El Paso Sneaks Past Round Rock For 4-3 Victory

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas (22-19) hung on for with a 4-3 victory over the Round Rock Express (25-16) on Saturday night at Dell Diamond.

El Paso reliever RHP Yusmeiro Petit (1-1, 7.71) earned the win after a scoreless 1.1-inning outing. He allowed just one hit and struck out two. Round Rock reliever RHP Demarcus Evans (0-1, 9.00) collected the loss after allowing one run on two hits while striking out two and walking one during one inning. El Paso RHP Tayler Scott picked up his second save of the year by throwing a scoreless ninth frame.

Along the Train Tracks:

• El Paso scored first for the second consecutive night when CF Matthew Batten smacked a one-out solo home run in the first inning. The dinger was his seventh home run of the season.
• Round Rock CF Josh Smith got the offense going in bottom of the first inning with a leadoff single. LF Steele Walker doubled and, with nobody out, the Express had runners on second and third base. DH Willie Calhoun earned a sacrifice fly to score Smith and tie the game at one.
• Express C Meibrys Viloria received a one-out walk in the fourth inning before 3B Davis Wendzel belted a 359-foot home run to left field to give Round Rock a 3-1 advantage.
• El Paso battled back with two solo home runs in the seventh. C Luis Campusano hit the first of the inning while staring down a 3-0 count. 1B Aderlin Rodriguez hit the second and evened the score to three.
• The Chihuahuas reclaimed the lead in the eighth inning. A walk for LF Shogo Akiyama followed by a double for CF Taylor Kohlwey put runners on second and third base. SS C.J. Abrams doubled to score Akiyama and give El Paso a 4-3 lead that went on to be final.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Express LHP Jake Latz made the start and allowed just one run over 3.0 innings of work. He surrendered three hits while striking out five and walking only two. The outing marked the fourth time this season that Latz has struck out five or more in an outing.
• The Round Rock bullpen extended their scoreless inning streak to 14.0 frames in the seventh inning before it was broken up by a solo home from El Paso C Luis Campusano. It was the first run scored off a Round Rock reliever since Wednesday, May 18 when the team was in Sugar Land.
• The loss for Round Rock combined with Oklahoma City’s win over Sugar Land puts the Express back in a tie for first place in the Pacific Coast League East Division.

Next up: Round Rock will return to Dell Diamond on Sunday afternoon for the series finale with El Paso. Express RHP A.J. Alexy (1-1, 6.48) is slated to take the mound up against Chihuahuas LHP Ryan Weathers (1-2, 7.91). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.

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