Express Open Second Half with 8-4 Win over Dodgers
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express (44-46) secured their seventh win in eight contests with an 8-4 victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers (46-40) on Thursday night at Dell Diamond. Express starter RHP Tyler Wagner (1-3, 4.72) earned his first Triple-A win of the year after a solid
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express (44-46) secured their seventh win in eight contests with an 8-4 victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers (46-40) on Thursday night at Dell Diamond.
Express starter RHP
Dodgers CF
Trailing 2-0, Round Rock's offense rallied for three runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead. SS
The next batter, 3B
In the fourth, Express 1B Hanser Alberto connected on his third homer in five games to push Round Rock's lead to 6-2. After Pennington and C
The next frame saw Oklahoma City slice the E-Train advantage in half as 2B
However, the Round Rock bats would put the game away in the eighth when Centeno and Alberto pushed the lead to 8-4 on back-to-back run-scoring doubles. For Alberto, the RBI two-bagger capped off a banner day at the plate in which he drove home four runs on three hits. Over his last six games, all against the Dodgers, the Express infielder is hitting .538 while plating 15 runs in 26 at-bats.
The series rages on tomorrow, Friday night, as both teams gear up for game two at Dell Diamond. Express LHP
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