Round Rock Drops Opener to Oklahoma City, 8-5

Express Drop Fourth Consecutive Game as Crim Collects 50th Homer of E-Train Career

(Andy Nietupski/TTL Sports)

By Wade Carpenter/Round Rock Express

May 14, 2025

ROUND ROCK, Tex. - BOX SCORE HOW IT HAPPENED: The Express struck first in the bottom of the second as C Cooper Johnson recorded his first home run at the Triple-A level in his first at-bat at Dell Diamond. RF Kellen Strahm was aboard after drawing a leadoff walk. Round

ROUND ROCK, Tex. - BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Express struck first in the bottom of the second as C Cooper Johnson recorded his first home run at the Triple-A level in his first at-bat at Dell Diamond. RF Kellen Strahm was aboard after drawing a leadoff walk. Round Rock led 2-0 after the Johnson homer. SS Jonathan Ornelas doubled then 3B Alex De Goti drove him in with a single to left. The Express led 3-0 after two.

Oklahoma City responded with six runs on six hits in the top of the third. A leadoff walk and a double set up DH Dalton Rushing’s three-run homer to tie it up. Two pitches later, RF Ryan Ward launched a go-ahead home run to centerfield. 1B Michael Chavis and C Hunter Feduccia got on with a single and a double, respectively. CF Esteury Ruiz sent the two around on a double and the Comets led 6-3.

In the bottom half of the inning, Round Rock DH Justin Foscue hit his sixth home run of the season cutting the deficit to 6-4.

The Comets extended their lead with a pair of runs in the fourth. Oklahoma City loaded the bases and LF Nick Senzel sent a single into right, scoring Rushing. 3B Kody Hoese then grounded into a force out but Ward came home, extending the Comets’ advantage to 8-4.

Express 1B Blaine Crim belted the 50^th home run of his career with the Express in the bottom of the ninth but the Comets closed the door with an 8-5 win in the series opener. Round Rock recorded just three hits in the final six innings, two of which came in the bottom of the ninth.

E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:

MILESTONE FOR BLAINE: 1B Blaine Crim recorded his 50^th career home run with the Express on Tuesday night. Crim is just the seventh player in Round Rock’s 25-year history to achieve the feat. He is also just the fifth player in club history with 200 RBIs and 50 home runs.

STRUGGLES AT THE TOP: Round Rock’s first five batters combined to bat 3-for-20 in Tuesday’s series opener. Two of the base hits came in the ninth inning.

CURVELO: RHP Luis Curvelo threw 1.1 inning of relief on Tuesday night, allowing three hits and striking out two batters without surrendering a run. Curvelo hasn’t allowed a run since April 24^th in six outings and 6.0 innings of work. He has also walked just one batter in his last nine outings (9.1 IP) and struck out 11.

NEXT GAME: Wednesday, May 14 vs Oklahoma City FIRST PITCH: 7:05 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond

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