Round rock Express 20193400 E. Palm Valley GAME Blvd. | Round Rock, TX NOTES78665 | RRExpress.com Media Contact: Andrew Felts | [email protected] | 512.238.2213 Game 112 | Home Game 58 | August 4, 2019 | 6:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Sacramento River Cats (61-51) at Round Rock Express (66-45) River Cats: RHP Yoanys Quiala (6-6, 6.49) | Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (4-6, 5.80) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express look to keep their bats hot in Sunday night's game three against the Overall Record: 66-45 Current Streak: W1 Sacramento River Cats. E-Train RHP Rogelio Armenteros is set to take the mound up against River Cats Home: 34-24 Away: 33-21 RHP Yoanys Quiala. First pitch at Dell Diamond is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Standings: 2nd (-3.5) 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 Game 1 | Friday, August 2 | L 4-3 Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: Enderson Franco (56, 6.22) LP: Akeem Bostick (4-5, 7.15) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... S: Tyler Rogers (4) The Round Rock Express rallied to top the Sacramento River Cats by a 10-9 final score on Saturday night at Dell Diamond. After River Cats DH Chris Shaw hit a solo home run in the top of the first, E-Train SS Game 2 | Saturday, August 3 | W 10-9 Jack Mayfield responded with a go-ahead two-run shot that also scored 3B Abraham Toro, who was hit WP: Brandon Bielak (6-3, 4.45) with a pitch earlier in the inning. The frame continued as LF Kyle Tucker doubled prior to scoring on a LP: Melvin Adon (0-1, 40.50) passed ball to give Round Rock a 3-1 lead. However, Sacramento charged ahead with a five-run second S: Ralph Garza (3) that included a three-run Ronnie Freeman triple and a two-run Joey Rickard homer. The E-Train gained a run back as 2B Alex De Goti singled and eventually scored on a Toro sacrifice fly to trim the gap to Game 3 | Sunday, August 4 | 6:05 p.m. 6-3. Both teams traded three-spots in the fourth as Sacramento RF Jaylin Davis blasted a three-run River Cats: RHP Yoanys Quiala (6-6 6.49) homer in the top half before Tucker responded with a three-run shot of his own in the bottom of the Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (4-6, 5.80) inning. Following a trio of scoreless frames, Round Rock stole the win in the bottom of the eighth. 1B Nick Tanielu kicked off the rally with a double, then C Jamie Ritchie worked a walk. De Goti later stepped Game 4 | Monday, August 5 | 7:05 p.m. to the plate and rocketed a three-run homer to deep right field, giving the Express a dramatic 10-9 win River Cats: RHP Casey Meisner (2-0, 4.09) to level the series at a game apiece. Express: LHP Framber Valdez (2-2, 2.22) STAYING STRONG AT HOME Round Rock Express starter RHP Rogelio Armenteros has continued to post strong numbers at home SERIES HISTORY this season. Through six games, including five starts, at Dell Diamond, Armenteros is 2-2 with a 3.62 ERA 2019 Overall: 1-1 (11 ER/27.1 IP), 30 strikeouts and 12 walks. Conversely, the righty is 2-4 with a 7.67 ERA (27 ER/31.2 IP), In Round Rock: 1-1 34 strikeouts and 10 walks in nine road starts. Armenteros is holding opposing hitters to a .231 average In Sacramento: 0-0 at home, but is allowing a .351 mark on the road. Streak: W1 One-Run Games: 1-1 PUTTING THE "GOAT" IN DE GOTI Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 Express INF Alex De Goti delivered the game-winning home run in last night's thrilling 10-9 victory over All-Time Series: Sacramento Leads 32-25 the River Cats. In his last 10 games, De Goti has tallied five multi-hit and three multi-RBI performances. In total, the infielder is hitting .350 (14-40) with four doubles, two home runs and nine RBI in his last 10 All-Time Record in Round Rock: 15-13 outings dating back to July 23. All-Time Record in Sacramento: 10-18 SUPER JACK STRIKES AGAIN 2019 MEETINGS Round Rock INF Jack Mayfield extended his hitting streak to 15 straight games thanks to his first-inning 8/2 vs Sacramento L 4-3 home run last night. His streak is the longest of its kind for any Express hitter this season. During the 8/3 vs Sacramento W 10-9 stretch, Mayfield is hitting a cool .348 (24-69) with nine doubles, seven home runs and 21 RBI. Last night 8/4 vs Sacramento 6:05 p.m. also marked the fifth time this season that Mayfield has homered in back-to-back games. 8/5 vs Sacramento 7:05 p.m. 'PEN TO THE RESCUE RECENT RESULTS With Houston Astros RHP Brad Peacock making the first start of his major league rehab assignment last night, Express RHP Brandon Bielak was forced to make his first appearance of the season out of the 7/26 at Iowa W 10-8 team's bullpen. The righty didn't skip a beat, earning the win after holding Sacramento to three runs on 7/27 at Iowa W 10-2 five hits while striking out five in 6.0 strong innings. In his last eight games, Bielak is 6-1 with a 2.47 ERA. 7/28 at Iowa W 13-9 7/30 vs Fresno W 5-0 CAN'T FOOL THESE GUYS 7/31 vs Fresno W 6-0 Round Rock hitters combined to strike out just twice in last night's win, the fewest strikeouts in a game 8/1 vs Fresno W 15-7 for the team this season and the fewest in an Express game since a one-strikeout performance back on 8/2 vs Sacramento L 4-3 August 19, 2018 at Memphis. 8/3 vs Sacramento W 10-9 NICK "2B" TANIELU With his ninth-inning double last night, E-Train INF Nick Tanielu moved into a tie for ninth place in the UPCOMING SCHEDULE Pacific Coast League with 28 doubles on the season. The hit also gave him a new career high for doubles, 8/5 vs Sacramento 7:05 p.m. surpassing his previous career high of 27, set back in 2015 with the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits. 8/7 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. 8/8 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 8/9 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. 8/10 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. American Southern Division Pacific Northern Division 8/11 at Albuquerque 7:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions 70-42 -- Sacramento River Cats 61-51 -- 8/12 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. Round Rock Express 66-45 -3.5 Fresno Grizzlies 53-59 -8.0 8/13 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 59-51 -10.0 Reno Aces 52-60 -9.0 Oklahoma City Dodgers 51-60 -18.5 Tacoma Rainiers 51-61 -10.0 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 2019 game notes SEASON TALLY #20STRONG Situation Home Road All The Round Rock Express are celebrating their 20th season in 2019. The club was Overall 33-24 33-21 66-45 originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, winning Day 2-5 11-3 13-8 the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Triple-A Night 31-19 22-18 53-37 Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 10-5 7-3 17-8 vs RHP 23-19 26-18 49-37 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 W4 W1 Twenty-three players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Brandon Bielak, Longest Win Streak 6 6 6 RHP Ronel Blanco, RHP Jose Bravo, RHP Humberto Castellanos, C Oscar Campos, INF Austin Dennis, Longest Losing Streak 4 4 4 RHP Tanner Duncan, RHP Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Carson LaRue, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Series Wins 7 8 15 Hunter Martin, OF Chas McCormick, RHP Colin McKee, C Lorenzo Quintana, RHP Leovanny Rodriguez, Series Losses 3 2 5 RHP Kit Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, INF Abraham Toro, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Series Splits 4 3 7 Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. Of the remaining 34 players that have suited up for Round Rock Series Sweeps (won) 1 3 4 in 2019, 25 appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 Triple-A affiliate from 2015-2018, fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Pacific Coast League Championship Series a year ago. Extra Innings 5-2 5-2 10-4 Doubleheaders 0-0 4-4 4-4 STATING THE FACTS American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 14 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Shutouts 7-1 3-3 10-4 One-run games 9-4 5-9 14-13 Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Two-run games 7-5 7-3 14-8 Virginia and Washington.