E-Train Fall in Extra Innings for Second Straight Night

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Comets jumped out first in the fourth inning after C Eliezer Alfonzo poked a single through left field, scoring 2B Hyeseong Kim from third to give Oklahoma City a one-run advantage.

Round Rock broke the shutout with a run to tie the game in the seventh. LF Diego Castillo walked and RF Trevor Hauver singled to put runners at first and second with two outs. C Julian Brock roped a single to right field to score Castillo.

Neither team could push across a run in the eighth or ninth, forcing the game into extra innings.

The Comets struck first in extras as they pushed across a run in the 11^th inning after a sacrifice fly from 3B Ryan Fitzgerald brought home 1B Ryan Ward. The Express could not score the tying run from second as they fell 2-1.

E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:

WHERE WE STAND: Round Rock dropped their 5^th consecutive game on Saturday night…against the Comets this season, are 1-10 at Dell Diamond and 7-16 overall…are tied with Tacoma for 5^th place in the Pacific Coast League standings…have lost 8 of their last 10 games since 8/26 after winning 7 of their previous 10 from 8/14-8/25… tonight’s game marks the 11^th time this season the Express have been held to 1 R at home… 10^th time at home to be held to 4 H or less and are 0-10 in those games.

LHP DALTON PENCE: (ND, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R-ER, 3 SO, 2 BB, 76 pitches, 50 strikes) dealt 5.0 innings on Saturday night in his 6^th start with Round Rock since joining the Express on 8/1 from Double-A Frisco… allowed his 1^st run in 12.0 innings with an RBI single to C Eliezer Alfonzo in the 4^th… was the longest active scoreless streak on the Express before the run… stranded runners on the corners to end the 3^rd inning… retired the side in order in the 5^th to end his outing… tonight’s outing was his 4^th allowing 1 R or less… generated a strikeout with his changeup, fastball and slider…owns a 1-0 record with a 0.64 ERA over his last 3 outings.

LHP ROBERT GARCIA: tossed a scoreless inning in relief as the first man out of the bullpen on Saturday night…was added to the Round Rock roster today on a rehab assignment after being placed on the injured list with left shoulder inflammation… after allowing a single to DH Matt Gorski to start the inning, he retired the next 3 batters to end the inning… struck out two batters, one with a slider and the other with a fastball… last pitched on 4/16 against at ATH where he recorded the last out of the 6^th inning with a flyout.

C JULIAN BROCK: tied the game at one apiece in the 7^th with an RBI single… marks his 2^nd RBI in his last 3 G (Since 8/30) after recording 3 RBI over his previous 9 G (8/2-28).

EXTRA, EXTRA: Saturday’s loss marks the E-Train’s 3^rd extra-inning game this week and 13^th of the season…have lost each extra-inning contest this week…are 7-6 in extras and 3-4 at Dell Diamond.

NEXT GAME: Sunday, September 6 vs Oklahoma City FIRST PITCH: 1:05 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond

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