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 96 | Home Game 47 | July 16, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Memphis Redbirds (38-57) at Round Rock Express (55-40) Redbirds: RHP Jake Woodford (5-5, 3.56) | Express: RHP Cy Sneed (5-6, 4.48) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE TONIGHT'S GAME The Round Rock Express hope to bounce back from a tough loss to the Memphis Redbirds in last night's Overall Record: 55-40 Current Streak: L1 series opener. Express RHP Cy Sneed is slated to start his first game since rejoining the club from the Home: 26-20 Away: 29-20 Houston Astros while the Redbirds plan to counter with RHP Jake Woodford. First pitch at Dell Diamond Standings: 2nd (-4.0) is scheduled 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, July 15 | L 8-6 Zone. Online audio is also available at am1300thezone.iheart.com and via the iHeartRadio app. Express WP: Ryan Helsley (2-3, 5.06) Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. LP: Jose Urquidy (3-2, 4.07) S: Hunter Cervenka (2) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Memphis Redbirds claimed game one of their current series against the Round Rock Express by a Game 2 | Tuesday, July 16 | 7:05 p.m. final score of 8-6 on Monday night at Dell Diamond. Memphis opened the scoring in the second inning Redbirds: RHP Jake Woodford (5-5, 3.56) as a Joe Hudson single was pushed to second on a Johan Mieses walk and later plated thanks to a Express: RHP Cy Sneed (5-6, 4.48) single off the bat of 2B Kramer Robertson. The remaining duo trotted home the next at-bat as 3B Jose Martinez hit a home run that put the Redbirds ahead 4-0. Express 3B Nick Tanielu answered back with Game 3 | Wednesday, July 17 | 7:05 p.m. a multi-run homer of his own in the bottom half of the frame, scoring CF Drew Ferguson, who drew a Redbirds: RHP Mike Hauschild (0-2, 8.22) walk before stealing second base. The back-and-forth affair continued in the third with a solo shot by Express: RHP Akeem Bostick (4-4, 6.68) Redbirds DH Adolis Garcia. In the home half, the E-Train took their first lead of the game. RF Derek Fisher drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a single from 2B Aledmys Díaz. 1B Taylor Jones Game 4 | Thursday, July 18 | 7:05 p.m. then recorded another base hit to drive in Fisher and push Díaz to second. With a pair of runners on Redbirds: LHP Austin Warner (0-0, 7.02) base, CF Drew Ferguson smoked a ground-rule double into the deepest part of right field to plate Díaz. Express: TBA LF Kyle Tucker then knocked in Jones for the go-ahead run with the fourth consecutive hit of the inning. A pair of Redbirds homers ultimately spoiled the fun in the fifth inning. 3B Jose Martinez led off the SERIES HISTORY frame with a single and raced to second on a wild pitch. CF Randy Arozarena and Garcia then hit a pair 2019 Overall: 4-5 of home runs to secure an 8-6 Express defeat. In Round Rock: 2-3 In Memphis: 2-2 SNEED RETURNS Streak: L1 Round Rock RHP Cy Sneed is slated to start tonight's game two opposite Memphis RHP Jake Woodford. One-Run Games: 1-0 Sneed last saw action with the Express in a 7.0-inning start against the Iowa Cubs before making his Extra-Inning Games: 0-1 major league debut with the Houston Astros on June 27 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. During his time All-Time Series: Memphis Leads 123-108 with the Astros, Sneed posted two lengthy appearances, totaling 11.0 innings. In that time, the righty All-Time Record in Round Rock: 57-60 struck out 11 opponents and surrendered only five earned runs. All-Time Record in Memphis: 51-63 FAMILIAR FACES IN NEW PLACES 2019 MEETINGS Rehabbing Houston Astros SS Carlos Correa and 2B Aledmys Díaz each saw action in last night's series 4/12 vs Memphis W 4-2 opener as they began a pair of major league rehab assignments. Correa played five innings and ended the night 0-3 with a strikeout. Diaz saw seven innings of action and went 1-4 with a single and a run 4/13 vs Memphis L 9-4 scored. The second baseman also collected four putouts defensively. 4/14 vs Memphis W 7-6 4/15 vs Memphis L 10-2 NOT A FAN OF THE LONGBALL 4/19 at Memphis PPD (Rain) The Memphis Redbirds notched a total of four home runs on Monday night against Express RHP Jose 4/20 (1) at Memphis W 11-6 (7) Urquidy. The four shots are by far the most given up by Urquidy in his professional career. In fact, before 4/20 (2) at Memphis L 3-0 Monday night, the righty had surrendered two home runs only six times in 49 professional games. 4/21 at Memphis L 5-3 (10) 4/22 at Memphis W 9-4 TURNING THE TIEDS 7/15 vs Memphis L 8-6 After last night's loss, the Express hold a 27-27 record in games following a win, as well as a 12-12 record 7/16 vs Memphis 7:05 p.m. in series openers. Contrarily, the team hold an impressive 18-5 record in game twos and has posted a 7/17 vs Memphis 7:05 p.m. 28-11 record in games following a loss. Round Rock has fallen behind 0-2 in a series only one time this 7/18 vs Memphis 7:05 p.m. season, back on July 4-5 in Oklahoma City. 8/19 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. 8/20 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. RECENT TRANSACTIONS Prior to Tuesday night's game, Round Rock RHP Rogelio Armenteros received a callup to the Houston 8/21 at Memphis 6:35 p.m. Astros. The righty is slated to appear for Houston out of the bullpen tonight at Angles Stadium of 8/22 at Memphis 7:05 p.m. Anaheim against the Los Angeles Angles. In a pair of corresponding roster moves, RHP Carson LaRue and RHP Colin McKee have joined the E-Train from the Corpus Christi Hooks. RECENT RESULTS 7/6 at Oklahoma City L 7-3 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 7/7 at Oklahoma City W 11-2 7/11 vs Iowa W 6-4 American Southern Division American Northern Division 7/12 vs Iowa W 5-2 San Antonio Missions 59-36 -- Iowa Cubs 54-41 -- 7/13 vs Iowa L 11-5 Round Rock Express 55-40 -4.0 Omaha Storm Chasers 42-53 -12.0 7/14 vs Iowa W 10-8 New Orleans Baby Cakes 52-43 -7.0 Nashville Sounds 40-54 -13.5 7/15 vs Memphis L 8-6 Oklahoma City Dodgers 41-53 -17.5 Memphis Redbirds 38-57 -16.0 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 26-20 29-20 55-40 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 24-15 19-17 43-32 Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 7-5 5-2 12-7 vs RHP 19-15 24-18 43-33 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L1 W1 L1 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 28 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. The squad features six players from the State of Texas: RHP Two-run games 6-5 5-3 13-8 Riley Ferrell (College Station), RHP Ralph Garza (Edinburg), RHP Corbin Martin (Houston), INF Jack Lead after 7 18-2 24-2 42-4 Mayfield (Del Rio), RHP Brady Rodgers (Richmond) and RHP Forrest Whitley (San Antonio).