Game Notes vs. Omaha Royals - April 20, 2010 (Game 13)
April 20, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release
GAME 13 - 7:05 p.m. CDT - APRIL 20, 2010 - THE DELL DIAMOND - ROUND ROCK, TEXAS ROUND ROCK EXPRESS (3-9) vs. OMAHA ROYALS (5-7) RADIO: "The Horn" 104.9 FM ESPN Austin (simulcast on 92.5 FM) EXPRESS: RHP Andy Van Hekken (0-1, 2.35 ERA) - ROYALS: LHP Bruce Chen (0-1, 2.13 ERA)
TODAY'S GAME The Round Rock Express continues an eight-game home stand Tuesday, opening a four-game series against the Omaha Royals (Kansas City). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CDT at The Dell Diamond. This is the first of 16 scheduled meetings between the teams this season. Round Rock won 11 of 16 meetings last season, including each of the last three. The Express were 5-3 against the Royals in Round Rock last season.
ON THE AIR Express games are broadcast live on "The Horn" 104.9 FM ESPN Austin. Pregame starts at 15 minutes prior to first pitch with veteran Express play-by-play man Mike Capps on the call. Live streaming audio of the broadcast also is available online at www.ESPNAustin.com. ... Home games will be simulcast on 92.5 FM until further notice. Weekday games starting prior to 7 p.m. CDT will be broadcast on 1530 AM with no online audio. Weekday games starting at 6 p.m. will begin on 1530 AM and jump to 104.9 FM at 7 p.m.
STARTING PITCHERS EXPRESS LHP ANDY VAN HEKKEN Third season with Astros organization, second with Round Rock ... 13th season in professional baseball ... Seattle Mariners 1998 third-round draft pick out of Holland [Mich.] High School ... Traded to Detroit June 27, 1999 ... Spent six seasons (1999-2004) in Tigers organization ... Made Major League debut Sept. 3, 2002, against Cleveland; tossed complete-game, eight-hit shutout with two walks and one strikeout ... Also spent time in Atlanta Braves (2005) and Kansas City Royals (2006) organizations ... Played independent ball in parts of three seasons (2006-2008) ... Also pitched in Mexican League in 2008 ... Signed by Astros as free agent July 1, 2008 ... Split 2009 between Corpus Christi (AA) and Round Rock ... Combined with three other pitchers on a five-hit shutout in first start of season April 10 at New Orleans; scattered five hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 5.0 innings ... Saddled with loss at Oklahoma City (4/15) after allowing three runs on seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts over 5.2 innings.
ROYALS LHP BRUCE CHEN Second year with Kansas City Royals organization ... 13th year in professional baseball ... Signed by Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1993 out of Panama City, Panama ... Made Major League debut Sept. 7, 1998, at New York Mets; started and allowed four runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeous over 3.0 innings ... Has spent parts of nine seasons in the Majors ... Has played for Baltimore, Houston, Boston, Cincinnati, Montreal, New York (NL), Philadelphia, Atlanta, Texas and Kansas City organizations ... Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings on one hit and two walks with six strikeouts against Nashville in last start (4/15).
QUICK NOTES Round Rock is 3-0 this season when scoring at least six runs and 0-9 when scoring fewer than six runs ... Express batters were 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position Monday night against New Orleans, stranding 20 runners and 12 in scoring position; Round Rock is hitting .183 (22-for-120) with runners in scoring position this season ... Round Rock is tied with Colorado Springs and Portland for the most one-run losses in the PCL (4); Six of the Express' nine losses have been by three runs or fewer ... The Express are 3-0 when leading after seven innings, 0-7 when trailing ... Round Rock ranks third in the PCL in average attendance (8,657) ... Round Rock in the PCL statistical rankings: 14th in batting (.244), seventh in pitching (3.83) ... Jason Castro has reached safely in eight straight games and walked in seven straight ... Drew Locke is 2-for-27 in his last sevne games ... Edwin Maysonet has reached safely and/or produced an RBI in each of his 10 starts this season ... Chris Shelton has hit safely in all 10 starts this season and in 12 consecutive starts, dating back to last season ... Drew Meyer has produced three-hit games in each of the last two contests, raising his batting average 100 points in that time ... Jason Bourgeois leads the PCL with 10 stolen bases ... Josh Banks ranks third in the PCL with 19.1 innings.
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