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 50 | Road Game 26 | May 27, 2019 | 12:05 p.m. | First Tennessee Park | Nashville, TN | AM 1300 The Zone Round Rock Express (29-20) at Nashville Sounds (20-29) Express: RHP Brandon Bielak (0-0, 0.00) | Sounds: RHP Taylor Guerrieri (0-1, 5.27) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TODAY'S GAMES The Round Rock Express and Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play a pair of Memorial Day games Overall Record: 29-20 Current Streak: L1 beginning at 12:05 p.m. at First Tennessee Park. The clubs will resume their scoreless April 18th game that Home: 13-12 Away: 16-8 was suspended in the second inning due to rain. Approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Standings: 2nd (-0.5) full nine inning game, a seven-inning game will begin. Express RHP Brandon Bielak is set to start opposite Sound RHP Taylor Guerrieri in the regularly scheduled game. SERIES INFORMATION BROADCAST INFORMATION Game 1 | Saturday, May 25 | W 11-5 Today's games can be heard live on the flagship home of the Round Rock Express, AM 1300 The Zone. WP: Kent Emanuel (3-0, 4.75) Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express Director LP: Ronald Herrera (0-4, 15.34) of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. Game 2 | Sunday, May 26 | L 9-5 ABOUT LAST NIGHT... WP: Phillips Valdez (1-6, 5.65) The Round Rock Express fell short of an attempted ninth inning rally, ultimately suffering a 9-5 loss to the LP: Rogelio Armenteros (1-4, 5.73) Nashville Sounds on Sunday night at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds used four multi-run innings to fuel the victory. Nashville struck first in the opening frame as LF Zack Granite led off with a single and stole Game 3 | Monday, May 27 | 12:05 p.m. second to set up rehabbing Texas Rangers Scott Heineman for an RBI double. DH Matt Davidson played Express: RHP Brandon Bielak (0-0, 0.00) longball after the double to plate Heineman for a 3-0 lead. In the fourth, E-Train RF Kyle Tucker answered Sounds: RHP Taylor Guerrieri (0-1, 5.27) with a solo homer to put Round Rock on the board. The close game was short-lived, as the Sounds responded with a two-run fourth inning that began with a Jett Bandy double, followed by a Granite single Resumption of April 18 Suspended Game and a Heineman sacrifice fly. The next at-bat, SS Eli White doubled Granite home. To extend the lead to Monday, May 27 | TBD 7-1, Bandy added a two-run homer. Round Rock pushed for a comeback in the sixth, driving in four runs Express: RHP Cy Sneed (2-5, 4.97) beginning with back-to-back singles courtesy of SS Alex De Goti and rehabbing Houston Astros 2B Jose Sounds: RHP Tim Dillard (3-3, 5.53) Altuve. Tucker then worked a walk to load the bases and set up De Goti to race home on LF Yordan Alvarez’s sacrifice fly. CF Drew Ferguson then followed with a single to plate Altuve prior to scoring on a Game 4 | Tuesday, May 28 | 6:35 p.m. Tanielu fielder’s choice, cutting their deficit to 7-5. However, Nashville 1B Hunter Cole shot down the hope Express: TBD of an Express comeback in the home half of the seventh, sending a two-run blast into the left field berm Sounds: RHP Seth Maness (2-1, 4.50) to finalize a 9-5 final score. Game 5 | Wednesday, May 29 | 6:35 p.m. CHASING PERFECTION Express starter RHP Cy Sneed's last outing was one that won't soon be forgotten. After coming five outs Express: TBD away from a perfect game on May 17 vs San Antonio, the righty looks to stay hot in his fifth start of the Sounds: LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.88) season. Ahead of Monday's game, Sneed holds a 4.95 ERA and a 2-5 record. In two career starts against Nashville, he has surrendered seven runs on 12 hits while punching out seven and walking eight. SERIES HISTORY 2019 Overall: 6-6 A DEBUT...OF SORTS In Round Rock: 3-5 Houston Astros 2B Jose Altuve joined the Round Rock Express on a rehab assignment before Sunday's In Nashville: 3-1 game. After flying through the minor leagues, Altuve had previously appeared in only three Triple-A Streak: L1 games, all of which came on a 2018 rehab stint with the former Astros affiliate, the Fresno Grizzlies. The One-Run Games: 0-0 infielder made his Round Rock Express debut last night, going 1-for-5 with a single, run and two strikeouts. Extra-Inning Games: 1-1 All-Time Series: Round Rock Leads 117-113 RAZOR THIN All-Time Record in Round Rock: 68-51 Round Rock and Nashville have engaged in a back-and-forth season series thus far. The E-Train started All-Time Record in Nashville: 49-62 dominant, claiming three of the first four games, but in the Sounds' second trip to Texas, they stunned Round Rock with a 4-1 series win. The 2019 series between the clubs currently sits at 6-6. Nashville holds 2019 MEETINGS a 5-3 edge in games at Dell Diamond, while Round Rock has taken three of four games at First Tennessee 4/9 vs Nashville L 3-1 Park. The Express hold a narrow lead in the all-time series at 117-113. 4/10 vs Nashville W 9-5 (10) CRUSHING RECORDS 4/11 vs Nashville W 8-6 In his last two outings, Round Rock OF Kyle Tucker and #2 Astros prospect has recorded the E-Train's 4/16 at Nashville W 11-2 90th and 91st home runs, and it's only May. Just seven weeks into the season, the club's 91 homers crush 4/17 at Nashville W 8-2 recent Round Rock history. In the past three years, it has taken Express teams until July to reach the 90 4/18 at Nashville SUSP (Rain) home runs mark, dating as far back as July 15 in 2016. 5/16 vs Nashville W 10-4 5/17 vs Nashville L 9-3 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/18 vs Nashville L 6-3 The Houston Astros recalled Round Rock Express INF Jack Mayfield on Monday morning for his first 5/19 vs Nashville L 9-7 career callup to The Show. In a corresponding move, INF Anibal Sierra joins the Express from Double-A. 5/20 vs Nashville L 8-6 (12) 5/25 at Nashville W 11-5 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 5/26 at Nashville L 9-5 American Southern Division American Northern Division 5/27 at Nashville 12:05 p.m. San Antonio Missions 30-20 -- Iowa Cubs 30-21 -- 5/28 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. Round Rock Express 29-20 -0.5 Memphis Redbirds 23-27 -6.5 5/29 at Nashville 6:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 28-22 -2.5 Omha Storm Chasers 22-28 -7.5 Oklahoma City Dodgers 17-30 -12.0 Nashville Sounds 20-29 -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 16-8 29-20 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 10-6 21-14 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 3-3 4-1 7-4 vs RHP 10-9 12-7 22-16 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak W1 L1 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 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 two players from the State of Texas: RHP Ralph Garza Shutouts 2-0 0-1 2-1 (Edinburg) 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 14-1 24-3 AROUND THE WORLD Tied after 7 2-1 1-2 3-3 Five different nations are represented on the Express roster.