PCL1 Round Rock Express

Round Rock Express - Game Notes at Omaha Royals

Published on August 31, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release


GAME 138 - 7:05 p.m. CDT - AUG. 31, 2010 - OMAHA, NEB. - ROSENBLATT STADIUM

ROUND ROCK EXPRESS (55-82) at OMAHA ROYALS (75-62)

RADIO: "The Horn" 104.9 FM ESPN Austin (online streaming audio at www.ESPNAustin.com)

EXPRESS: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 4.37 ERA) - ROYALS: RHP Anthony Lerew (7-4, 2.72 ERA)

SERIES INFORMATION

MONDAY, AUG. 30 - GAME 137

Royals 23, Express 5

WP: Hardy (3-4). LP: Van Hekken (7-8). SV: None.

TUESDAY, AUG. 31 - 7:05 p.m. CDT - GAME 138

Express: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 4.37 ERA)

Royals: RHP Anthony Lerew (7-4, 2.72 ERA)

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1 - 7:05 p.m. CDT - GAME 139

Express: RHP Josh Banks (9-10, 3.91 ERA)

Royals: RHP Brian Bannister (0-1, 6.75 ERA)

THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 - 7:05 p.m. CDT - GAME 140

Express: RHP Sergio Perez (3-3, 5.01 ERA)

Royals: RHP Luke Hochevar (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

TONIGHT'S GAMES

Round Rock continues its final road trip Tuesday with the second game of a four-game series against the Omaha Royals (Kansas City Royals). This is the Express' final road series of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CDT at Rosenblatt Stadium. The Express (55-82) are 1-9 in their last 10 games and have lost six straight. The Royals (75-62) are 5-5 in their last 10 games after winning Monday night's series opener 23-5. Round Rock is 20-49 on the road, winning only two of 17 road series. Omaha is 37-32 at home. The Express enter Tuesday's game fourth in the PCL American Southern Division, 17 games behind division-leader Oklahoma City. The Royals are third in the PCL American Northern Division, three-and-a-half games behind division-leader Iowa, three games behind second-place Memphis and two-and-a-half games ahead of fourth-place Nashville.

EXPRESS ON THE AIR

Tonight's game will be 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.

EXPRESS-ROYALS SERIES

Omaha leads the season series 9-4, winning four of five meetings at Rosenblatt Stadium. The teams split a four-game set at The Dell Diamond in April, and the Royals won three of four at Round Rock in June. The Express lost the first three games of a series at Omaha in late May, salvaging the series finale 4-2. The third game of the teams' first series at Rosenblatt Stadium - a 10-2 Omaha victory - saw every run scored via home run (six by the Royals; two by the Express). Round Rock and Omaha have played four extra-inning games with the Royals winning each of the last three; the teams have played a total of 10 extra innings. The Express have scored more than five runs only once in this year's 13 meetings - an 8-3 victory June 20 at The Dell Diamond.

Overall: Royals lead 9-4

Round Rock: Royals lead 5-3

Omaha: Royals lead 4-1

Streak: Royals 2

One-Run Games: Express lead 1-0

Extra-Inning Games: Royals lead 3-1

EXPRESS STARTING PITCHER

RHP JORDAN LYLES

Third season in professional baseball, all with Astros organization ... Astros supplemental first-round draft pick in 2008 out of Hartsville [S.C.] High School ... Pitched for rookie-league Greeneville in 2008 ... Spent all of 2009 with Class-A Lexington ... Pitched 22 games, 21 starts, for Double-A Corpus Christi this season, going 7-9 with a 3.12 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 127.0 innings ... Tossed 1.0 scoreless inning with a strikeout in 2010 MLB Futures Game at Anaheim Stadium ... Only 19-year-old to appear in a Triple-A game this season ... Makes fifth start with Express ... No-decision in each of last three starts ... Worked 6.0 scoreless innings at Memphis in last start (8/26); scattered four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

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