Chupacabras Comeback Falls Short to Cielo Azul, 8-7
HOW IT HAPPENED: Oklahoma City jumped out to an early lead in the top of the second with a trio of runs. RF Jack Suwinski singled and 2B Austin Gauthier reached on a fielder’s choice before coming around to score on CF Michael Siani’s double. C Chuckie Robinson knocked in
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Oklahoma City jumped out to an early lead in the top of the second with a trio of runs. RF Jack Suwinski singled and 2B Austin Gauthier reached on a fielder’s choice before coming around to score on CF Michael Siani’s double. C Chuckie Robinson knocked in Siani on an RBI single to give the visitors an early 3-0 edge.
SS Noah Miller extended Cielo Azul’s lead in the third with a solo home run to grow the lead to four.
The Chupacabras cut the deficit in the bottom of the third. SS Cam Cauley and 1B Jonah Bride recorded back-to-back singles DH Justin Foscue drove in Cauley, and RF Aaron Zavala followed with an RBI single to drive in Bride to cut the Oklahoma City advantage to two. C Cooper Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Foscue and make it a 4-3 game.
Round Rock tied the game in the bottom of the fifth. After back-to-back walks to Bride and LF Trevor Hauver, Bride came around to score on a throwing error by Robinson and tied the game at four.
Oklahoma City quickly regained the lead in the sixth with another three-run inning. Gauthier doubled to score two runners and Robinson followed with another RBI single to drive in another run, giving Cielo Azul a 7-4 edge.
The Chupacabras trimmed the Cielo Azul lead to two in the bottom half of the inning. Bride and Hauver worked back-to-back walks for the second time in the game, and Bride scored from second on a throwing error from 3B Tyler Fitzgerald.
Round Rock added a run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single from Bride but could not find the tying run and fall 7-6 on Saturday night.
E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:
WHERE WE STAND: The Comets claimed the series with their 7-5 win…they hold a 4-1 lead with a game left in the 6-game set at Dell Diamond…the Express are now 3-8 against Oklahoma City this season…are 6 games below .500 for the 1st time since 4/19, when they were 7-13 between their doubleheader against El Paso.
IRELAND: LHP Thomas Ireland (ND, 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 52 pitches, 31 strikes) made his fourth appearance of the season on Saturday night… tossed a career-high six strikeouts at the Triple-A level… pitched a season-high 3.1 innings… only run allowed was a solo home run to SS Noah Miller…first home run he has allowed in minor league ball since May 3, 2025 while playing for Single-A Hickory.
CAULEY: INF Cam Cauley (2-5, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 R) is slashing .368/.478/.421 through five games against Oklahoma City…leads the Express in runs (5) and hits (7) in that span… tied with OF Trevor Hauver for the team-lead in walks (22)…has appeared in a team-high 30 games.
NOTES: OF Trevor Hauver walked three times on Saturday night… the second time he has done so this season… fifth time with Round Rock…the Express drew a season-high 13 walks at the plate…also tied the 2026 PCL-high (LV vs. OKC on 3/31 and ABQ vs. ELP on 5/1)…Round Rock’s 13 strikeouts on Saturday are 1 shy of a season-high when they struck out 14 times on 4/1 vs. GWN…also marks the 5th time the Express have been punched out 13 times.
NEXT GAME: Sunday, May 3 vs Oklahoma City FIRST PITCH: 1:05 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond
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