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 111 | Home Game 57 | August 3, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. | Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | AM 1300 The Zone Sacramento River Cats (61-50) at Round Rock Express (65-45) River Cats: LHP Steven Okert (6-1, 4.53) | Express: RHP Brad Peacock (0-0, 0.00) EXPRESS AT A GLANCE ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT The Round Rock Express and Sacramento River Cats face off in Saturday's Alright Alright Alright Night Overall Record: 65-45 Current Streak: L1 at Dell Diamond, a nod to Austin's own Matthew McConaughey. Rehabbing Houston Astros RHP Brad Home: 33-24 Away: 33-21 Peacock is scheduled to start against River Cats LHP Steven Okert. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. Standings: 2nd (-3.5) NOW SHOWING: SERIES 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 | Friday, August 2 | L 4-3 Director of Broadcasting Mike Capps handles play-by-play duties. WP: Enderson Franco (56, 6.22) LP: Akeem Bostick (4-5, 7.15) FAILURE TO LAUNCH S: Tyler Rogers (4) The Sacramento River Cats edged the Round Rock Express by a 4-3 final score in Friday night's series opener at Dell Diamond. River Cats starter RHP Enderson Franco earned the win after holding the Game 2 | Saturday, August 3 | 7:05 p.m. Express to three runs on eight hits in 5.1 innings. On the losing end, Round Rock reliever RHP Akeem River Cats: LHP Steven Okert (6-1, 4.53) Bostick allowed the go-ahead run on two hits and a walk in 3.0 innings out of the bullpen. The visitors Express: RHP Brad Peacock (0-0, 0.00) pounced for a pair of runs in the top of the first as 2B Mauricio Dubon and CF Mike Gerber tallied back- to-back one-out singles before RF Jaylin Davis cleared the bases with a double that gave the River Cats Game 3 | Sunday, August 4 | 6:05 p.m. a quick 2-0 lead. Round Rock cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the frame as 1B Taylor Jones and River Cats: RHP Yoanys Quiala (6-6 6.49) LF Kyle Tucker each singled prior to an RBI double off the bat of DH Nick Tanielu. Sacramento added Express: RHP Rogelio Armenteros (4-6, 5.80) another run in the top of the fifth thanks to a pair of doubles by Gerber and Davis. However, the E-Train rallied to level the game in the bottom of the inning. C Lorenzo Quintana collected a leadoff double. An Game 4 | Monday, August 5 | 7:05 p.m. ensuing two-run homer courtesy of Mayfield pulled the Express level at 3-3. The tie proved to be short- River Cats: RHP Casey Meisner (2-0, 4.09) lived thanks to a two-out Joey Rickard solo home run in the top of the sixth, a bomb that eventually Express: LHP Framber Valdez (2-2, 2.22) proved to be the game-winner for the River Cats. DALLAS HOUSTON BUYERS CLUB SERIES HISTORY Houston Astros RHP Brad Peacock is set to begin a major league rehab assignment tonight with the 2019 Overall: 0-1 Round Rock Express. The righty has been sidelined with right shoulder soreness since June 28. Prior In Round Rock: 0-1 to the injury, Peacock compiled a 6-6 record with a 4.13 ERA (39 ER/85. IP) in 17 games, including 15 In Sacramento: 0-0 starts, with Houston this season. The righty is the seventh different member of the Astros to suit up for Streak: L1 the Express on a rehab assignment this season, joining INF Jose Altuve, INF Carlos Correa, INF Aledmys One-Run Games: 0-1 Díaz, RHP Collin McHugh, RHP Joe Smith and C Max Stassi. Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 All-Time Series: Sacramento Leads 32-24 YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP LIVIN' MAN, L-I-V-I-N All-Time Record in Round Rock: 14-13 Last night's narrow 4-3 loss to the Sacramento River Cats snapped a six-game winning streak by the Express, a mark that matched the team's second-longest streak since 2015. The E-Train previously rallied All-Time Record in Sacramento: 10-18 off seven straight wins from June 22-28, 2018. 2019 MEETINGS McCURRY & McCONAUGHEY 8/2 vs Sacramento L 4-3 Round Rock RHP Brendan McCurry tossed another scoreless inning last night, extending his team-high 8/3 vs Sacramento 7:05 p.m. shutout streak to 17.1 consecutive innings. The righty hasn't allowed a run since June 25 at San Antonio, 8/4 vs Sacramento 6:05 p.m. 12 appearances ago. During the stretch, McCurry has surrendered only four hits and five walks while 8/5 vs Sacramento 7:05 p.m. racking up 22 punchouts. RECENT RESULTS FREE STATE OF JONES E-Train INF Taylor Jones has tallied 19 hits in his last 66 at-bats at Dell Diamond, improving his home 7/24 vs Omaha W 3-0 batting average to .222 (39-176), up from a season-low .182 on June 30. Jones has been Round Rock's 7/25 vs Omaha L 2-1 best road hitter this season, batting to a .360 (62-172) average in 48 games away from Dell Diamond. 7/26 at Iowa W 10-8 7/27 at Iowa W 10-2 IT'D BE A LOT COOLER IF YOU DID 7/28 at Iowa W 13-9 With 27 home runs and 24 stolen bases, Express OF Kyle Tucker is inching closer to becoming the fifth 7/30 vs Fresno W 5-0 player in the 116-year history of the Pacific Coast League to record a 30-30 season. The last player in 7/31 vs Fresno W 6-0 the league to accomplish the feat was Oklahoma City's Joc Pederson in 2014. 8/1 vs Fresno W 15-7 8/2 vs Sacramento L 4-3 REIGN OF FIRE After last night's two-run homer in the fifth inning, Round Rock INF Jack Mayfield now has 19 on the season, just one shy of becoming the third different Express hitter to reach the 20-homer mark. A Round UPCOMING SCHEDULE Rock team hasn't had three different players hit 20 home runs in a single season since Chad Tracy (26), 8/4 vs Sacramento 6:05 p.m. Chris Davis (24) and Brad Nelson (24) teamed up to achieve the feat in 2011. 8/5 vs Sacramento 7:05 p.m. 8/7 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 8/8 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. 8/9 at El Paso 8:05 p.m. American Southern Division Pacific Northern Division 8/10 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. San Antonio Missions 69-42 -- Sacramento River Cats 61-50 -- 8/11 at Albuquerque 7:05 p.m. Round Rock Express 65-45 -3.5 Fresno Grizzlies 53-58 -8.0 8/12 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. New Orleans Baby Cakes 58-51 -10.0 Reno Aces 51-60 -10.0 8/13 at Albuquerque 7:35 p.m. Oklahoma City Dodgers 51-59 -17.5 Tacoma Rainiers 51-60 -10.0 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 32-24 33-21 65-45 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 30-19 22-18 52-37 Pacific Coast League in 2005. vs LHP 9-5 7-3 16-8 vs RHP 22-18 26-18 48-36 NO STRANGERS TO THE PCL GAME Win/Loss Streak L1 W4 L1 Twenty-three players have made their Triple-A debut with the Express in 2019: RHP Brandon Bielak, Longest Win Streak 6 6 6 RHP Ronel Blanco, RHP Jose Bravo, RHP Humberto Castellanos, C Oscar Campos, INF Austin Dennis, Longest Losing Streak 4 4 4 RHP Tanner Duncan, RHP Justin Ferrell, LHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Carson LaRue, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Series Wins 7 8 15 Hunter Martin, OF Chas McCormick, RHP Colin McKee, C Lorenzo Quintana, RHP Leovanny Rodriguez, Series Losses 3 2 5 RHP Kit Scheetz, INF Anibal Sierra, INF Abraham Toro, RHP Jose Urquidy, RHP Gabriel Valdez, RHP Series Splits 4 3 7 Forrest Whitley and OF Stephen Wrenn. Of the remaining 34 players that have suited up for Round Rock Series Sweeps (won) 1 3 4 in 2019, 25 appeared for the Fresno Grizzlies at some point in 2018. The Grizzlies, who served as Houston’s Series Sweeps (lost) 0 0 0 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 5-2 10-4 Doubleheaders 0-0 4-4 4-4 STATING THE FACTS American-born players on Round Rock’s roster hail from 14 different states: Alabama, California, Florida, Shutouts 7-1 3-3 10-4 One-run games 8-4 5-9 13-13 Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Two-run games 7-5 7-3 14-8 Virginia and Washington.