Round Rock
The Express opened the weekend with a nice 10-6 beating of Memphis. Every batter in the line up had at least one hit.
Saturday, the Express, J. R. Towles started to work on getting his confidence back and saw how far he has to go. He went 0-3 with two K’s. Nieve, added some drama but still got the save in the 3-2 Express victory.
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Down on the farm on draft day, the teams went 1-4.
Round Rock
The Express booted the ball around in the 8th inning to give up 2 unearned runs. They ended up losing 4-3. Runelvys Hernandez continued his solid pitching giving up one run in 6 innings. He has made 8 straight quality starts and has given up more than one run in only two of those starts.
The Express traded catchers with Houston with Q going up and JR going down.Read More
Minor game recapsRound Rock had the night off and Salem was postponed due to weather, so only two games to recap tonight. Both of them had Astros Farm teams on the losing end of the stick.
Lexington
Legends batters struck out 12 times, Greensboro got 13 hits. That adds up to a 7-4 loss for the Legends.Read More
draft, Minor game recapsRound Rock
The Express ran themselves out of chance to tie the final game against New Orleans.
The promising inning yielded only one run and ended when catcher Humberto Quintero was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Chris Aguila. Quintero was on second base, and he attempted to score on a single by shortstop Edwin Maysonet, despite Express manager Dave Clark giving him a sign to hold up at third base.
“Maybe I could have been a little bit more animated and basically pushed him down,” said Clark. “In the back of my mind, I’m saying he’s not a real speedy guy, but the fact is he went for it and it was a close play at the plate.”
The Express went on to lose 3-2.Read More
Minor game recapsRound Rock
The Express has played the New Orleans Zephyrs for 8 straight games. They have one more game against them tonight. I’ll admit I have no idea what the heck a Zephyr is so I used our trusted and infallible source to find out. Best I can tell a Zephyr is either a marshmallow candy from Eastern Europe, the Greek god of the west wind, or a model of a racing dingy. Bottom line is I am sick of reading about them playing the Express and even more sick of seeing them kick the Express around the ball park like they did last night 12-4.Read More
Minor game recapsThe VSL is underway and after 18 games, the V-Stros are playing .500 ball. Let’s see how they are stacking up against the 8 other teams in the league. All stats are as of June 2nd.
The Good:
The Hitters:
The V-Stros are hitting .275 as a team which is second best in the league. They lead the league in OBP and OPS and are second in Slugging. They are first in doubles and RBI’s. They are second in hits, total bases & walks taken.
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