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 49 | Road Game 25 | May 26, 2019 | 6:35 p.m. | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, TN | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Express (29-19) at Nashville Sounds (19-29) Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (1-4, 4.91) | Sounds: RHP Phillips Valdez (0-6, 5.50) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express continue their final series against the Nashville Sounds in game two on Sunday Overall Record: 29-19 Current Streak: W2 night. Express RHP Rogelio Armenteros is set to start the contest opposite Sounds RHP Phillips Valdez. Home: 13-12 Away: 16-7 First Pitch at First Tennessee Park is scheduled 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 | Saturday, May 25 | W 11-5 of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: Kent Emanuel (3-0, 4.75) LP: Ronald Herrera (0-4, 15.34) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... After a tough series against Nashville in Round Rock just one week ago, the Express entered Music City Game 2 | Sunday, May 26 | 6:35 p.m. looking to bounce back. After two quiet innings, the Express offense struck first as C Garrett Stubbs fired Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (1-3, 4.91) off his fourth homer of the year, plating 2B Nick Tanielu after he doubled. Nashville quickly came within Sounds: RHP Phillips Valdez (0-6, 5.50) one in the home half as DH Zack Granite led off the inning with a triple then scored on a passed ball. The next frame, Round Rock CF Drew Ferguson reached base after being hit by a Ronald Herrera pitch. E-Train Game 3 | Monday, May 27 | 12:05 p.m. 1B AJ Reed then sent two more runs home with his second blast in as many days. The inning continued Express: RHP Cy Sneed (2-5, 4.97) as LF Taylor Jones followed with a double, then raced home from second on a Tanielu base hit. Three Sounds: RHP Tim Dillard (3-3, 5.53) walks later, Tanielu trotted home to extend the lead to 7-1. Nashville gradually began to rally, starting with an Andy Ibanez walk that was eventually scored via a pair of groundouts. In the fifth, the Sounds struck Resumption of April 18 Suspended Game again as rehabbing Texas Rangers OF Scott Heineman notched a single prior to hustling home from first Monday, May 27 | TBD on an Eli White triple that would later score thanks to a Matt Davidson ground out. The E-Train muted Express: TBD a potential Sounds comeback in the seventh when 3B Alex De Goti and RF Kyle Tucker teamed up for Sounds: TBD back-to-back solo shots. Reed then extended the Round Rock lead to 11-5, plating DH Yordan Alvarez with a single before advancing to third on a pair of Sounds’ wild pitches and scoring on a Jones double. As a Game 4 | Tuesday, May 28 | 6:35 p.m. last-ditch effort to fuel a comeback, White sent a home run into left field, but the six-run deficit proved to Express: TBD be too much for the Sounds to overcome. Sounds: RHP Seth Maness (2-1, 4.50) MUTING THE SOUNDS Express starter RHP Rogelio Armenteros looks to mute the Nashville Sounds in his second start against Game 5 | Wednesday, May 29 | 6:35 p.m. the rival club this season. The righty pitched a strong 5.0-inning start against Nashville just one week ago, Express: TBD fanning five batters and holding the Sounds to only one run on a pair of hits. Armenteros holds 0.90 career Sounds: LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.88) ERA (1 ER/10.0 IP) in two starts against the Sounds. SERIES HISTORY A GOLDEN ADDITION 2019 Overall: 6-5 The Round Rock Express welcome rehabbing Houston Astros World Series Champion 2B Jose Altuve In Round Rock: 3-5 ahead of Sunday nights contest in Nashville. The 2017 American League Most Valuable Player is a six-time In Nashville: 3-0 MLB All-Star, the owner of five Silver Slugger awards and a Rawlings Gold Glove. Before a stint on the Streak: W1 injured list with a hamstring strain, the infielder launched nine home runs and drove in 21 RBI in 39 games One-Run Games: 0-0 with the Astros, holding a .243 batting average. Extra-Inning Games: 1-1 All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 117-112 THREE-PEAT All-Time Record in Round Rock: 68-51 Red-hot Round Rock OF Kyle Tucker has sparked a special run in the month of May, especially as of late. All-Time Record in Nashville: 49-61 The outfielder has notched home runs in each of his last three games, and has gone 7-19 (.368) in his last five outings. Additionally, Tucker has tallied six RBI and recorded seven runs of his own while walking 2019 MEETINGS twice and striking out only once in that time. 4/9 vs Nashville L 3-1 REED HEATING UP 4/10 vs Nashville W 9-5 (10) Express 1B AJ Reed has found his rhythm after a slow start to the season. Of his five home runs this season, 4/11 vs Nashville W 8-6 three have come in the last four outings. Additionally, Reed notched a season high three RBI with a two- 4/16 at Nashville W 11-2 run shot in Saturday's 11-5 victory. 4/17 at Nashville W 8-2 4/18 at Nashville SUSP (Rain) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/16 vs Nashville W 10-4 The Round Rock Express announced a pair of roster moves prior to tonight's contest against the Nashville 5/17 vs Nashville L 9-3 Sounds. The Houston Astros have recalled Express C Garrett Stubbs. Additionally, C Lorenzo Quintana has 5/18 vs Nashville L 6-3 been promoted from Double-A Corpus Christi to Round Rock. The catcher holds a .304 (28-92) batting 5/19 vs Nashville L 9-7 average and is looking to become the 11th player this season to make his Triple-A debut with the Express. 5/20 vs Nashville L 8-6 (12) 5/25 at Nashville W 11-5 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 5/26 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. American Southern Division American Northern Division 5/27 at Nashville 12:05 p.m. Round Rock Express 29-19 -- Iowa Cubs 29-21 -- 5/28 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. San Antonio Missions 29-20 -0.5 Memphis Redbirds 23-26 -5.5 5/29 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 28-22 -2.0 Omha Storm Chasers 21-28 -7.5 Oklahoma City Dodgers 17-30 -11.5 Nashville Sounds 19-29 -9.0 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 13-12 16-7 29-19 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 2-4 6-2 8-6 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 11-8 10-5 21-13 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 3-3 4-1 7-4 vs RHP 10-9 12-6 22-15 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 W4 W2 Ten players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Ronel Blanco, RHP Jose Bravo, Longest Win Streak 3 5 6 RHP Tanner Duncan, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Kit Scheetz, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Longest Losing Streak 4 2 4 Gabriel Valdez, RHP Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. The remaining 23 players that have suited Series Wins 4 4 8 Series Losses 2 0 2 up for Round Rock in 2019 all appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who Series Splits 1 2 3 served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate from 2015-2018, fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Series Sweeps (won) 0 1 1 Pacific Coast League Championship Series a year ago. Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 STATING THE FACTS American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 15 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Extra Innings 1-2 2-1 3-3 Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Doubleheaders 0-0 4-2 4-2 Texas, Virginia and Washington. The squad features four players from the State of Texas: RHP Ralph Garza Shutouts 2-0 0-1 2-1 (Edinburg), INF Jack Mayfield (Del Rio) and RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio). One-run games 3-0 3-4 6-4 Two-run games 4-3 2-1 6-5 Lead after 7 10-2 14-1 24-3 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-1 1-2 3-3 Five different nations are represented on the Express roster. In addition to the 20 players from the United Trail after 7 1-9 1-4 2-13 States, RHP Rogelio Armenteros, OF Yordan Alvarez, LHP Cionel Pérez and C Lorenzo Quintana hail Lead after 8 13-2 10-1 23-3 from Cuba while RHP Ronel Blanco and LHP Reymin Guduan are natives of the Dominican Republic, RHP Tied after 8 0-1 1-0 1-1 Gabriel Valdez is from Panama and INF Jose Altuve is from Venezuela.