PCL1 Round Rock Express

Express Update

Published on April 22, 2005 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release


EXPRESS RECORD
Pacific Coast League American Southern
The Express (7-8) are 3 games back of divison leading Albuquerque (10-5). Oklahoma is in second place with an 8-7 record followed by New Orleans at 7-7.


PCL ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Round Rock Express led the PCL in total attendance and average per game attendance through the first fifteen games of the season.

Round Rock has drawn a total of 75,609 fans over eight home games for an average of 9,451 fans per game. Sacramento is right behind Round Rock with a total of 73,478 fans over eight home games for a per game average of 9,184.

2004 Minor League Attendance Leaders
Team League Attendance
Sacramento Pacific Coast (AAA) 751,156
Memphis Pacific Coast (AAA) 730,565
Round Rock Texas (AA) 689,286

EXPRESS TEAM STATISTICS:

Batting – Ranked 9th in the PCL with a .264 average

Pitching – Ranked 6th in the PCL 4.36 ERA

Express Starters: 3-4 Record/4.98 ERA/74.1 IP/72 H/42 R/41 ER/31 BB/47 SO
Express Relievers: 4-4 Record /3.59 ERA/55.2 IP/50 H /24 R/22 ER/19 BB/43 SO

EXPRESS LEAGUE LEADERS:
Batting
Todd Self -4th in the PCL in Batting Average with a .417 average (15-for-36)

Pitching
Wandy Rodriguez and Dave Burba – Tied for 2nd in the PCL with 2 wins
Wandy Rodriguez – 4th in the PCL with 18 strikeouts

EXPRESS TEAM LEADERS:
Batting
Batting Average: .417 (15-for-36)– Todd Self
Games: 15 – Mike Coolbaugh and Humberto Quintero
Runs: 9 – Mike Coolbaugh and Danny Klassen
Hits: 20 – Mike Coolbaugh
Doubles: 4 – Barry Wesson and Royce Huffman
Triples: 1 – four players tied
Home Runs: 2 – four players tied
RBI: 12 – Mike Coolbaugh
Walks: 8 – Mike Coolbaugh and Brooks Conrad
Slugging Percentage: .575 – Danny Klassen
On Base Percentage: .488 – Todd Self

Pitching
Wins: 2 – Wandy Rodriguez and Dave Burba
ERA: 0.00 – Mike Burns (6.1 IP)
Games: 7 – Mike Gallo
Games Started: 3 – four players tied
Saves: 3 – Mike Burns
Innings Pitched: 19.0 – Jared Gothreaux
Strikeouts: 18 – Wandy Rodriguez

CURRENT ROAD TRIP LEADERS (4/15-4/22):
Batting
Todd Self - .435 (10-for-23), 2B, 4 RBI, 2-BB
Mike Coolbaugh - .400 (12-for-30),2-2B, 3B, HR, 7 RBI
Danny Klassen - .333 (8-for-24), 2-2B, 3 RBI, 6 R

Pitching
Mike Burns – 3 Games, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO
Travis Driskill – 2 Games/ 2 Wins, 2.50 ERA, 7.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO
Wandy Rodriguez – 1 Game Started, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO

UPCOMING SERIES PREVIEW:
Probable Starters:
DATE TIME OPPONENT PITCHERS
Sat, 4/23 7:05 PM New Orleans Zephyrs Wandy Rodriguez vs. Ed Yarnall
Sun, 4/24 2:05 PM New Orleans Zephyrs Jared Gothreaux vs. Sun- Woo Kim
Mon, 4/25 7:05 PM New Orleans Zephyrs Carlos Hernandez vs. Tony Armas
Tues, 4/26 7:05 PM New Orleans Zephyrs Taylor Buchholz vs. Claudio Vargas

Promotions Schedule:
Sat, 4/23 Dell Diamond Replicas (1st 2,000 adults age 18 & older) pres. by Dell
Sun, 4/24 Nolan Ryan T-Shirts (all kids age 12 & under) pres. by Chasco
Mon, 4/25 One Dollar Hot Dogs & Sodas pres. by Mrs Bairds & Majic 95.5 FM
Tues, 4/26 Half-Price Group Nights pres. by Mansions on the Green, KEYE-TV and Clear Channel

FOR TICKETS, LOG ON TO WWW.ROUNDROCKEXPRESS.COM or call 512-255-BALL TODAY!

ASTROS UPDATE:
The Astros (8-7) are currently in a 2nd place tie with the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Central Division.
Express Alumni Update:
• OF Jason Lane – 2nd on the Astros in batting .371 (23-for-62) average, 1st in hits (23), HR (4), RBI (12) and is tied for first in Doubles (8) and Stolen Bases (5).
• OF Willy Taveras – Currently batting .313 (15-for-48) and tied for 1st in Stolen Bases (5). Taveras hit his first Major League HR on 4/19/05 off of Atlanta Braves reliever Jorge Sosa.
• 3B Morgan Ensberg – Currently batting .283 (13-for-46) with 1 HR and 6 RBI
• INF Chris Burke – Currently batting .280 (7-for-25) with 2B and 2 RBI
• OF Luke Scott – Currently batting .162 (6-for-37) with 1 3B and 1 RBI
• RHP Roy Oswalt – 3-1 record, 3.41 ERA, 4 GS, 29 IP, 21 H, 11 ER, 7 BB, 21 SO
• RHP Chad Qualls – 1-1 record, 1.86 ERA, 8 G, 9.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/

CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS UPDATE:
The Hooks are currently in 3rd place in the Double-A Texas League West Division with a 5-9 record. They trail the Midland Rockhounds (10-4) by five games. The Hooks had a successful home opener on April 17th other than losing the ball game 6-2 to Midland. 8,255 fans enjoyed the first-ever game at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi.
Speedy CF Josh Anderson is leading the Hooks in hitting with a .304 average (17-for-56). He also has 10 stolen bases which tie him with Frisco's Ruddy Yan for tops in the Texas League.
The Hooks have the second best team ERA in the Texas League with a 2.97 ERA. Leading the way are Jason Hirsch (2-0, 1.45 ERA, 18.2 IP), Fernando Nieve (1-0, 1.06 ERA, 17 IP, 4 BB, 23 SO) and Tim McClaskey (0-1, 1.38 ERA, 13 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO).
http://www.cchooks.com/


NAVIGATING THE EXPRESS WEBSITE:
To keep up with the Express team statistics, put your cursor over the Newsroom tab at the top of the page and then select Game Notes for a preview of that night's game, Game Recap for a summary of the previous games and click on the Statistics tab for league and Express statistics.

To view Box Scores of Express games, click on the Scoreboard tab in the top, right corner of the Express home page.
To view previous Express game box scores, click on the grey Scoreboard tab in the top, center of the page. Then click on the date of the game to retrieve the box score.
http://www.roundrockexpress.com/

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