Round Rock Express Pummel El Paso Chihuahuas, 23-7

The Round Rock Express defeated the El Paso Chihuahuas in an offensive explosion for the Express with a 23-7 win.

For the second consecutive game, the Chihuahuas scored two runs in the first for an early lead. LF Samad Taylor doubled to start the inning and came around to score on an RBI single by 3B Clay Dungan to push across the first run of the game. El Paso loaded the bases with back-to-back singles for 1B Nick Solak, who grounded into a double play, but scored Dungan from third to give the Chihuahuas a 2-0 advantage.

The Express stormed back in the second with six runs. The E-Train loaded the bases with a single and two walks for 2B Richie Martin. Martin drove in two runs with an opposite-field single to tie the score at two. Round Rock once again loaded the bases to set up SS Cam Cauley, who blasted his first career grand slam, giving the Express a 6-2 lead.

El Paso rallied for five runs in the bottom half of the second to regain the lead. The Chihuahuas knocked in three runs on five consecutive singles and tacked on a pair of runs on two groundouts to retake a 7-6 edge.

Round Rock answered with a run in the third. DH Diego Castillo and LF Trevor Hauver worked walks before advancing to scoring position on a bunt by C Cooper Johnson. Castillo scored from third on a sacrifice fly by RF Dairon Blanco, evening the score at seven.

The E-Train regained the lead in the fourth after Cauley tripled and then scored on a wild pitch to pull the Express ahead by a run.

The Express added a trio of insurance runs in the sixth to grow the lead to four. Martin was hit by a pitch, and Cauley singled before double-stealing to put runners in scoring position. 3B Jonah Bride drove in both runners with an RBI single to extend the lead. Bride later scored on a groundout to make it an 11-7 game.

Round Rock blew the game open with three runs in the seventh. Blanco and Martin reached on catcher’s interference, and Cauley followed with a single to load the bases. The Express drew three consecutive walks to push across three runs and extend the lead to seven.

The Express put the game out of reach with nine runs in the ninth inning, and RHP Mason Thompson shut the door on the Chihuahuas to secure the largest win of the season for Round Rock.