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 23 | Home Game 12 | April 28, 2019 | 1:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone New Orleans Baby Cakes (12-10) at Round Rock Express (13-9) Baby Cakes: RHP Zac Gallen (2-0, 0.36) | Express: RHP Cy Sneed (0-2, 3.38) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TODAY'S GAME The Round Rock Express go for a series victory over the New Orleans Baby Cakes (Miami Marlins affiliate) Overall Record: 13-9 Current Streak: W1 on Sunday afternoon. E-Train RHP Cy Sneed is set to make his first start of the season in this afternoon's Home: 6-5 Away: 7-4 finale while the 'Cakes plan to counter with RHP Zac Gallen. First pitch at Dell Diamond is scheduled for Standings: 2nd (-1.0) 1:05 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST INFORMATION Today's game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Express, AM 1300 The Zone. Game 1 | Wednesday, April 24 | L 11-8 (10) Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express Director WP: R.J. Alvarez (1-1, 3.38) of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties while former Express RHP Ross Ohlendorf LP: Kent Emanuel (1-1, 9.00) provides color commentary. Game 2 | Thursday, April 25 | W 2-0 ABOUT LAST NIGHT... WP: Corbin Martin (1-1, 1.80) The Round Rock Express leveled their current five-game series against the New Orleans Baby Cakes at LP: Hector Noesi (2-1, 1.64) two games apiece with an 11-7 comeback victory on Saturday night. Round Rock wasted no time jumping S: Reymin Guduan (1) on the scoreboard as LF Yordan Alvarez kicked off a big night at the plate with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the first inning before RF Kyle Tucker blasted a three-run homer that made it 4-0. New Orleans Game 3 | Friday, April 26 | L 5-2 stormed back in the third thanks to an RBI single off the bat of RF Harold Ramirez and a two-run shot WP: Kyle Keller (1-0, 4.22) courtesy of DH Peter O'Brien. The visitors tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth with doubles by Ramirez and 1B LP: Rogelio Armenteros (1-2, 4.85) Matt Snyder. Round Rock regained the edge thanks to an RBI single by 1B Taylor Jones in the home half S: R.J. Alvarez (3) of the frame. However, New Orleans responded again, this time with a three-run seventh, capped off by a two-run double by Snyder. The E-Train put the game away for good in the bottom of the inning, dropping Game 4 | Saturday, April 27 | W 11-7 another four-spot to take a 9-7 edge. After CF Derek Fisher scored on a fielding error, Alvarez launched WP: Ralph Garza (2-0, 5.25) a two-run homer into oblivion to put Round Rock back on top. Jones later reached base and scored on a LP: Dylan Lee (1-1, 9.00) wild pitch. Two more Express runs in the ninth capped off the big 11-7 victory. Game 5 | Sunday, April 28 | 1:05 p.m. A STARTER'S MENTALITY Baby Cakes: RHP Zac Gallen (2-0, 0.36) While he is set to make his first official start of the season this afternoon, Express RHP Cy Sneed has Express: RHP Cy Sneed (0-2, 3.38) posted some impressive performances out of the team's bullpen. The righty has already thrown 16.0 total innings this season, third-most on the team and the most of any reliever. In four appearances out of the SERIES HISTORY Express bullpen, Sneed is 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA (6 ER/16.0 IP). He has racked up 15 strikeouts to four walks. 2019 Overall: 5-4 In Round Rock: 2-2 HITS ON HITS ON HITS In Metairie: 3-2 Round Rock hitters teamed up to tally 17 base hits in last night's victory, the most knocks in a single game Streak: W1 this season and the most for an Express squad since totaling 21 on July 8, 2018 at Oklahoma City. The One-Run Games: 1-2 offensive explosion also marked the first time since August 19, 2018 at Memphis that all nine E-Train hitters Extra-Inning Games: 1-1 in the lineup recorded at least one base hit. All-Time Series: New Orleans leads 123-113 All-Time Record in Round Rock: 59-61 YORDAN BRAND All-Time Record in Metairie: 52-64 Despite all of his accomplishments to date, Round Rock slugger LF Yordan Alvarez posted his most impressive hitting performance of the 2019 season last night. The outfielder finished with a season-high 2019 MEETINGS four hits, including two doubles and a 430' home run in the eighth. Alvarez leads Minor League Baseball in 4/4 at New Orleans PPD (Rain) home runs and has the third-most longballs in all of affiliated baseball behind Milwaukee's Christian Yelich 4/5 at New Orleans L 2-1 (14) and Los Angeles' Cody Bellinger (13). 4/6 (1) at New Orleans W 7-5 (7) 4/6 (2) at New Orleans L 2-1 (7) A GOOD STREAK SNAPPED 4/7 at New Orleans W 9-6 (10) New Orleans LF Austin Dean recorded the first stolen base for an opponent against the Round Rock 4/8 at New Orleans W 5-4 Express since Memphis' Lane Thomas back on April 13. The Express held their opponents without a stolen 4/24 vs New Orleans L 11-8 (10) base for 102.0 consecutive innings across 12 games prior to Dean's steal last night. 4/25 vs New Orleans W 2-0 BEAT THE BEST TO BE THE BEST 4/26 vs New Orleans L 5-2 New Orleans starter RHP Zac Gallen enters today's game as arguably the hottest pitcher in the Pacific 4/27 vs New Orleans W 11-7 Coast League. The righty owns the lowest ERA in the PCL at 0.36 (1 ER/25.1 IP), as well as the lowest 4/28 vs New Orleans 1:05 p.m. WHIP at 0.63. Gallen also ranks second in the league in opponent batting average at .141 (12-85) and third 7/19 at New Orleans 7:00 p.m. in strikeouts with 31. 7/20 at New Orleans 6:00 p.m. 7/21 at New Orleans 1:00 p.m. 8/23 vs New Orleans 7:05 p.m. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 8/24 vs New Orleans 7:05 p.m. American Southern Division American Northern Division 8/25 vs New Orleans 6:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions 14-8 -- Iowa Cubs 13-8 -- Round Rock Express 13-9 -1.0 Memphis Redbirds 12-9 -1.0 New Orleans Baby Cakes 12-10 -2.0 Omaha Storm Chasers 9-12 -4.0 Oklahoma City Dodgers 7-15 -7.0 Nashville Sounds 6-15 -7.0 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 6-5 7-4 13-9 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 1-1 3-1 4-2 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 5-4 4-3 9-7 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 2-1 2-1 4-2 vs RHP 4-4 5-3 9-7 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 W1 W1 Just three players made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Corbin Longest Win Streak 3 5 3 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 2 3 Series Losses 0 0 0 from 2015-2018, fell to the Memphis Redbirds 3-1 in the best-of-five Pacific Coast League Championship Series Splits 1 1 2 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 roster hail from 15 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Extra Innings 1-1 1-1 2-2 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. The squad features five players from the State of Texas: RHP Doubleheaders 0-0 2-2 2-2 Ralph Garza (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), INF Jack Mayfield (Del Rio), RHP Brady Rodgers Shutouts 1-0 0-1 1-1 (Richmond) and RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio). One-run games 1-0 1-2 2-2 Two-run games 3-1 0-1 3-2 Lead after 7 3-1 6-0 9-1 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-0 0-1 2-1 Three different nations are represented on the Express roster. In addition to the 21 players from the United Trail after 7 1-4 1-3 2-7 States, RHP Rogelio Armenteros, OF Yordan Alvarez and LHP Cionel Pérez hail from Cuba while LHP Lead after 8 6-0 4-0 10-0 Reymin Guduan is a native of the Dominican Republic.