Express Rumble Past Space Cowboys, 10-2 

ROUND ROCK, Texas - BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Round Rock 2B Alex De Goti opened the scoring with a solo homer in the top of the third. The Express then drew five walks in the inning, resulting in two more runs for a 3-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the fourth, RF Abimelec Ortiz recorded an RBI single before SS Richie Martin and LF Aaron Zavala tallied back-to-back two-run singles and Round Rock led 8-0 after four complete.

Sugar Land got on the board in the top of the fifth as RF Kenedy Corona reached on a fielding error and LF Chas McCormick belted a two-run home run. The Space Cowboys trailed 8-2.

The Express added two more runs in the seventh with back-to-back RBI singles from CF Billy McKinney and 1B Justin Foscue.

Round Rock held Sugar Land scoreless in the final three frames, cruising to a 10-2 victory on Thursday night.

E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:

HIT THE QUAN: RHP Cal Quantrill earned the win in his first start with the Express on Thursday night. The right-hander tossed 6.0 innings, allowing just two hits and two unearned runs without walking a batter. Quantrill threw first-pitch strikes to 15 out of the 20 batters he faced.

POUNDING THE ZONE: Round Rock issued just one walk in their 10-2 win. It is their 18^th game allowing one walk or less. They are 13-5 in those games.

DE GOTI: Round Rock 2B Alex De Goti went 2-for-4 with a home run, one RBI, three runs scored and a walk in Thursday’s win. De Goti is slashing .313/.405/.469/.874 with two doubles, a home run, three RBI, six runs scored, four walks, five strikeouts and a stolen base in 10 games this month.

NEXT GAME: Friday, September 12 vs. Sugar Land FIRST PITCH: 7:15 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond

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