Foscue, Express rally late to top Chihuahuas 6-4 in opener

Justin Foscue delivered the swing that settled it, driving a go-ahead double into the right-center gap in the eighth inning and sending Round Rock to a 6-4 win over El Paso at Dell Diamond. Peyton Gray then handled the ninth in order, wrapping up the opener of a six-game series with the kind of late control that can turn a narrow Triple-A result into a meaningful organizational note for the Texas Rangers.

The Chihuahuas struck first and loudly when Jase Bowen opened the game with a home run on the first pitch, but the Express answered right away. Alejandro Osuna singled and scored on Trevor Hauver’s RBI double to tie it, then El Paso punched back with a Clay Dungan two-run homer in the second and Nate Mondou’s sacrifice fly in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Round Rock did not blink. Cam Cauley singled in a run in the third, Foscue launched a solo shot in the fourth for his first homer of the 2026 season, and Osuna kept applying pressure as the Express erased the deficit and pulled even at 4-4.

The game’s sharpest turn came after both clubs went quiet through the sixth and seventh. Richie Martin reached on catcher’s interference to open the eighth, Tyler Wade followed with a single, and Foscue worked the decisive gap shot to put Round Rock in front for good. Gray finished what the lineup started, retiring the side in order for his first win of the season after two scoreless innings. The Express bullpen also set down the final eight El Paso batters, a clean ending that mattered after a game in which the lead changed hands only once.

The comeback fit the bigger picture around Round Rock’s early-season surge of contact and damage. The Express had scored 32 runs on 50 hits over their previous five games and led the Pacific Coast League in hits and doubles during that stretch, with Foscue at .323 and a .841 OPS entering the night. Osuna’s three runs matched his career high, another reminder that the Rangers’ Triple-A lineup is producing more than one name at a time. That matters for a roster that includes major league service time throughout and top-30 Rangers prospects such as Cam Cauley, Jose Corniell, Emiliano Teodo and Gavin Collyer. It also matters because Gray has not allowed a run in relief, and Cal Quantrill, coming off Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week honors after a seven-inning outing on 69 pitches, already has given the staff another arm with a clear path back to Arlington relevance.