Round rock Chupacabras 2019 GAME NOTES 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. | Round Rock, TX 78665 | RRExpress.com Media Contact: Andrew Felts | [email protected] | 512.238.2213 Game 47 | Home Game 25 | May 24, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone San Antonio Flying Chanclas (28-19) at Round Rock Chupacabras (27-19) Flying Chanclas: RHP Zack Brown (1-3, 5.40) | Chupacabras: LHP Ryan Hartman (5-1, 4.50) CHUPACABRAS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Chupacabras and San Antonio Flying Chanclas face off in an MiLB Copa de la Diversion Overall Record: 27-19 Current Streak: L1 edition of the I-35 Rivalry Series on Friday night at Dell Diamond. The Chupacabras aim for a series victory Home: 12-12 Away: 16-7 while the Flying Chanclas look to settle with a split. Round Rock LHP Ryan Hartman is slated to get the Standings: 2nd (-0.5) start opposite San Antonio RHP Zack Brown. First pitch in the series finale at Dell Diamond is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST INFORMATION Game 1 | Tuesday, May 21 | W 11-4 Tonight's game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Chupacabras, AM 1300 The WP: Jose Urquidy (2-0, 3.27) Zone. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express LP: Thomas Jankins (2-2, 4.50) Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties while co-host of AM1300 The Zone's "The Bottom Line" morning show Mike Hardge provides color commentary. Game 2 | Wednesday, May 22 | W 4-0 WP: Cy Sneed (2-5, 4.97) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... LP: Bubba Derby (0-3, 5.19) The Round Rock Express suffered a tough 11-6 loss to the San Antonio Missions in game three of their current four-game series on Thursday night. The Missions poured it on from the start as RF Tyrone Taylor Game 3 | Thursday, May 23 | L 11-6 sent a two-run homer over the Dell Diamond fences in the top of the first inning. In the next frame, San WP: Jake Petricka (1-1, 3.38) Antonio extended their lead to 5-0 by roughing up Express starter RHP Forrest Whitley for three runs on LP: Forrest Whitley (0-3, 12.24) two singles, a double and a walk. Missions CF Corey Spangenberg then launched a leadoff homer in the fifth inning, followed by a Troy Stokes, Jr. walk and Nate Orf double, eventually adding another run via a Game 4 | Friday, May 24 | 7:05 p.m. Jake Hager fielder's choice. The E-Train pushed the pace in the fifth as 2B Jack Mayfield singled before Flying Chanclas: RHP Zack Brown (1-3, 5.40) scoring on a home run by LF Kyle Tucker for his 13th longball of the 2019 campaign. RF Drew Ferguson Chupacabras: LHP Ryan Hartman (5-1, 4.50) then tallied a single and was doubled home by C Jamie Ritchie, who brought Round Rock within 7-4 after racing home on a wild pitch. The three-run deficit was short-lived as Spangenberg spoiled the fun in the SERIES HISTORY sixth with a three-run blast. Mayfield attempted to spark a comeback in the eighth with a no-doubter 2019 Overall: 4-3 home run, then Tucker tacked on another run thanks to a Ferguson ground out. However, San Antonio In Round Rock: 2-1 shut down the Round Rock offense to finalize the score at 11-6. In San Antonio: 2-2 Streak: L1 RED-HOT HARTMAN One-Run Games: 1-1 Chupacabras LHP Ryan Hartman gets the nod in Friday night's series finale against the Flying Chanclas. Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 The lefty has been solid for Round Rock in his first eight outings, including six starts, pitching to a 5-1 All-Time Series: 4-3 record and a 4.50 ERA while striking out 31. In his last start against San Antonio, Hartman earned the win All-Time Record in Round Rock: 2-1 after holding the foes to only two runs on five hits in 6.0 innings. All-Time Record in San Antonio: 2-2 FEAR THE FLY BALL 2019 MEETINGS Round Rock LHP Ryan Hartman has been victimized by the home run ball as of late. Despite his hot start 5/3 at San Antonio L 10-9 to the season, eight of the last nine runs allowed by Hartman have been home runs. The lefty owns the 5/4 at San Antonio W 11-4 highest groundout-to-flyout ratio on the team at 2.17. 5/5 at San Antonio L 6-1 (7) 5/6 at San Antonio W 6-5 MAN ON A MISSION Chupacabras LF Kyle Tucker has sparked greatness in May, smoking eight home runs this month, upping 5/21 vs San Antonio W 11-4 his batting average from .173 in April to .261 entering tonight's game. The outfielder posted another 5/22 vs San Antonio W 4-0 dazzling performance on Thursday, going 3-3 and notching his 13th home run of the year. Tucker is batting 5/23 vs San Antonio L 11-6 .394 (13-33) with three homers and eight RBI in his last 10 games and a blistering .474 (9-19) in his last five. 5/24 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. 6/25 at San Antonio 7:05 p.m. A RARE NIGHT FOR ROUND ROCK 6/26 at San Antonio 7:05 p.m. For just the third time this season, the Chupacabras allowed 15 hits to their opponent last night. Oddly 6/27 at San Antonio 7:05 p.m. enough, the other two 15-hit games came earlier this homestand as Oklahoma City accomplished the feat 6/28 at San Antonio 7:05 p.m. on May 14 before the Nashville Sounds did so on May 20. Round Rock is 4-16 when being out-hit, while 8/26 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. they hold a 23-2 record when out-hitting their opponent. 8/27 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. 8/28 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. REED HEATING UP 8/29 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. After a slow start to the season and a brief period of time on the injured list, Chupacabras 1B AJ Reed has started to heat up. The infielder has hit 4-16 (.250) in his last five games, notching a double, a home RECENT RESULTS run, four RBI and two runs scored in that span. Last night, Reed shot a blast into CF inches away from the 5/21 vs San Antonio W 11-4 right-center field berm before being robbed by San Antonio CF Corey Spangenberg. 5/22 vs San Antonio W 4-0 5/23 vs San Antonio L 11-6 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS American Southern Division American Northern Division UPCOMING SCHEDULE San Antonio Missions 28-19 -- Iowa Cubs 29-19 -- 5/25 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. Round Rock Express 27-19 -0.5 Memphis Redbirds 23-24 -5.5 5/26 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 26-22 -2.5 Omha Storm Chasers 20-27 -8.5 5/27 at Nashville 12:05 p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 16-29 -11.0 Nashville Sounds 18-28 -10.0 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 12-12 15-7 27-19 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 10-8 9-5 19-13 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 3-3 4-1 7-4 vs RHP 9-9 11-6 20-15 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L1 W3 L1 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 3 4 7 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, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 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 2-0 3-4 5-4 Two-run games 4-3 2-1 6-5 Lead after 7 9-2 13-1 22-3 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-1 1-2 3-3 Five different nations are represented on the Express roster.