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 135 | Home Game 69 | August 28, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone San Antonio Missions (78-56) at Round Rock Express (81-53) Missions: RHP Aaron Wilkerson (8-2, 2.34) | Express: LHP Ryan Hartman (6-6, 5.33) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express aim for a series victory over the San Antonio Missions in Wednesday night's Overall Record: 81-53 Current Streak: W2 game three. A win tonight would give the Express a commanding four-game lead in the Pacific Coast Home: 42-26 Away: 39-27 League's American Southern Division with just five left to play. E-Train LHP Ryan Hartman is scheduled Standings: 1st (+3.0) to face Missions RHP Aaron Wilkerson. First pitch at Dell Diamond is set for 7:05 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST INFORMATION Tonight's game can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Express, AM 1300 The Game 1 | Monday, August 25 | W 6-0 Zone. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express WP: Jose Urquidy (5-3, 4.63) Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties while St. Edward's University Head LP: Shelby Miller (1-2, 4.79) Baseball Coach Rob Penders provides color commentary. ABOUT LAST NIGHT... Game 2 | Tuesday, August 26 | W 4-3 The Round Rock Express rode a dominant start by LHP Kent Emanuel to a 4-3 victory over the San WP: Kent Emanuel (8-2, 3.90) Antonio Missions on Tuesday night at Dell Diamond. Emanuel was lights out in his 8.0 innings of work, LP: Thomas Jankins (10-5, 4.38) blanking the Missions on just one hit while striking out six. The southpaw retired the final 21 batters he S: Cy Sneed (1) faced in the victory. Round Rock broke through a scoreless tie with a three-run third. C Jamie Ritchie kicked off the frame with a single before SS Alex De Goti worked a walk. RF Chas McCormick then kept Game 3 | Wednesday, August 27 | 7:05 p.m. his bat red-hot with a two-run single, giving the E-Train a quick 2-0 edge. The inning continued as 2B Missions: RHP Aaron Wilkerson (8-2, 2.34) Jack Mayfield sent McCormick home with a single. In the fifth, Express DH Garrett Stubbs, CF Myles Express: LHP Ryan Hartman (6-6, 5.33) Straw and Mayfield combined for a trio of singles, the latest of which scored a run to give Round Rock a 4-0 lead. San Antonio attempted a late comeback off Round Rock’s bullpen in the ninth. Missions SS Game 4 | Thursday, August 28 | 7:05 p.m. Jake Hager singled prior to a Tuffy Gosewisch double. An ensuing Ben Gamel walk loaded the bases. Missions: RHP Trey Supak (1-1, 9.35) 1B Tyler Austin then lined an RBI double to left field to put the Missions on the board. A sacrifice fly Express: RHP Brandon Bielak (7-4, 4.74) courtesy of 3B Travis Shaw pulled San Antonio within 4-2 before a two-out RBI single off the bat of DH David Freitas trimmed the gap to one, but the E-Train bullpen recovered to preserve the 4-3 win. SERIES HISTORY 2019 Overall: 9-5 WINNING WEDNESDAY In Round Rock: 5-1 Wednesday has proven to be the best day of the week for Express LHP Ryan Hartman. The southpaw is In San Antonio: 4-4 2-0 with a 3.22 ERA (8 ER/22.1 IP) in five hump day appearances, including three starts. Comparatively, Streak: W3 Hartman is 4-6 with a 5.88 ERA (56 ER/85.2 IP) in 18 games, including 15 starts, on all other days of the One-Run Games: 3-1 week. In addition, 25 of his 107 strikeouts on the season have come in Wednesday games. Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 BRINGING HOME THE TRAFFIC CONE All-Time Series: Round Rock leads 9-5 The Round Rock Express claimed the coveted "Traffic Cone Trophy" by clinching the 2019 I-35 Rivalry All-Time Record in Round Rock: 5-1 Series thanks to last night's 4-3 victory. More importantly, with Round Rock securing a season series All-Time Record in San Antonio: 4-4 victory over San Antonio, the Express own all potential playoff tiebreakers over the Missions. 2019 MEETINGS WHERE HAVE ALL THE LONGBALLS GONE? The Express and Missions have combined to go two straight games without hitting a single home run. 5/3 at San Antonio L 10-9 This marks just the second time in 2019 that Round Rock and their opponent each failed to hit a homer 5/4 at San Antonio W 11-4 in back-to-back games, with the only other instance coming on May 27-28 in Nashville. For the E-Train, 5/5 at San Antonio L 6-1 (7) this marks just the fifth time this season that the club has gone back-to-back games without a longball. 5/6 at San Antonio W 6-5 5/21 vs San Antonio W 11-4 A STRANGE SACRIFICE SIGHT 5/22 vs San Antonio W 4-0 E-Train INF Myles Straw laid down a sacrifice bunt in the midst of Round Rock's three-run third inning 5/23 vs San Antonio L 11-6 last night, marking only the third time this season, and the first time at home, that an Express hitter has 5/24 vs San Antonio W 4-3 attempted a sacrifice hit. Salt Lake (2) and Las Vegas (6) are the only other clubs in the Pacific Coast 6/25 at San Antonio L 10-2 League with single-digit sacrifice hits on the year. 6/26 at San Antonio W 4-2 NO EXTRA CHARGES 6/27 at San Antonio L 3-0 Last night marked just the fifth time this season that the Express were held without an extra-base hit as 6/28 at San Antonio W 9-2 each of the team's eight base hits were singles. Strangely enough, Round Rock holds a 2-3 record when 8/26 vs San Antonio W 6-0 failing to record an extra-base hit. 8/27 vs San Antonio W 4-3 8/28 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. TODAY'S TRANSACTIONS 8/29 vs San Antonio 7:05 p.m. The Houston Astros recalled Round Rock Express RHP Cy Sneed on Wednesday afternoon. The righty assumes the roster spot of Astros RHP Brad Peacock, who was placed on the team's Injured List with RECENT RESULTS right shoulder discomfort. Additionally, E-Train LHP Cionel Pérez was added to the Express active roster. 8/21 at Memphis W 5-4 He had been on the Injured List since June 29 before a brief stint with Class A-Advanced Fayetteville. 8/22 at Memphis L 14-2 8/23 vs New Orleans W 3-2 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 8/24 (1) at New Orleans W 7-1 American Southern Division American Nothern Division 8/24 (2) vs New Orleans W 5-4 Round Rock Express 81-53 -- Iowa Cubs 71-63 -- 8/25 vs New Orleans L 2-1 San Antonio Missions 78-56 -3.0 Memphis Redbirds 66-68 -5.0 8/26 vs San Antonio W 6-0 New Orleans Baby Cakes 70-62 -10.0 Nashville Sounds 61-71 -9.0 8/27 vs San Antonio W 4-3 Oklahoma City Dodgers 60-73 -20.5 Omaha Storm Chasers 57-76 -13.5 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 42-26 39-27 81-53 originally founded in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, winning Day 2-5 11-3 13-8 the Texas League in their inaugural season. The Express advanced to the Triple-A Night 40-21 28-24 68-45 Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 10-5 11-3 21-8 vs RHP 32-21 28-24 60-45 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W2 L3 W2 Twenty-five 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, OF Ronnie Dawson, INF Longest Losing Streak 4 4 4 Austin Dennis, RHP Tanner Duncan, RHP Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Cristian Javier, RHP Series Wins 10 9 19 Carson LaRue, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Hunter Martin, OF Chas McCormick, RHP Colin McKee, C Lorenzo Series Losses 3 3 6 Quintana, RHP Leovanny Rodriguez, RHP Kit Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, INF Abraham Toro, RHP Jose Series Splits 4 4 8 Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. Of the remaining 34 players Series Sweeps (won) 1 3 4 that have suited up for Round Rock in 2019, 25 appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. 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.