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 98 | Home Game 49 | July 18, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Memphis Redbirds (38-59) at Round Rock Express (57-40) Redbirds: LHP Austin Warner (0-0, 7.02) | Express: RHP Carson LaRue (0-1, 6.00) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express shoot for a series win as they cap off their four-game series against the Overall Record: 57-40 Current Streak: W2 Memphis Redbirds. Express RHP Carson LaRue is slated to make his second Triple-A start while the Home: 28-20 Away: 29-20 Redbirds plan to counter with LHP Austin Warner. First pitch at Dell Diamond is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Standings: 2nd (-4.0) 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 | Monday, July 15 | L 8-6 Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: Ryan Helsley (2-3, 5.06) LP: Jose Urquidy (3-2, 4.07) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... S: Hunter Cervenka (2) Round Rock Express LHP Kent Emanuel saved the day in a 6.0-inning appearance out of the bullpen in which he held off a hot start by the Memphis Redbirds and helped fuel an 11-8 E-Train comeback victory. Game 2 | Tuesday, July 16 | W 4-1 Memphis piled on five runs in the opening frame, highlighted by a three-run shot by 'Birds RF Johan WP: Cy Sneed (6-6, 4.07) Mieses. The next inning, a pair of doubles and a single pushed the Redbirds even further ahead at 7-0. LP: Jake Woodford (5-6, 3.70) However, Round Rock began a rally in the second inning. LF Drew Ferguson singled for the E-Train’s first hit of the evening then quickly moved to second when RF Kyle Tucker worked a walk. DH Alex De Goti Game 3 | Wednesday, July 17 | 7:05 p.m. wasted no time putting the Express on the board with a three-run bomb. The hits continued from there WP: Kent Emanuel (4-1, 4.74) as CF Chas McCormick singled prior to a Jamie Ritchie RBI double. To cap the exciting inning, rehabbing LP: Jesus Cruz (2-6, 7.78) Houston Astros SS Carlos Correa tacked on a hit to send Ritchie home and bring Round Rock within 7-5. S: Brendan McCurry (5) 2B Josh Rojas then started what would become a dazzling night at the plate with a solo shot to lead off the fourth. Fellow Astros rehabber 3B Aledmys Díaz then reached base on a fielding error and hustled Game 4 | Thursday, July 18 | 7:05 p.m. home when Correa smoked a double into right field. McCormick eventually plated Correa with a single Redbirds: LHP Austin Warner (0-0, 7.02) for the go-ahead run. Round Rock tacked on insurance runs in the seventh inning as Tucker opened the Express: RHP Carson LaRue (0-1, 6.00) frame with a double and scored when Ritchie mimicked the hit. The red-hot Rojas then plated another set of runs with his second longball of the night. Memphis knocked in a last-minute run in the eighth, but SERIES HISTORY Express RHP Brendan McCurry shut down any thought of a Redbirds comeback to preserve an 11-8 win. 2019 Overall: 6-5 In Round Rock: 4-3 DELL DIAMOND DEBUT In Memphis: 2-2 Round Rock RHP Carson LaRue is slated to start his second career Triple-A game, and his first at Dell Streak: W2 Diamond, in tonight's series finale against the Memphis Redbirds. In his first start with the E-Train, LaRue One-Run Games: 1-0 pitched a complete 6.0-inning game in the nightcap of a doubleheader, an outing that marked just the second complete game of any length by an Express pitcher this season. The righty made his debut Extra-Inning Games: 0-1 against Oklahoma City and surrendered four runs on five hits while collecting five strikeouts along the All-Time Series: Memphis Leads 123-110 way. La Rue hopes to shut down the Redbirds to lead the Express to their 14th series win of the season. All-Time Record in Round Rock: 59-60 All-Time Record in Memphis: 51-63 TUCKER TAKES FIRST Houston Astros #2 prospect and current Round Rock OF Kyle Tucker is scheduled to make his first 2019 MEETINGS career start at first base in tonight's series finale against Memphis. In 517 career professional games, 4/12 vs Memphis W 4-2 Tucker has never started anywhere other than the outfield. In fact, his only two appearances in the infield 4/13 vs Memphis L 9-4 came earlier this month as he served as a defensive substitution at first base on July 7 at Oklahoma 4/14 vs Memphis W 7-6 City and July 13 against Iowa, combining for only 3.0 innings played and just four defensive putouts. 4/15 vs Memphis L 10-2 4/19 at Memphis PPD (Rain) THE INCREDIBLE CARLOS CORREA 4/20 (1) at Memphis W 11-6 (7) Rehabbing Houston Astros SS Carlos Correa posted an impressive night at the plate, going 3-4 with 4/20 (2) at Memphis L 3-0 two RBI and a run scored in his second rehab appearance last night against Memphis. Correa now holds 4/21 at Memphis L 5-3 (10) a .429 (3-7) batting average with the E-Train. The rehabber is scheduled to play in tonight's contest as 4/22 at Memphis W 9-4 Round Rock's designated hitter. 7/15 vs Memphis L 8-6 BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS 7/16 vs Memphis W 4-1 Express INF Alex De Goti notched his ninth home run of the year on Wednesday to ignite the scoring in 7/17 vs Memphis W 11-8 an eventual 11-8 victory. The three-run shot broke up a 40 game, 163 at-bat dinger drought for De Goti, 7/18 vs Memphis 7:05 p.m. the longest streak of its kind among active Express players. 8/19 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. 8/20 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. THE LUCKY NUMBER 8/21 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. With an 11-8 victory last night, the Round Rock Express are 19-0 when scoring ten or more runs. 8/22 at Memphis 7:05 p.m. Additionally, in games where the team scores 10 or more runs, the Express have outscored their opponents 233-95. RECENT RESULTS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 7/12 vs Iowa W 5-2 7/13 vs Iowa L 11-5 American Southern Division American Northern Division 7/14 vs Iowa W 10-8 San Antonio Missions 61-36 -- Iowa Cubs 55-42 -- 7/15 vs Memphis L 8-6 Round Rock Express 57-40 -4.0 Omaha Storm Chasers 44-53 -11.0 7/16 vs Memphis W 4-1 New Orleans Baby Cakes 52-45 -9.0 Nashville Sounds 40-56 -14.5 7/17 vs Memphis W 11-8 Oklahoma City Dodgers 42-54 -18.5 Memphis Redbirds 38-59 -17.0 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 28-20 29-20 57-40 club was originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, Day 2-5 10-3 12-8 winning the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Night 26-15 19-17 45-32 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 7-5 5-2 12-7 vs RHP 21-15 24-18 45-33 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W2 W1 W2 Twenty-one players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Brandon Bielak, RHP Longest Win Streak 6 5 6 Ronel Blanco, RHP Jose Bravo, RHP Humberto Castellanos, C Oscar Campos, INF Austin Dennis, RHP Longest Losing Streak 4 4 4 Tanner Duncan, RHP Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Carson LaRue, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Hunter Series Wins 6 7 13 Martin, RHP Colin McKee, C Lorenzo Quintana, INF Josh Rojas, RHP Kit Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, RHP Series Losses 2 1 3 Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. The remaining 29 players Series Splits 3 4 7 that have suited up for Round Rock in 2019 all appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. Series Sweeps (won) 0 2 2 Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s 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 5-1 10-3 STATING THE FACTS Doubleheaders 0-0 4-4 4-4 American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 16 different states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Shutouts 3-1 2-3 5-4 Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, One-run games 8-2 5-8 13-10 Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.