PCL Round Rock Express

Express Win Fifth Straight Game After 15-6 Win Over Sacramento

Published on June 21, 2023 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Round Rock Express News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express (41-29) topped the Sacramento River Cats (33-37) by a final score of 15-6 behind three home runs in the series opener on Tuesday night at Dell Diamond.

Round Rock reliever RHP Cole Winn (2-5, 8.19) earned the win after tossing 3.0 innings of scoreless baseball while allowing just one hit and striking out two. Sacramento starter RHP Kai-Wei Teng (0-1, 15.00) took home the loss in his Triple-A debut after giving up five runs on seven hits with three walks in 3.0 innings of work.

Along the Train Tracks

The Express put up two runs in the first inning after RF J.P. Martinez drew a leadoff walk and a double from CF Elier Hernandez sent him home for a 1-0 lead. SS Jonathan Ornelas singled Hernandez home.

In the second inning the E-Train tallied another run with the help of a double from LF Dustin Harris and a single from 2B Dio Arias which put the good guys up 3-0.

River Cats 3B Armando Alvarez put Sacramento on the board in the fourth inning with a two-out home run to pull the River Cats within two, but in the home half of the fourth, the Express answered back by loading the bases and drawing two bases-loaded walks accompanied by a single to score one more courtesy of DH Sandro Fabian. The lead grew to 6-1.

In the fifth inning, Round Rock built the lead to 9-1 after 1B Blaine Crim smacked a three-run home run with C Matt Whatley andMartinez aboard.

Another bases-loaded situation for the Express in the sixth inning allowed Martinez to clear the bases with a double and make it a 12-1 game.

After three scoreless innings, the River Cats tacked on their second run in the eighth inning when SS Tyler Fitzgerald singled and sent CF Bryce Johnson home. In the home half, Whatley singled and scored when Martinez blasted a home run which put the E-Train ahead 15-2.

Sacramento saw a four-run ninth inning after RF Clint Coulter doubled in Alvarez. A three-run shot from CF Bryce Johnson made it a 15-6 game but that was all Sacramento could muster up.

E-Train Excerpts:

Round Rock OF Elier Hernandez extended his Pacific Coast League leading hit streak to 22 games with a double in the first inning. His hitting streak ties a club record with INF Yangervis Solarte. He hit safely in 22 straight games from April 19, 2012 to May 11, 2012.

In his Express debut, LF Dustin Harris recorded the first hit of his Triple-A career in the second inning when he legged out a double. Harris also smacked his first Triple-A home run in the eighth inning to put Round Rock's lead in double digits. He finished 2-for-3 with a double, home run, three runs scored, two walks and a strikeout.

The Express are 12 games over .500 and it's the largest over .500 the club has been this season.

Next up: Round Rock will face Sacramento in game two on Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. CT. River Cats LHP Kyle Harrison (1-2, 3.42) is scheduled to take the mound against Express RHP Fer Ozuna (3-2, 4.82).

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