River Cats still have no answer for Express

Enterprise staff

ROUND ROCK, Texas The Sacramento River Cats had no answer for the Round Rock Express on Thursday, as the Express hit two homers during their first set of swings and powered their way to an 11-5 game two victory.

All five Sacramento (33-38) runs came during the away half of the sixth and scored in consecutive atbats thanks to Armando Alvarez and Ford Proctor.

First it was Alvarez, driving in a pair after the bases had been walked loaded with a single to left. Following was Proctor, sending a 2-0 pitch the opposite way for a three-run blast, his fifth of the year.

However, that inning came after Round Rock (42-29) had staked themselves to an 11-0 lead. In fact, Round Rock tallied their own-fiverun inning during the bottom of the first, scoring all five runs thanks to a pair of big flies against Sacramento starter Kyle Harrison (1-3). The first of those two home runs came from Elier Hernandez, which set a new Round Rock franchise hitting streak at 23 games with a two-run shot to left-center field. After a three-run homer brought the final runs home in the first, Harrison was tagged for another dinger in the home half of the third, this a solo shot from Blaine Crim. Harrison was chased from the contest a bit later, exiting the contest following an RBI triple from Dustin Harris with a final line of seven runs on seven hits in 2.1 innings. All four other Express runs crossed the plate in the fifth and came against Randy Rodriguez, who was making his season debut for Sacramento. The first came after he issued a walk with the bases loaded, while