Round Rock Falls in Extras 8-6 to El Paso
ROUND ROCK, Tex. - BOX SCORE HOW IT HAPPENED: In the bottom of the first, Round Rock LF Alejandro Osuna recorded a leadoff double and 3B Cody Freeman drove him in with a base hit up the middle. Later in the inning, 1B Blaine Crim belted a two-run homer for
ROUND ROCK, Tex. - BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED:
In the bottom of the first, Round Rock LF Alejandro Osuna recorded a leadoff double and 3B Cody Freeman drove him in with a base hit up the middle. Later in the inning, 1B Blaine Crim belted a two-run homer for a 3-0 E-Train advantage.
The Chihuahuas took the lead with four runs on four hits in the top of the third. RF Yonathan Perlaza tallied an RBI single and C Luis Campusano drew a bases-loaded walk. Then, back-to-back RBI singles from 1B Nate Mondou and SS Mason McCoy gave El Paso a 4-3 edge.
Round Rock C Cooper Johnson opened the bottom of the fourth with a triple into the right-center gap. SS Richie Martin snuck a single through the infield and Johnson came home to tie the game at four.
The Express drew a pair of walks to start the seventh and CF Michael Helman laid down a sacrifice bunt, allowing RF Kellen Strahm and Osuna to advance. Freeman dropped a single into the outfield that sent Strahm in to make it 5-4.
El Paso DH Rodolfo Durán then tied the game with a solo home run in the top of the eighth.
Durán broke the tie in the 10th with a RBI double past the glove of Freeman at third base. Freeman later made a throwing error in his attempt to throw out Campusano at first. Two runs scored on the play, extending El Paso’s lead to 8-5.
Martin hit a RBI single in the bottom of the frame but the Chihuahuas held on, tying the series with a 8-6 win.
E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:
HITTING MACHINE: Round Rock 3B Cody Freeman went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a strikeout on Wednesday night. Freeman has gone 9-for-17 with a double, four home runs, eight RBI, five runs scored and two strikeouts in four games since being optioned back to Round Rock on July 25. Among PCL hitters, he ranks second in average (.326), seventh in hits (108), fifth in total bases (177) and 10th in runs (65).
RUN, KELLEN, RUN: RF Kellen Strahm stole his 30th base of the year on Wednesday night, passing his previous career high of 29 between Round Rock and Double-A Frisco last year. Strahm is one of eight Express players in the club’s Triple-A history with at least 30 stolen bags in a season. He ranks second in the PCL and eighth in all of Triple-A this year.
NEXT GAME: Thursday, July 30 vs El Paso FIRST PITCH: 7:15 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond
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