Sacramento Takes Series Finale from Round Rock, 5-4

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Round Rock Express (37-37) dropped the series finale to the Sacramento River Cats (44-31) at Sutter Health Park on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 5-4. The E-Train picked up a series victory, winning the six-game set four games to two to close out the first half of the season.

Round Rock reliever RHP Aidan Anderson (3-1, 2.13) took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 1.2 frames. Sacramento reliever RHP Evan Gates (1-0, 4.91) earned the win after 1.2 innings where he allowed one run on three hits and one walk with two strikeouts. River Cats RHP Cody Stashak tossed a perfect ninth inning with one strikeout for his second save of the year.

Along the Train Tracks:

• A ground-rule double by C Andrew Knapp in the top of the first inning plated 1B Justin Foscue to give the Express an early 1-0 lead.
• The River Cats answered in the bottom of the frame as RF Jerar Encarnación singled on a ground ball up the middle to score DH LaMonte Wade Jr and even the game at one.
• Fresh off the injured list, Round Rock 3B Matt Duffy hit a single into left field which allowed RF Sandro Fabian to come home and give his team a 2-1 lead in the top of the second inning.
• SS Tyler Fitzgerald had another answer for Sacramento, doubling home CF Grant McCray and Wade Jr. to put the home team up 3-2 after two.
• For a third straight inning to start the game, Round Rock plated a run, this time off the bat of CF Derek Hill, who plated fellow California native, Knapp, on a single to tie the game at three.
• In the top of the seventh inning, CF Dustin Harris singled home DH Sam Huff in his first plate appearance of the game to give Round Rock a 4-3 lead.
• Sacramento took a 5-4 advantage in the bottom of the seventh after RBI singles by Encarnación and 3B Casey Schmitt plated two runs.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Texas Rangers rehabber DH Justin Foscue extended his on-base streak to 40 games at the Triple-A level, dating back to August 18, 2023. In 129 Triple-A games over the last two years, Foscue has 95 walks and 74 strikeouts.
• Round Rock CF Derek Hill posted a multi-hit performance, going 2-for-2 with an RBI and a walk. Hill had an impressive series in Sacramento, about 20 minutes from where he went to high school in Elk Grove, recording nine hits in 17 at-bats to go along with four walks.

Next up: Round Rock returns home to face the El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego Padres Affiliate) for a six-game set beginning on Tuesday. First pitch from Dell Diamond is set for 7:15 p.m. CT and starting pitchers for both teams have yet to be determined.

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