0-1 1-1 and RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio). One-run games 1-0 2-4 3-4 Two-run games 3-1 0-1 3-2 Lead after 7 3-1 10-1 13-2 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-0 1-2 3-2 Four different nations are represented on the Express roster.