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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 6 | Home Game 1 | April 9, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Nashville Sounds (1-4) at Round Rock Express (3-2) Sounds: LHP Taylor Hearn (0-1, 7.20) | Express: RHP Forrest Whitley (0-0, 0.00) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE HAPPY OPENING DAY! The Round Rock Express open the home portion of their historic 20th anniversary season on Tuesday Overall Record: 3-2 Current Streak: W2 night against the Nashville Sounds (Texas Rangers affiliate). Astros top prospect RHP Forrest Whitley is Home: 0-0 Away: 3-2 scheduled to get the start for the Express while the Sounds plan to counter with LHP Taylor Hearn. First Standings: T-1st (--) pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST INFORMATION Tonight’s game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Express, AM 1300 The Zone. Game 1 | Tuesday, April 9 | 7:05 p.m. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express Director Sounds: LHP Taylor Hearn (0-1, 7.20) of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties while AM 1300 The Zone personality Mike Hardge Express: RHP Forrest Whitley (0-0, 0.00) provides color commentary. Game 2 | Wednesday, April 10 | 7:05 p.m. LAST TIME OUT RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 1.80) Sounds: The Round Rock Express picked up their first series win of the season thanks to a slim 5-4 victory over RHP Brady Rodgers (0-0, 0.00) Express: the New Orleans Baby Cakes on Monday afternoon at the Shrine on Airline. Continuing a recent trend, the E-Train blasted three home runs, accounting for all five of their runs in the contest. The scoring began Game 3 | Thursday, April 11 | 7:05 p.m. in the top of the fourth as Round Rock 3B Jack Mayfield drew a leadoff walk prior to a booming two-run Sounds: LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 3.38) homer off the bat of RF Kyle Tucker, his first of the season. History repeated itself an inning later as C Express: LHP Ryan Hartman (1-0, 2.25) Garrett Stubbs worked a leadoff walk before SS Myles Straw stepped to the plate and launched a two-run homer to extend the lead to 4-0. Mayfield followed up with a solo home run of his own to make it 5-0. SERIES HISTORY New Orleans attempted a furious comeback in the final four innings. 3B Jon Berti and 2B Isan Diaz each 2019 Overall: 0-0 homered in the sixth, then SS Yadiel Rivera blasted a solo shot of his own in the seventh to trim the gap to In Round Rock: 0-0 5-3. 1B Matt Snyder drove in New Orleans’ fourth and final run with an RBI single in the eighth. However, In Nashville: 0-0 Express RHP Brendan McCurry shut down the Baby Cakes in the ninth to seal the win and earn his first Streak: -- save of the 2019 season. One-Run Games: 0-0 Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 A BIG DEBUT All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 111-107 Round Rock Express RHP Forrest Whitley is set to make his Triple-A debut in tonight’s home opener. The All-Time Record in Round Rock: 65-46 righty is heralded as the top prospect in the Houston Astros organization and the top pitching prospect All-Time Record in Nashville: 46-61 in all of baseball by Baseball America, MLB.com and ESPN.com. Tonight’s return to Dell Diamond marks Whitley’s first appearance at the venue since he was pitching for Alamo Heights (San Antonio) High 2019 MEETINGS School in the 2016 UIL State Semifinals, when he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round of 4/9 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. the MLB draft while he was on the mound. 4/10 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. 4/11 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. HOMERS ON HOMERS ON HOMERS 4/16 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. With three more home runs in yesterday’s victory, the Express upped their Minor League Baseball-leading 4/17 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. total to 14 in the first five games. As a team, Round Rock has hit more home runs in their first five games 4/18 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. than the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers have hit combined in their 11 games. The 5/16 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. Express have hit more home runs than 20 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. 5/17 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. 5/18 vs Nashville 6:05 p.m. ALL OR NOTHING 5/19 vs Nashville 1:05 p.m. Round Rock hitters have tallied 32 total base hits this season, with 14 of those 32 coming via a home run. 5/20 vs Nashville 7:05 p.m. Of the remaining 18 hits, 14 are singles and the other four are doubles. Round Rock’s franchise record for 5/25 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. home runs in a season is 176, set back in 2011. 5/26 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. 5/27 at Nashville 12:05 p.m. WELCOME BACK 5/28 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. This week’s series marks the return of many former Round Rock players and coaches to Dell Diamond after 5/29 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. the Texas Rangers reaffiliated with the Nashville Sounds this offseason. Sounds Manager Jason Wood served as the skipper for the Express from 2015-2018, posting a 280-283 record with the club. Woody’s RECENT RESULTS 280 wins rank second in Round Rock franchise history behind Jackie Moore’s 655 from 2000-2007. 4/5 at New Orleans L 2-1 4/6 (1) at New Orleans W 7-5 (7) BACK ON TOP 4/6 (2) at New Orleans L 2-1 (7) With yesterday’s victory, the Round Rock Express moved into a tie with the San Antonio Missions for 4/7 at New Orleans W 9-6 (10) first place in the American Southern Division at 3-2. This marks the first time since April 28, 2017 that the 4/8 at New Orleans W 5-4 Express have found themselves on top of the division standings. UPCOMING GAMES PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 4/12 vs Memphis 7:05 p.m. American Southern Division American Northern Division 4/13 vs Memphis 6:05 p.m. Round Rock Express 3-2 -- Iowa Cubs 4-1 -- 4/14 vs Memphis 1:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions 3-2 -- Omaha Storm Chasers 3-2 -1.0 4/15 vs Memphis 11:35 a.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 2-3 -1.0 Memphis Redbirds 2-3 -2.0 4/16 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 2-3 -1.0 Nashville Sounds 1-4 -3.0 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 0-0 3-2 3-2 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 0-0 2-0 2-0 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 0-0 1-2 1-2 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs RHP 0-0 3-2 3-2 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak -- W2 W2 Just three players are scheduled to make their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: Longest Win Streak 0 2 2 LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Martin and RHP Forrest Whitley. The remaining 22 players on Round Longest Losing Streak 0 1 1 Rock’s preliminary roster all appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who Series Wins 0 1 1 Series Losses 0 0 0 served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate from 2015-2018, fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Series Splits 0 0 0 Pacific Coast League Championship Series a year ago. Series Sweeps (won) 0 0 0 Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 STATING THE FACTS American-born players on Round Rock’s preliminary roster hail from 14 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Extra Innings 0-0 1-0 1-0 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. The squad features five players from the State of Texas: RHP Doubleheaders 0-0 1-1 1-1 Ralph Garza (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), INF Jack Mayfield (Del Rio), RHP Brady Rodgers Shutouts 0-0 0-0 0-0 (Richmond) and RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio). One-run games 0-0 1-2 1-2 Two-run games 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lead after 7 0-0 2-0 2-0 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 0-0 0-1 0-1 Three different nations are represented on the preliminary Express roster. In addition to the 21 players Trail after 7 0-0 1-1 1-1 from the United States, RHP Rogelio Armenteros, OF Yordan Alvarez and LHP Cionel Pérez hail from Cuba Lead after 8 0-0 1-0 1-0 while LHP Reymin Guduan is a native of the Dominican Republic.