PCL1 Round Rock Express

Navarro Powers Express Past Salt Lake

Published on May 13, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release


For the second straight night, Oswaldo Navarro led the Round Rock past Salt Lake as the Express defeated the Bees 6-2 in Pacific Coast League action Wednesday night at Spring Mobile Park. The Express (14-19) took a two-games-to-none lead in the four-game series. The Bees (15-17) lost consecutive games to the same team and suffered their third straight loss for the first time since April 17.

Navarro, who was 2-for-4 with four RBI in Tuesday's series opener, again went 2-for-4 against in the series' second game. His first-inning, two-run home run set the tone for Round Rock, which won back-to-back games on the road for the first time this season. Chris Shelton added a solo homer to cap a three-run first as the Express led wire to wire.

Meanwhile, Express starter Andy Van Hekken righted his ship after shaky outings in his last two starts. Van Hekken (2-3) allowed two runs, one of which was unearned, on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts over 6.1 innings. Gary Majewski worked 1.2 innings and allowed only a walk and a wild pitch with two strikeouts. Casey Daigle worked a perfect ninth with one strikeout. The trio limited Salt Lake to three hits, a season low for the Express staff.

Salt Lake starter Will Smith (0-1), making his first start since a recent promotion from A-Advanced Rancho Cucamonga, took the loss. He surrendered four runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 5.1 innings.

Round Rock added a run on two hits in the second. Drew Locke opened the frame with a double and later scored on Jason Bourgeois' two-out RBI single. Bourgeois improved to 7-for-19 (.368) with runners in scoring position and two outs, the best mark on the team.

The Bees got back in the game with an unearned run on a hit and an Express error in the fourth. Hank Conger scored Salt Lake's first run with a one-out, bases-loaded sacrifice fly. Van Hekken exited the game after issuing a one-out walk that put runners at first and second in the seventh. Majewski struck out the first batter he faced before walking Gary Patchett to load the bases. A wild pitch allowed Mark Trumbo to score from third, but Majewski induced an inning-ending groundout from Peter Bourjos to quell the threat.

After Majewski hurled a perfect eighth, the Express tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the ninth thanks to a pair of Salt Lake errors. Yordanny Ramirez plated the first run with an RBI groundout, and Navarro capped his night with a two-out RBI single to center.

Bourgeois was 3-for-5 on the night. Brian Bogusevic, who entered the series as the hottest hitter in the PCL this month, was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and fell to 1-for-10 in the series.

Round Rock and Salt Lake continue the four-game series Thursday with a 7:35 p.m. CDT first pitch at Spring Mobile Park. A pair of southpaws will battle on the mound for the second consecutive game as Wesley Wright (1-0, 2.74 ERA) starts for the Express opposite Daniel Davidson (3-0, 5.46 ERA) for the Bees.

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