Round Rock Secures Series Opener Over Albuquerque 8-3

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Round Rock Express (27-16) took the series opener over the Albuquerque Isotopes (18-25) by a final score of 8-3 on Tuesday night at Isotopes Park. The Express are 6-1 in their last seven games.

Round Rock reliever RHP Demarcus Evans (1-1, 3.38) earned the win after 1.2 shutout frames. He did not allow a hit and struck out one. Albuquerque starter LHP Dillon Overton (2-6, 7.82) collected the loss after allowing six runs, five of which were earned. He also allowed seven hits with six strikeouts and one walk over 4.2 innings.

Along the Train Tracks:

• Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. A double for 2B Tim Lopes started things off and an RBI single from 1B Elehuris Montero scored the first run of the evening.
• Round Rock responded in the second inning. DH Nick Solak reached on an error before C Meibrys Viloria singled. 2B Nick Tanielu then hit his fourth home run of the season to give the Express a 3-1 lead.
• The Isotopes trimmed the lead to 3-2 in the fourth inning. In the fifth, the E-Train answered when CF Leody Taveras hit a sacrifice fly to score SS Ryan Dorow.
• CF Bubba Thompson and 3B Josh Smith manufactured a run with their speed in the fifth inning. The two pulled off a double steal and a throwing error on the play allowed Thompson to score from third base, growing the E-Train lead to 5-2. Solak then extended the lead to 6-2 with an RBI single.
• Thompson put the game out of reach for Albuquerque in the sixth. His triple plated Dorow and Tanielu to make the score 8-2. A run scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning for Albuquerque but that was all the offense for the night as the Express brought home an 8-3 victory.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Round Rock CF Bubba Thompson finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. He also stole two bases. It was the fifth time this season that Thompson has stolen two or more bases in a game.
• Express RHP Demarcus Evans, RHP Spencer Patton and RHP Nick Snyder did not allow a run out of the bullpen. RHP Hever Bueno went 1.2 innings and allowed one run in the eighth inning on a wild pitch.
• Round Rock scored three runs in the second inning on Tuesday. The Express have scored 49 runs in the second inning this year, the most of any frame this season.

Next up: Round Rock will play game two of the series on Wednesday night against Albuquerque from Isotopes Park. Express RHP Cole Winn (3-0, 5.94) is slated to take the mound up against Isotopes RHP Brandon Gold (2-0, 3.73). First pitch is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. CT.

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