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 48 | Road Game 24 | May 25, 2019 | 6:35 p.m. | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, TN | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Express (28-19) at Nashville Sounds (19-28) Express: LHP Cionel Pérez (0-0, 6.51) | Sounds: RHP Ronald Herrera (0-3, 14.73) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express head to Tennessee to open a six-game series against the Nashville Sounds on Overall Record: 28-19 Current Streak: W1 Saturday night. E-Train LHP Cionel Pérez is slated to take the mound in game one while the Sounds plan Home: 13-12 Away: 15-7 to counter with RHP Ronald Herrera. First pitch at First Tennessee Park in Nashville is set for 6:35 p.m. Standings: 1st (+0.5) SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST 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 | 6:35 p.m. of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. Express: LHP Cionel Pérez (0-0, 6.51) Sounds: RHP Ronald Herrera (0-3, 14.73) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Round Rock Express capped off a four-game series victory over the San Antonio Missions with a Game 2 | Sunday, May 26 | 6:35 p.m. 4-3 win in Friday night's series finale at Dell Diamond. Round Rock opened the scoring in the second Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (1-3, 4.91) inning as LF Yordan Alvarez jumped aboard via a fielding error prior to a double by 2B Jack Mayfield. An Sounds: RHP Phillips Valdez (0-6, 5.50) ensuing Taylor Jones groundout plated the first run of the evening. An inning later, E-Train SS Alex De Goti singled prior to a two-run blast off the bat of RF Kyle Tucker, his 14th of the season. The Missions began Game 3 | Monday, May 27 | 12:05 p.m. a comeback in the fourth thanks to three straight singles by 1B Tyler Saladino, CF Cory Spangenberg and Express: RHP Cy Sneed (2-5, 4.97) LF Troy Stokes, Jr., the latest of which plated a run. San Antonio then tied the game in the sixth with a Sounds: RHP Tim Dillard (3-3, 5.53) two-run homer of their own. Following a Spangenberg walk, Stokes, Jr. went yard to knot the game at 3-3. However, the tie lasted for mere moments as Round Rock 1B AJ Reed launched a solo homer in the Resumption of April 18 Suspended Game bottom of the sixth inning, putting the Express back on top 4-3. The E-Train defense then went to work, Monday, May 27 | TBD holding the Missions scoreless in the final three frames to preserve the series victory. Round Rock reliever Express: TBD RHP Ralph Garza earned the win after giving up two runs on a hit and a walk in 3.0 innings of relief. San Sounds: TBD Antonio reliever RHP Taylor Williams was dealt the loss after giving up the go-ahead run in 2.0 innings. Game 4 | Tuesday, May 28 | 6:35 p.m. ROAD WOES Express: TBD Express starter LHP Cionel Pérez looks to settle in away from home in tonight's series opener against Sounds: RHP Seth Maness (2-1, 4.50) Nashville. The lefty currently owns a 9.95 ERA in four road starts after allowing 14 earned runs on 21 hits in 12.2 innings. Conversely, Pérez sports a 3.60 ERA in four appearances, including three starts, at Dell Game 5 | Wednesday, May 29 | 6:35 p.m. Diamond, holding opponents to six runs on 12 hits in 15.0 total innings. The Astros #9 prospect is still Express: TBD searching for his first decision of the 2019 campaign. Sounds: LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.88) ANOTHER NEW RECORD? SERIES HISTORY In April, the Round Rock Express set a new franchise record for home runs hit in a calendar month with 43. 2019 Overall: 5-5 Thanks to RF Kyle Tucker and 1B AJ Reed both homering in last night's victory, the Express have matched In Round Rock: 3-5 April's total with 43 home runs so far in May. One more longball this month will set a new franchise record In Nashville: 2-0 for home runs in a month for the second month in a row. Streak: L4 One-Run Games: 0-0 SAY NO MORE After a tough start to the season, Express RF Kyle Tucker has turned on the gas. The outfielder nearly Extra-Inning Games: 1-1 has as many base hits in his last 13 games than he did in his first 30. Through his first 30 outings, Tucker All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 116-112 was hitting .211 (21-104) with five doubles and eight home runs. In his last 13 games, Tucker is hitting .370 All-Time Record in Round Rock: 68-51 (20-54) with four doubles, two triples and six home runs. All-Time Record in Nashville: 48-61 ALVAREZ' SWEET SOUND 2019 MEETINGS Round Rock OF Yordan Alvarez has torched the Nashville Sounds so far in 2019, combining to hit .368 4/9 vs Nashville L 3-1 (14-38) with five home runs, 19 RBI, three doubles and 10 runs scored in 10 total games against the club. 4/10 vs Nashville W 9-5 (10) In fact, exactly one-third of Alvarez' total RBI this season have come against Nashville as 19 of his 57 runs 4/11 vs Nashville W 8-6 driven in have come in this season series. 4/16 at Nashville W 11-2 4/17 at Nashville W 8-2 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/18 at Nashville SUSP (Rain) The Round Rock Express announced a pair of roster moves prior to tonight's contest against the Nashville 5/16 vs Nashville W 10-4 Sounds. The Houston Astros have recalled Express OF Derek Fisher, who replaced the injured George 5/17 vs Nashville L 9-3 Springer on Houston's roster. Additionally, RHP Brandon Bielak has been promoted from Double-A Corpus 5/18 vs Nashville L 6-3 Christi to Round Rock. The righty, who currently ranks as the #11 prospect in the Astros organization, is 5/19 vs Nashville L 9-7 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 6:35 p.m. 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 28-19 -- Iowa Cubs 29-20 -- 5/28 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. San Antonio Missions 28-20 -0.5 Memphis Redbirds 23-25 -5.5 5/29 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 27-22 -2.0 Omha Storm Chasers 21-27 -7.5 Oklahoma City Dodgers 16-30 -11.5 Nashville Sounds 19-28 -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 15-7 28-19 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 9-5 20-13 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 3-3 4-1 7-4 vs RHP 10-9 11-6 21-15 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 W3 W1 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 13-1 23-3 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-1 1-2 3-3 Five different nations are represented on the Express roster.