HOW IT HAPPENED:
Both teams were held scoreless through the first six innings of the game. RHP David Davalillo tossed six scoreless frames for the Express while Sugar Land’s RHP Mike Burrows, RHP Trey McLoughlin and RHP Jackson Nezuh held Round Rock to four hits.
Sugar Land broke through in the top of the seventh after putting runners on the corners with no outs. RF Joey Loperfido recorded a sacrifice fly, scoring 2B Raynel Delgado from third for the game’s only run.
E-TRAIN EXCERPTS:
WHERE WE STAND: The Express were shut out for the 3rd time this season on Friday night…1st time since 4/10 at Oklahoma City…are in 4th place in the Pacific Coast League standings…trail 1st-place Sugar Land by 6.0 games… …lost 5 of their last 6 games…had won 7 of their previous 8.
RHP DAVID DAVALILLO: (ND, 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 7 SO, 76 pitches, 52 strikes) appeared in his 9th game and 8th start of the season with the Express… made his first appearance against SUG…was perfect through 4.0 innings, retiring 12 of the first 12 batters and fanned 6…struck out a Triple-A career-high 7 batters…has not walked a batter in his last 13.1 IP, the longest active streak in Triple-A…is the 12th Round Rock pitcher to throw 6.0+ innings and the only one to throw 6.0+ without allowing a run…also the only Express pitcher to hold opponents to a hit or less through 6.0 frames.
RHP MASON THOMPSON (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 7 pitches, 5 strikes) has now tossed 4 consecutive shutout appearances… owns a 1-0 record with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/3.1 IP) and has not allowed a walk in that span.
NOTES: The E-Train held Sugar Land to 1 H through 5 innings on Friday night… marks the 4th time this season the Express have kept a team to 1 H through 5.0 innings…marks their 4th game without surrendering an earned run this season (3-1 in those games)…have scored a total of 3 runs in their past 3 games and scored 1 in their last 25.0 innings.
NEXT GAME: Saturday, August 15 vs Sugar Land FIRST PITCH: 7:05 p.m. CT BALLPARK: Dell Diamond
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