EL PASO, Texas – The Round Rock Express (14-9 | 58-39) fell to the El Paso Chihuahuas (9-14 | 41-57) on Wednesday night at Southwest University Park by a final score of 7-6. Chihuahuas LF Ben Gamel hit a two-out home run in the ninth inning to collect the win.

Round Rock reliever RHP Grant Anderson (1-1, 3.91) went 1.2 innings out of the bullpen and he allowed one run on three hits with two strikeouts while earning the loss. El Paso reliever LHP Ray Kerr (4-0, 2.70) claimed the win after one inning of scoreless baseball with one walk and two strikeouts.

Along the Train Tracks:

• The Express struck first in the first frame. After a two-out single for RF Elier Hernandez, DH Blaine Crim doubled to score Hernandez and Round Rock led 1-0.
• After LF Sandro Fabian doubled, C Jordan Procyshen singled to score Fabian and extend the E-Train lead to 2-0 in the second inning.
• The Chihuahuas added a pair of runs in the home-half. After 3B Jantzen Witte walked, LF Ben Gamel hit a two-run home run to tie the game.
• Round Rock 2B Justin Foscue led the third inning off with a single and Hernandez belted his 16^th homer of the season to give the E-Train a 4-2 advantage.
• The Chihuahuas posted a three-spot in the bottom of the third inning to take 5-4 lead. A sacrifice fly from 2B Max Schrock scored DH Preston Tucker before SS Ray-Patrick Didder doubled home Witte and Gamel.
• The runs kept flowing as the Express scored two more times in the fourth inning. With two outs, Thompson tripled and Foscue walked. Hernandez tied the game on a single before Crim gave the Express the lead with another single that scored Foscue. Round Rock led 6-5.
• The Chihuahuas nipped across a run in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game. C Brett Sullivan singled and stole second base. 1B Brandon Dixon singled to tack on a run and tie the game at six.
• In the ninth inning, Express RHP Grant Anderson was an out away from sending the game to extra frames but Gamel hit a walk-off home run to right field and the Chihuahuas earned a 7-6 victory.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Express RF Elier Hernandez led the offense with a 3-for-5 night that included a home run, three RBI, two runs scored and a strikeout. The righty now has a .903 OPS on the season and it was his first three-hit night since July 2. He has reached three hits or more in a game 10 times this year.
• Texas Rangers rehabber RHP Josh Sborz took the mound and threw one scoreless inning with one hit and one strikeout. Sborz was placed on the Rangers 15-day injured list on July 15 with right biceps tendinitis.

Next up: Round Rock and El Paso will meet for game three at Southwest University Park on Thursday, with first pitch set for 7:35 p.m. CT. Express RHP Marc Church (3-0, 3.20) is scheduled to start up against Chihuahuas RHP Anderson Espinoza (4-4, 6.10).

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