Homer happy Express Handle Storm Chasers

From the Omaha Storm Chasers ...

Chris Davis slammed two home runs to power Round Rock past Omaha, 7-5, Saturday evening in the second of a four-game set at the Dell Diamond. The Storm Chasers fell to 38-31 and lost to the Express for the fifth time in sixth meetings this season.

Omaha scored first for a second straight night when David Lough led off the second with a triple and scored on a Davis throwing error. Lance Zawadzki's two-out single later in the inning drove in Lorenzo Cain to make it 2-0.

The Express, who had been blanked in their prior two contests, cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame on a solo shot by Luis Cruz before the visitors answered right back in the third when Mike Aviles tripled and scored on a Clint Robinson sacrifice fly.

Round Rock grabbed the lead for the first time in the home third when Davis blasted a three-run homer. A leadoff long ball by Aviles in the sixth evened the game at four.
Bruce Chen allowed four runs on five hits, while walking one and fanning seven, over five frames in his second rehab start with Omaha and was followed to the hill by Kevin Pucetas, pitching for the first time in 11 days.

The hosts regained the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run clout by Joey Butler. A run-scoring single by Jarrod Dyson in the seventh trimmed the deficit to 6-5 but was countered when Davis answered in the home half with his second round-tripper of the night to push the lead back to two.

The series continues Sunday night with Omaha left-hander Mike Montgomery taking the hill against Round Rock righty Tommy Hunter. Coverage of the game gets underway at 6:45 p.m. and can be heard locally on KOIL AM 1180 and online at omahastormchasers.com.