E-Train Rolls to 7-5 Win Over River Cats on Friday Night

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Express (31-35 | 68-72) worked to a 7-5 victory over the Sacramento River Cats (32-35 | 76-66) in Friday night’s game four at Dell Diamond to even the series again, this time at two games each.

Round Rock starter RHP Peter Solomon (6-4, 6.27) claimed the winning decision after a 5.0-inning outing that saw two runs, two hits, four walks and five strikeouts. Sacramento starter RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-6, 8.84) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs on two hits and five walks with six strikeouts over 3.0 innings. Express RHP Daniel Robert earned a six-out save, tossing 2.0 shutout frames that included one walk and three Ks.

Along the Train Tracks:

• Sacramento 1B Trenton Brooks plated the night’s first runs with a two-run home run in the first inning that scored 2B Thairo Estrada for a 2-0 lead.
• Four runs in the third inning pushed Round Rock in front, 4-2. The bases were loaded on a single from SS Alex De Goti and back-to-back walks for CF Dustin Harris and DH Trevor Hauver. C Sam Huff worked a walk with two out to score De Goti before 3B Frainyer Chavez singled to score Harris and LF Kellen Strahm walked to push Hauver home. A wild pitch allowed Huff to score for the inning’s final run.
• The Express lead was extended to 7-2 in the fourth when De Goti scored thanks to Harris’s sacrifice fly then Hauver cranked a two-run home run to right field that brought home RF Marcus Smith, who had singled.
• River Cats batters plated two runs in the sixth inning and one in the seventh to trim the lead to 7-5. In the sixth, a double from 3B Casey Schmitt scored Brooks before C Andrew Knapp scored as LF Blake Sabol grounded out.

E-Train Excerpts:

• E-Train SS Alex De Goti posted a multi-hit night, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored. DH Trevor Hauver earned multiple RBI and finished 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBI, one run scored and two walks.
• Round Rock C Sam Huff’s hitting streak ended at 12 games after he finished Friday’s contest 0-for-3 with one RBI, one run scored, one walk and two strikeouts. During his 12-game streak, Huff went 17-for-46 with five doubles, one home run, eight RBI, three runs scored, three walks and 11 strikeouts.

Next up: Round Rock and Sacramento meet for game five of the six-game set on Saturday night. River Cats RHP Trevor McDonald (2-2, 4.91) is scheduled to start against an Express pitcher to be announced. First pitch at Dell Diamond is slated for 7:15 p.m. CT.

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