Salt Lake pounds Round Rock 7-1 behind Moore, Mancini's four hits

Christian Moore and Trey Mancini each posted four-hit nights, and Salt Lake turned that double dose of traffic into a 7-1 win over Round Rock on May 26 in Round Rock, Texas, to open the series with its fifth straight victory.

Round Rock scored first, but the Bees answered in a hurry. Moore tripled in the third inning to tie the game at 1-1, then Mancini delivered the swing that tilted it for good, a two-run double in the same five-run frame. Salt Lake added another run in the fourth and kept stretching the margin, turning what started as a one-run deficit into a comfortable road win by the time the late innings arrived.

The third inning was the separating point, but the story was really about how relentlessly Salt Lake kept pressure on the Express. Moore kept the lineup moving with contact and speed on the bases, the kind of work that can make every hitter behind him more dangerous. Mancini, a 34-year-old veteran on a minor league deal with the Angels, supplied the extra-base damage in the middle of the order and kept innings alive when Round Rock tried to pitch around the danger. By the end of the night, the Bees had scored enough through steady pressure that the final 7-1 line felt like the natural result of nine innings of control.

The win fit the way Salt Lake had been playing for most of the week. It came after the Bees had won four straight, their longest streak of the season entering the game, and after they had taken five of six from Tacoma. It also pushed them to their first five-game streak in nearly a year, dating back to May 21-25, 2025, against Omaha.

Moore’s night carried extra weight because of where he sits in the organization. The Angels promoted him to Triple-A Salt Lake in May 2025, and he arrived as the club’s top prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 60 overall player. On this night, he looked like the kind of bat that can anchor a run, while Mancini provided the veteran punch. With George Klassen giving Salt Lake a strong mound start in the series, the Bees looked like a club firing on all cylinders, and the 7-1 opener was the clearest sign yet that the offense could carry the load when it was at its peak.