Round Rock Suffers Series Loss to Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Round Rock Express (35-22 | 79-52) fell by a final score of 9-1 in the series finale against the Oklahoma City Dodgers (30-27 | 80-50) on Sunday afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Express starter RHP Owen White (2-2, 5.21) walked away with the loss after allowing five earned runs on six hits in 4.0 innings. He walked three and struck out three. Dodgers reliever RHP Gavin Stone (7-4, 4.74) earned the win after giving up just one hit in 6.0 innings while walking one and striking out seven.

Along the Train Track

• Oklahoma City struck first in the first inning. RF Oscar Mercado grounded out with the bases loaded and CF Jonny Deluca scored to put the Dodgers in front 1-0.
• The home team put up a four-spot in the fourth frame. C Hunter Feduccia started a two-out rally with a solo home run. After a single and two walks loaded the bases, Deluca smacked a bases-clearing double to make it a 5-0 lead.
• Round Rock ended Oklahoma City’s no-hit bid in the seventh inning after 2B Justin Foscue led off with a double.
• In the seventh inning, the Dodgers pushed their lead to 7-0 thanks to a two-run homer from Mercado.
• In the eighth frame, Vargas launched a two-out, two-run home run and increased the lead to 9-0.
• Express LF Evan Carter walked and advanced to second base on a defensive indifference with one out in the ninth inning. CF Elier Hernandez singled to score Carter and made it a 9-1 game. The E-Train loaded the bases but a groundout ended the game to give the Dodgers a 9-1 win.

E-Train Excerpts:

• The Express dropped four of six games and lost their first series in nearly a month. Their last series loss came against Oklahoma City from August 1-6 when they also dropped four of six games. Round Rock is now 13-5-6 in series play this season.
• Round Rock collected only three hits. It was the fewest since being held to three on August 4 against Oklahoma City. Sunday was just the sixth time this season that Round Rock has been held to three or fewer hits in a game.

Next up: Round Rock will cap off the two-week road trip with a six-game set against the El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego Padres affiliate) beginning Tuesday, September 5. First pitch at Southwest University Park is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. CT and both starting pitchers have yet to be announced.

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