| RedHawks clinch road series with Round Rock |
After preventing the I-Cubs from sweeping them at home Monday with a 6-5 win to end the teams' four-game series the Round Rock Express is in danger of being swept out of Oklahoma after dropping games Wednesday and Thursday to the RedHawks on the road, which along with a 5-3 loss in the series opener put the team at 0-3 against the home club going into the series finale Thursday.
Friday, July 30, 2010 |
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| Express open at OK with loss, 5-3 |
Esteban German's one-out RBI single plated the game-winning run in a four-run seventh inning as the Oklahoma City RedHawks rallied past the Round Rock Express 5-3 in Tuesday night's series opener at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. The Express (43-61) fell to 2-7 this season against the RedHawks (54-48), including a 1-4 mark at The Brick.
Starter Andy Van Hekken gave way to reliever Gary Majewski with two on and one out in the seventh; the Express clung to a 3-1 lead. However, Majewski could not make the lead stick. Gary Petit greeted Majewski with a single to load the bases, and Craig Gentry followed with a game-tying, two-run single. German scored Petit with a single to right, and Mitch Moreland capped the four-run frame with a sacrifice fly.
That made a winner of Oklahoma City starter Guillermo Moscoso (7-3). He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks with seven strikeouts over seven innings. Tanner Scheppers held the Express scoreless over the last two innings with a walk and two strikeouts for his second save.
Majewski (3-3) suffered his sixth blown save and took the loss. He was credited with two runs on three hits with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning. Van Hekken surrendered three runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts over 6 and 1/3 innings. Casey Daigle pitched a perfect ninth with one strikeout.
Round Rock plated three runs on three hits in the third to snap a scoreless tie; all the damage came with two outs and the bases empty. Wladimir Sutil started things with a walk, and Brian Bogusevic followed with a ground-rule double. Tommy Everidge plated both runners with another ground-rule double and scored on Matt Kata's RBI single.
Oklahoma City got a run back in the bottom of the inning. Gentry singled with one out, and German followed with an RBI double.
Six different Express players had one hit each: Bogusevic, Everidge, Kata, Collin DeLome, Drew Locke and Oswaldo Navarro. Eight of nine starters reached base safely.
Gentry and German each had two hits and two RBI. Gentry scored twice.
Round Rock and Oklahoma City continued the series Wednesday Right-hander Shane Loux (2-9, 7.13 ERA) was scheduled to take the mound for the Express, opposite RedHawks southpaw Derek Holland (4-1, 0.93 ERA).
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
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| Sutil quickly finding his footing in Round Rock |
After climbing the rungs of the Houston Astros' farm system for nearly six years, Wladimir Sutil's quickly finding his footing in Round Rock.
Sutil scratched out just six hits in his first 46 at-bats, but adjusted his swing and has since lifted his batting average more than 100 points to .275. He belted out a season-high four hits Thursday in the Express' dramatic 12-8 win over New Orleans, including an eighth-inning double that briefly gave Round Rock a one-run lead.
Monday, July 26, 2010 |
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| West takes early lead, crushes East in battle of all-stars |
Sunday afternoon was hot enough without all the football action happening at the Kelly Reeves Sports Complex. The Independent Woman's Football League wrapped up their championship weekend with a rousing All-Star game featuring over 90 players from the 51 North American teams in the league.
Monday, July 26, 2010 |
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| Montreal blitzes Bandits to win IWFL title |
This weekend the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex was alive with activity. Like any typical Friday night in the fall the entire complex on Parmer was bustling with crew, fans and players. The players were the only difference - this time around they were all women.
They play in full pads under aggressive terms, running plays from the same playbooks we all know and love to see. These women are not in lingerie and there are no powder puffs in sight. This is the real deal.
The championship weekend stretched out over Saturday and Sunday with two tiers of competition settling their respective world championships on the first day with Sunday set aside for a friendly all-star competition featuring athletes from all 51 IWFL teams across North America.
Monday, July 26, 2010 |
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| RRISD football coaches hosting panel discussion |
Football season can't get here fast enough. As the temperature heats up and the days tick down until two-a-days start some football fans are itching to get the season started. The first annual Round Rock ISD Coaches Panel Discussion is offering a chance to enjoy some football in July.
Monday, July 26, 2010 |
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| Ricketts continues family tradition |
In the Ricketts clan track is a bit of a family tradition.
Cameron Ricketts' grandfather, Harold Dean, competed - as did his great-grandfather, Slats. His dad, David, started at a small college after high school and went on to compete for Abilene Christian University.
Friday, July 23, 2010 |
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| Ramirez hits grand slam to down Zephyrs |
It took the Express' third seven-run inning of the season to get past New Orleans 11-8 and take a 2-1 series lead Wednesday, and big-run frames were the theme again Thursday as the home team looked to close out the team's final matchup of the season with a win.
Friday, July 23, 2010 |
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| Chicago's Zambrono to pitch at Dell Diamond |
Chicago Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano is expected to pitch an inning at Dell Diamond on Saturday or Sunday as he continues his rehabilitation stint with the Iowa Cubs.
Friday, July 23, 2010 |
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| Round Rock getting hit by wave of Girl Power |
This column is brought to you by the letter G - Not as in gridiron, basketball guard or go-ahead run - but Girl Power and what happens when you combine it with sports.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| German leads RR to victory at home |
One day after an atypical performance by pitcher Josh Banks torpedoed the Express in its series opener against New Orleans Monday night at Dell Diamond, Round Rock rebounded in a big way Tuesday, rallying behind a four-run first frame and its first pinch-hit dinger of the season to take an 11-9 victory over the Zephyrs.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| Women's' league to hold championships |
This weekend the Kelly Reeves Sports Complex will host the Independent Women's Football League championship. The IWFL is a full-tackle women's football league that is focused on creating a safe, fun environment for women to play the game and for fans to come out and enjoy the game.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| PONY national softball championships in Round Rock |
Get ready as the 2010 PONY National Softball Championship travels back to the Sports Capital of Texas! Athletes ages 8 to 18 will showcase their talents as they compete in their division for the national title.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| Round Rockers at Special Olympics |
AUSTIN - Central Texas area athletes and four coaches are in Lincoln, Neb. for the 2010 U.S.A. National Games. The Games are held on and near the University of Nebraska at Lincoln campus, July 18-23.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| TPWD training hunter education instructors in August |
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be conducting a free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop Saturday, Aug. 14 in Grand Prairie. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the North Texas Education Center, 5411 Robinson Road, Grand Prairie, Texas 75052.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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| Petrillose a Junior Olympian |
Kaitlin Petrillose a senior at Round Rock McNeil has qualified for the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics to be held in Sacramento, California July 27 through August 1.
Monday, July 19, 2010 |
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| History of college rankings colorful |
Maybe it's a symbol of how far we've come as a society that we can let ourselves get as worked up as we want to get over which college football team is ranked No. 1 at season's end. For a long time after the first game was played - a 6-4 victory by Rutgers over Princeton on Nov. 8, 1869 - nobody cared too much which college football team was ranked No. 1.
Monday, July 19, 2010 |
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| Express meltdown against Isotopes |
Albuquerque - There was an unfortunate sameness to the results but the Express did vary the technique as it was defeated in three different and highly dissimilar ways this weekend to lose the series with the Isotopes after winning the opening game Thursday.
Monday, July 19, 2010 |
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| Ford upping the ante on racetrack |
To know what Round Rock's Chanlder Ford is all about, all you had to do was watch his reaction to Leader photographer Jamie Harms car on Thursday in front of Pluckers.
"He got in and didn't want to get out," Harms said, after the eight-year-old spotted his corvette, a former rally car, and asked if he could sit in it.
It was exactly the kind of reaction anyone who has known Ford since he first took to the Kart track at age 5 would have expected.
Friday, July 16, 2010 |
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| Everidge solo homer in 10th beats Isotopes |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Tommy Everidge blasted a two-out solo homer in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Round Rock Express past the Albuquerque Isotopes in Thursday night's series opener at Isotopes Park.
Friday, July 16, 2010 |
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