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 103 | Home Game 52 | July 25, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Omaha Storm Chasers (47-56) at Round Rock Express (59-43) Storm Chasers: RHP Heath Fillmyer (2-2, 6.27) | Express: RHP Carson LaRue (0-2, 7.36) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express aim for a series victory in tonight's finale against the Omaha Storm Chasers. Overall Record: 59-43 Current Streak: W1 Round Rock RHP Carson LaRue returns for his third career Triple-A start while Omaha plans to send RHP Home: 29-22 Away: 30-21 Heath Fillmyer to the mound. First pitch at Dell Diamond is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Standings: 2nd (-3.5) 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 Game 1 | Tuesday, July 23 | L 9-2 Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties while Jackson Ryan, son of Round WP: Jake Kalish (7-5, 4.46) Rock Express founder and Houston Astros President of Business Operations Reid Ryan, provides color LP: Framber Valdez (1-2, 3.12) commentary. Game 2 | Wednesday, July 24 | W 3-0 ABOUT LAST NIGHT... WP: Kent Emanuel (5-1, 4.26) The Round Rock Express bounced back to shut out the Omaha Storm Chasers by a 3-0 final score on LP: Eric Skoglund (1-3, 6.64) Wednesday night at Dell Diamond. Express LHP Kent Emanuel stole the show, earning the win after S: Felipe Paulino (6) holding the Storm Chasers scoreless on just three hits while striking out five in 7.0 strong innings. After a trio of scoreless innings to open the game, the Express broke through in the fourth as 2B Jack Mayfield Game 3 | Thursday, July 25 | 7:05 p.m. led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a fielding error by Omaha LF Jorge Bonifacio. Storm Chasers: RHP Heath Fillmyer (2-2, 6.27) After alertly swiping third base, Mayfield raced home on a Kyle Tucker groundout to open the scoring. Express: RHP Carson LaRue (0-2, 7.36) An inning later, rehabbing Houston Astros SS Carlos Correa tallied a two-out single before LF Josh Rojas blasted a two-run homer into the right field berm to put the E-Train up 3-0. Omaha tallied just seven SERIES HISTORY baserunners in the entire contest with only two advancing into scoring position. In the seventh, RF Erick 2019 Overall: 8-3 Mejia and 1B Ryan O’Hearn each collected a single, however, Emanuel was able to escape the two-out In Round Rock: 5-2 jam unscathed to help preserve the shutout victory. Round Rock RHP Felipe Paulino earned his team- In Papillion: 3-1 leading sixth save of the season after working around a pair of walks in the ninth inning. Streak: W1 One-Run Games: 4-2 BACK TO THE BUMP Extra-Inning Games: 2-0 Round Rock RHP Carson LaRue is set to make his third career Triple-A start in tonight's series finale All-Time Series: Omaha leads 133-110 against the Omaha Storm Chasers. LaRue has been roughed up in his first two outings, giving up 11 runs, All-Time Record in Round Rock: 64-60 only nine of which were earned, on 13 hits in 11.0 total innings. His first career start at the Triple-A level All-Time Record in Papillion: 46-73 came back on July 5 against Oklahoma City prior to a July 18 outing against Memphis. MAYFIELD KEEPS STREAKING 2019 MEETINGS Express INF Jack Mayfield continued his hot stretch at the plate in last night's win, finishing 2-4 with a 5/7 at Omaha L 2-1 pair of singles and a run scored. The infielder is in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak dating back 5/8 at Omaha W 9-7 to July 14. During the streak, Mayfield is batting .324 (11-34) with four doubles, four home runs and six 5/9 at Omaha W 8-6 RBI. He tallied a home run in three straight games from July 19-23. 5/10 at Omaha W 8-7 6/29 vs Omaha L 3-2 SAVING THE DAY 6/30 vs Omaha W 7-6 E-Train RHP Felipe Paulino moved to a perfect 6-6 in save opportunities after working around a pair of 7/1 vs Omaha W 5-0 walks in the ninth inning of last night's win. The save moved Paulino past fellow RHP Brendan McCurry 7/2 vs Omaha W 7-6 (10) for the team lead in the category. In fact, Paulino's six saves are the second-most for any Express reliever 7/3 vs Omaha W 9-8 (10) in the last two seasons, trailing only RHP R.J. Alvarez' 24 saves a year ago. 7/23 vs Omaha L 9-2 7/24 vs Omaha W 3-0 SHUT IT DOWN 7/25 vs Omaha 7:05 p.m. Last night's 3-0 victory marked Round Rock's eighth shutout win of the year, the most the team has 8/30 at Omaha 7:05 p.m. recorded in a single season since tallying 11 back in 2015. The 2018 Express recorded just one shutout 8/31 at Omaha 2:05 p.m. victory a year ago. The club record for shutouts in a season is 12, which was set back in 2006. 9/1 at Omaha 7:05 p.m. 9/2 at Omaha 12:05 p.m. ROUND ROCK BECOMES AN ALL-STAR CITY The Round Rock Express, in conjunction with the Pacific Coast League, International RECENT RESULTS League and Minor League Baseball were proud to announce on Thursday morning 7/19 at New Orleans L 6-5 (10) that the Triple-A All-Star Game, presented by Dell Technologies, will be held at 7/20 at New Orleans W 13-0 Dell Diamond for the first time in 2021. The 34th annual Triple-A All-Star Game 7/21 at New Orleans PPD (Rain) is set for mid-July 2021. All-Star Week festivities include the Triple-A Home Run Derby as well as an All-Star luncheon. Dates, times and other All-Star-related 7/23 vs Omaha L 9-2 events will be announced in the near future. 7/24 vs Omaha W 3-0 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE 7/26 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. American Southern Division American Northern Division 7/27 at Iowa 7:08 p.m. San Antonio Missions 63-40 -- Iowa Cubs 57-46 -- 7/28 at Iowa 1:08 p.m. Round Rock Express 59-43 -3.5 Omaha Storm Chasers 47-56 -10.0 7/30 vs Fresno 7:05 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 54-48 -8.5 Nashville Sounds 42-60 -14.5 7/31 vs Fresno 7:05 p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 48-54 -14.5 Memphis Redbirds 42-61 -15.0 ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 2019 game notes SEASON TALLY #20STRONG Situation Home Road All The Round Rock Express are celebrating their 20th season in 2019. The club was Overall 29-22 30-21 59-43 originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, winning Day 2-5 10-3 12-8 the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Triple-A Night 27-17 20-18 47-35 Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 8-5 6-3 14-8 vs RHP 21-17 24-18 45-35 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 W1 W1 Twenty-two players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Brandon Bielak, RHP Longest Win Streak 6 6 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, OF Chas McCormick, RHP Colin McKee, C Lorenzo Quintana, RHP Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP Kit Series Losses 2 2 4 Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Series Splits 4 3 7 Wrenn. Of the remaining 32 players that have suited up for Round Rock in 2019, 25 appeared for the Series Sweeps (won) 0 2 2 Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate from Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 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 5-2 10-4 Doubleheaders 0-0 4-4 4-4 STATING THE FACTS Shutouts 5-1 3-3 8-4 American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 15 different states: Alabama, Arizona, California, One-run games 8-2 5-9 13-11 Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Two-run games 7-5 6-3 13-8 Texas, Virginia and Washington. The squad features six players from the State of Texas: RHP Riley Ferrell Lead after 7 22-2 25-2 47-4 (College Station), RHP Ralph Garza (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), INF Jack Mayfield (Del Rio) Tied after 7 2-1 3-3 5-4 and RHP Brady Rodgers (Richmond).