Chupacabras Secure Series Win with 7-4 Victory Over Margaritas
June 17, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Round Rock Express News Release
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Chupacabras de Round Rock (39-29) secured the series win over the El Paso Margaritas (29-39) with a 7-4 victory at Dell Diamond on Saturday night. It is the club's first time being 10 games over .500 since May 7 when they held a 21-11 record.
Chupacabras reliever RHP Ryan Tepera (1-0, 0.00) earned a win after tossing one scoreless inning that saw two strikeouts. Margaritas starter RHP Angel Sanchez (0-2, 5.50) walked away with the loss after allowing six runs, three of which were earned, off of four hits, including RF Elier Hernandez' three-run home run. Round Rock RHP Marc Church grabbed a save with two shutout innings to close out the night.
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El Paso saw the scoresheet after 2B Tim Lopes drew a walk and eventually scored on a wild pitch to put the visitors up 1-0 in the first frame.
Round Rock saw it all in the second after an error, single and walk loaded the bases. LF Sandro Fabian was hit by a pitch, which tied the game before a fielder's choice and error during C Miguel Ojeda's plate appearance saw 1B Blaine Crim and 3B Yoshi Tsutsugo score to give the Chupacabras a 3-1 advantage.
Round Rock put three more runs on the board in the third after a walk drawn by 2B Davis Wendzel and single from DH Brad Miller set RF Elier Hernandez up for a 394-foot bomb, good for the 6-1 lead.
The Margaritas had a three-run home run of their own to pull within two in the sixth inning when 3B Janzen Witte knocked in RF Jose Azocar and C Brett Sullivan after they had singled and doubled, respectively.
Wendzel smacked a solo shot to center to keep Round Rock up 7-4 in the seventh inning.
E-Train Excerpts:
Chupacabras C Miguel Ojeda made his Triple-A debut with Round Rock on Saturday and went 0-for-3 with one RBI and two strikeouts.
Texas Rangers INF Brad Miller continued his rehab assignment as the designated hitter for Round Rock and went 1-for-4 with one run scored and two strikeouts.
Chupacabras RF Elier Hernandez extended his Pacific Coast League leading hit streak to 21 games in style with a three-run home run in the third inning. His 21-game streak is tied for the second-longest streak in club history and is the most since Julio Borbon's 21-game hitting streak spanning May 12 to June 12 in 2012.
Next up: Round Rock and El Paso get set for the series finale at Dell Diamond at 6:05 p.m. CT on Sunday night. Chupacabras RHP Glenn Otto (0-0, 6.00) is scheduled to start up against Margaritas RHP Pedro Avila (1-4, 9.34).
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