Round Rock Express Fall to Chihuahuas for Third Straight Loss

The Round Rock Express dropped their third straight game to the El Paso Chihuahuas, losing 7-2 Saturday night.

The Chihuahuas jumped out to an early lead in the second on the back of a solo home run by 3B Marcos Castañon.

The visitors pushed across two more runs in the third to add to their tally. RF Nick Schnell drove in a run with an RBI single and Castañon followed with a sacrifice fly to make it a three-run edge for El Paso.

In the fourth, 1B Nick Pratto belted a two-run home run to grow the advantage to five.

The Express got on the board in the fourth after DH Blaine Crim walked and RF Trevor Hauver was hit by a pitch. LF Aaron Zavala drove in Crim from second, cutting the deficit to four.

El Paso responded in the top half of the fifth with Castañon’s second homer of the game to regain the five-run cushion.

The E-Train tallied a run in the bottom frame with a solo home run by CF Jarred Kelenic, trimming the lead to four.

The Chihuahuas capitalized on an RBI single by Pratto in the ninth to push across their final run of the game, bringing their total to seven. Round Rock couldn’t find the tying run through the final three frames as they drop Saturday night’s contest, 7-2.