Round Rock Earns 10-5 Win Over El Paso

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Express (2-3 | 39-40) dominated the El Paso Chihuahuas (3-2 | 34-46) at Dell Diamond on Saturday night by a final score of 10-5. RF Sandro Fabian launched two home runs in the contest, providing the edge for Round Rock.

Round Rock starter RHP Jack Leiter (4-3, 3.67) earned the win, tossing 5.0 innings of two run baseball. He allowed two runs on three hits and three walks with eight punchouts. El Paso starter LHP Ryan Carpenter (2-6, 8.85) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits and one walk.

Along the Train Tracks:

• A towering three-run blast by RF Sandro Fabian in the home half of the first put Round Rock up 3-0. It marked the first time in this series that the Express scored the first run of the game.
• El Paso answered with a home run of its own in the top of the third as C Kevin Plawecki rounded the bases to cut it to 3-1. An RBI single by 1B Matthew Batten cut it to 3-2 later in the frame.
• CF Dustin Harris plated Fabian on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third increasing the E-Train lead to 4-2.
• In the top of the sixth, CF Óscar Mercado drove in 3B Nate Mondou on a sacrifice fly to return it to a one run game at 4-3.
• The bottom of the sixth inning saw Round Rock score two runs, both involving 3B Jose Barrero. Barrero drove in SS Jonathan Ornelas on a double down the line before Barrero stole third and scored on a fielding error to make it 6-3.
• A fourth run for the Chihuahuas came in the top of the seventh inning off a double by Batten which scored RF José Azocar.
• The Express broke the game open in the bottom of the seventh inning. Fabian’s smashed a solo homer for his second bomb of the game of the game. Later in the frame, LF Trevor Hauver made it 10-4 with a bases clearing triple.
• El Paso tacked on one more run in the eighth on an error from Ornelas that scored 2B Graham Pauley. The E-Train posted a scoreless ninth frame and earned the 10-5 win.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Express RF Sandro Fabian launched two home runs on Saturday, going 2-for-4 with a walk, three runs scored and 4 RBIs. This was Fabian’s first multi-homer game since May 31, 2023 at Sugar Land.
• The E-Train outfield combined for eight of the nine RBIs in the game. LF Trevor Hauver had three RBIs, CF Dustin Harris added one and Fabian posted four.
• Round Rock scored 10 or more runs for the eighth time this season and they are 8-0 in those games.

Next up: Round Rock and El Paso face off for the finale of the six-game set on Sunday night. Round Rock RHP Johnny Cueto (1-1, 6.19) is scheduled to take on El Paso RHP Jhony Brito (--, --). First pitch from Dell Diamond is set for 6:35 p.m. CT.

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