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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 73 | Away Game 37 | June 21, 2019 | 7:08 p.m. | Principal Park | Des Moines, IA | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Express (42-30) at Iowa Cubs (41-32) Express: RHP Cy Sneed (5-6, 4.41) | Cubs: RHP Alec Mills (3-2, 5.33) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express look to get their bats going in game two against the Iowa Cubs on Friday night. Overall Record: 42-30 Current Streak: L3 E-Train RHP Cy Sneed is scheduled to get the start while the I-Cubs plan to counter with RHP Alec Mills. Home: 19-17 Away: 23-13 First pitch at Principal Park is set for 7:08 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 | Thursday, June 20 | L 4-3 Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: James Norwood (3-0, 5.22) LP: Humberto Castellanos (0-1, 2.35) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Iowa Cubs recorded a 4-3 walkoff victory in Thursday night's series opener against the Round Rock Game 2 | Friday, June 21 | 7:08 p.m. Express at Principal Park. The home side opened the scoring in the third inning as LF Robel Garcia and Express: RHP Cy Sneed (5-6, 4.41) SS Dixon Machado combined for a pair of doubles to plate the game's first run. In the fifth, Garcia's bat Cubs: RHP Alec Mills (3-2, 5.33) stayed hot as the outfielder blasted a solo home run to double the gap to 2-0. Round Rock rallied in the sixth as C Jamie Ritchie launched a solo home run of his own to put the E-Train on the board. An inning Game 3 | Saturday, June 22 | 7:08 p.m. later, CF Drew Ferguson singled prior to a go-ahead, two-run homer off the bat of 3B Nick Tanielu. Express: LHP Ryan Hartman (5-1, 4.74) However, Iowa RF Donnie Dewees responded nearly immediately with a solo home run in the eighth. In Cubs: RHP Trevor Clifton (2-6, 4.73) the final frame, E-Train RHP Humberto Castellanos surrendered back-to-back one-out singles to 1B Jim Adduci and 2B Trent Giambrone prior to intentionally walking Garcia. C Taylor Davis then played hero, Game 4 | Sunday, June 23 | 1:08 p.m. sending the game-winning run home with a sacrifice fly to deep right field. The walkoff defeat spoiled Express: RHP Corbin Martin (2-1, 2.70) a solid start by Express RHP Jose Urquidy, who held the Cubs to two runs on five hits while striking out Cubs: RHP Colin Rea (8-1, 3.30) seven in 6.0 strong innings. Game 5 | Monday, June 24 | 12:08 p.m. TIMING IS EVERYTHING Express: RHP Brandon Bielak (0-3, 9.17) Round Rock RHP Cy Sneed has fared significantly better when pitching under the lights as compared Cubs: TBA to under the sun. In eight night games, including four starts, the righty is 5-2 with a 2.38 ERA (11 ER/41.2 IP). Comparatively, in five day games, including three starts, Sneed is 0-4 with an 8.31 ERA (20 ER/21.2 SERIES HISTORY IP). Sneed is holding opponents to a .174 batting average at night but opponents are hitting .322 against the righty during the day. 2019 Overall: 2-3 In Round Rock: 2-3 TANIELU TO TEN In Des Moines: 0-0 With his seventh inning blast last night, E-Train 3B Nick Tanielu became the sixth different Round Rock Streak: L2 hitter to tally 10 or more home runs in 2019. The infielder is just one more bomb shy of tying his career One-Run Games: 1-1 high of 11, which he set back in 2016 between Double-A Corpus Christi and Class A-Advanced Lancaster. Extra-Inning Games: 1-0 OF Yordan Alvarez and OF Kyle Tucker lead the club with 23 homers while INF Taylor Jones has 12 and All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 128-104 INF Jack Mayfield, INF AJ Reed and Tanielu are all tied with 10. All-Time Record in Round Rock: 69-48 All-Time Record in Des Moines: 59-56 POWER'S BACK ON Round Rock C Jamie Ritchie's sixth inning home run marked the team's first longball since June 16, a 2019 MEETINGS span of 23 straight offensive innings without a home run. The drought marked the longest streak of the 5/30 vs Iowa L 7-0 season without a home run for the power-hitting club. Round Rock currently ranks second in the Pacific 5/31 vs Iowa W 8-1 Coast League with 128 home runs, trailing only El Paso's 157. 6/1 vs Iowa W 2-1 (10) 6/2 vs Iowa L 8-5 THAT WAS ON PURPOSE With a pair of runners in scoring position and just one out in the bottom of the ninth, Round Rock RHP 6/20 at Iowa L 4-3 Humberto Castellanos opted to intentionally walk the hot-hitting Iowa LF Robel Garcia. The play marked 6/21 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. just the second time this season that an Express pitcher intentionally walked a batter. 6/22 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. 6/23 at Iowa 1:08 p.m. A PAIR OF RARE FEATS 6/24 at Iowa 12:08 p.m. Last night's 4-3 comeback win for the Cubs marked just the second time his season that the Express 6/11 vs Iowa 7:05 p.m. dropped a contest on the road after leading through seven innings of play. The team was previously 20-1 6/12 vs Iowa 7:05 p.m. in such cases. The loss also marked the second time this season that Round Rock out-hit their opponent 6/13 vs Iowa 6:05 p.m. on the road and lost. The team was also 20-1 in such games entering last night. 6/14 vs Iowa 6:05 p.m. 6/26 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DEBUT 6/27 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. Round Rock LF Austin Dennis became the 19th different player this season to make his Triple-A debut 6/28 at Iowa 1:28 p.m. with the Express, including the fourth to make their Triple-A debut straight from Class A Quad Cities. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS RECENT RESULTS 6/15 vs Tacoma W 14-0 American Southern Division American Northern Division 6/16 vs Tacoma W 6-3 San Antonio Missions 46-26 -- Iowa Cubs 40-32 -- 6/17 vs Tacoma L 3-2 Round Rock Express 42-29 -3.5 Omaha Storm Chasers 34-38 -6.0 6/18 vs Tacoma L 3-1 New Orleans Baby Cakes 40-32 -6.0 Memphis Redbirds 29-43 -11.0 6/20 at Iowa L 4-3 Oklahoma City Dodgers 29-41 -16.0 Nashville Sounds 28-43 -11.5 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 19-17 23-13 42-30 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 2-5 7-3 9-8 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 17-12 16-10 33-22 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 5-4 5-2 10-6 vs RHP 14-13 18-11 32-24 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L2 L2 L3 Nineteen 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 Campos, INF Austin Dennis, RHP Longest Losing Streak 4 2 4 Tanner Duncan, RHP Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Hunter Martin, C Lorenzo Series Wins 5 5 10 Quintana, INF Josh Rojas, RHP Kit Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Series Losses 2 0 2 Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. The remaining 25 players that have suited up for Round Rock in Series Splits 3 3 6 2019 all appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Series Sweeps (won) 0 2 2 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 2-2 4-1 6-3 STATING THE FACTS Doubleheaders 0-0 4-2 4-2 American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 17 different states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Shutouts 3-1 2-1 5-2 Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South One-run games 5-1 4-6 9-7 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The squad features four players from the State of Two-run games 5-4 3-3 8-7 Texas: RHP Ralph Garza (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), RHP Brady Rodgers (Richmond) and Lead after 7 14-2 20-2 34-4 RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio).