Express Ride Big Night from Ortiz to 11-5 Win Over Isotopes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - BOX SCORE HOW IT HAPPENED: Round Rock CF Dustin Harris led off with a single on the first pitch of the game and stole second on the next. The Express then drew three consecutive walks for a run. In his first career Triple-A plate appearance, RF Abimelec
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Round Rock CF Dustin Harris led off with a single on the first pitch of the game and stole second on the next. The Express then drew three consecutive walks for a run. In his first career Triple-A plate appearance, RF Abimelec Ortiz drove in a pair of runs with a single to right and the E-Train led 3-0 after the first.
The Isotopes got on the board in the second as 3B Kyle Karros hit a triple to right and scored on LF Sterlin Thompson’s single.
In the top of the fifth, Foscue drove a run in with a double then Ortiz belted his first Triple-A homer with a three-run shot to right field. Round Rock led 7-1. Albuquerque plated three runs in the bottom of the frame as 2B Adael Amador hit a two-run triple and CF Sam Hilliard sent Amador in with a base hit to make it 7-4.
Round Rock 1B Jake Burger hit a double to left that scored CF Dustin Harris from first, extending the E-Train lead in the sixth.The Isotopes put two on with a pair of singles in the bottom of the sixth and SS Owen Miller recorded a sacrifice fly, cutting Albuquerque’s deficit to three.
Ortiz capped off the scoring with his fourth hit and second home run in the top of the ninth. Ortiz’s three-run homer made it a 11-5 Express lead. Round Rock RHP Craig Kimbrel issued a walk but ultimately retired the side in the bottom of the ninth.
E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:
ABI GOES BIG: Round Rock RF Abimelec Ortiz exploded for four hits, two home runs and eight RBI in his Triple-A debut. Ortiz tied the Express club record for RBI in a single game, joining OF Willie Calhoun (9/3/2017), OF Jason Lane (6/5/2001) and 3B Morgan Ensberg (6/3/2000) with eight RBI.
COLLYER GETS THE CALL: Round Rock RHP Gavin Collyer also made his Triple-A debut on Tuesday night, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Collyer allowed a single and struck out two batters in the seventh inning.
NEXT GAME: Wednesday, August 6 at Albuquerque FIRST PITCH: 5:05 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Isotopes Park
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