Round Rock Wins Series Opener Over Albuquerque, 7-2

ROUND ROCK, Texas –The Round Rock Express (19-20 | 56-57) opened the six-game homestand with a 7-2 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes (18-22 | 44-71) at Dell Diamond on Tuesday night.

Round Rock starter RHP Peter Solomon (2-4, 7.48) earned the win after allowing one run on two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts over 5.1 innings. Albuquerque starter RHP Peyton Battenfield (3-6, 7.73) was charged with the loss, giving up four runs on eight hits and two walks with four punchouts in 5.2 innings.

Along the Train Tracks:

• Round Rock jumped out in front early when C Andrew Knapp hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning.
• LF Trevor Hauver doubled the Express lead in the home half of the fourth frame as his two-bagger plated Knapp.
• The E-Train added two more runs in the fifth inning to make it 4-0. DH Blaine Crim doubled home CF Dustin Harris and Knapp, who scored his third run of the contest.
• Albuquerque finally got on the board in the top of the sixth thanks to a solo blast by 2B Hunter Stovall to cut the deficit to three.
• Each team added to their tallies in the seventh inning to make it 7-2. C Drew Romo launched a solo shot for the Isotopes in the top of the seventh inning to make it 4-2 Express. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the half of the frame, 1B Justin Foscue scored on an RBI groundout by RF Sandro Fabian before two runs scored on a double by Hauver to round out the inning.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Express C Andrew Knapp reached base four times on Tuesday, going 1-for-1 with a home run, three walks and four runs. The four runs scored is the most by a Round Rock hitter this season and the first time Knapp has scored more than three runs in a game in his 12-year professional career.
• 1B Justin Foscue, DH Blaine Crim and LF Trevor Hauver recorded multi-hit nights for Round Rock. Foscue went 2-for-5 with a run scored. Crim recorded two RBI, one run and one walk en route to a 2-for-3 night. Hauver tallied two doubles and three RBI, going 2-for-4.
• Round Rock LHPs Grant Wolfram and Robby Ahlstrom combined to toss 2.2 no-hit frames, giving up two walks with one strikeout.

Next up: Round Rock and Albuquerque return to Dell Diamond for game two on Wednesday. Express RHP Chase Anderson (0-0, 0.00) is scheduled to start up against an Isotopes pitcher to be announced. Tomorrow’s first pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. CT.

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