Max Ramirez hit a lead off homer to start the seventh inning and Anthony Seratelli’s two run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Omaha Stormchasers a 6-3 win over Round Rock in the first of four games at Werner Park.

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The 29 year old second baseman is hoping to make a name for himself on the AAA level after having success in the Royals’ organization at AA ball. Seratellia was the Northwest Arkansas Player of the Year in 2011 after ranking second in the Texas League in walks, third in runs scored and stolen bases, fourth in on-base percentage and triples. He was also named MiLB.com’s Texas League Player of the Posteason in 2010 after going 10-for-22 with five homers during NW Arkansas’ championship run.

Ethan Hollingsworth picked up the win, despite giving up the tying run in the seventh on a homer by Express centerfielder, Leonys Martin. Hollingsworth pitched three innings of relief in place of starter Mike Montgomery who went 4.1 innings, giving up seven hits and three walks.

Omaha rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to complete an 8-6 come-from-behind win over Iowa Tuesday night in the last of a four-game set at Principal Park. The Storm Chasers earned a series split to improve to 33-26 on the season and maintain their 4 1/2 game lead on Memphis in the American Conference North Division. The Cubs ended the series right where they started, six games out, heading into another meeting with the division pace-setters next week in Omaha.

Trailing 6-5 going into the ninth inning, the Storm Chasers received a leadoff double from Jarrod Dyson, who advanced to third on a base hit by Johnny Giavotella that chased Marcos Mateo from the hill. Left-hander Scott Maine took over and struck out David Lough before Mike Moustakas doubled to knock in the tying run. Clint Robinson was intentionally passed to load the bases for Kila Ka’aihue, who walked to force in Giavotella with the go-ahead run. Maine then walked Joaquin Arias to push across another run and was removed from the game after issuing the last of seven free passes by four different relievers.

Blake Johnson (3-1) tossed two scoreless innings to earn the win in relief after Robinson Tejeda threw 1 1/3 shutout frames behind starter Kevin Pucetas.

The Omaha Storm Chasers and Nashville Sounds split an afternoon doubleheader at Werner Park Sunday. The Chasers took the first game 4-1 behind pitching phenom Mike Montgomery, while the Sounds got even on the day with a 5-3 win in the second.

In the first game of the day, the lefthanded Montgomery (1-1) picked up the first win by a Storm Chasers’ starting pitcher in 10 tries this season. He went six innings, allowing an unearned run on two hits, and struck out six Sounds hitters. He also walked five, but was able to pitch around the trouble.

Second baseman Johnny Giavotella lined a two-run single with two out in the fourth inning, giving the Storm Chasers a 2-1 lead in the contest. Two innings later, Mike Moustakas and Clint Robinson added some insurance with RBI base-hits of their own, providing enough cushion for reliever Greg Holland to earn his first save of the 2011 season.

After mustering just two hits in game one, Nashville’s bats collected 12 hits in the second game Sunday. Taylor Green, a 24-year-old infielder from British Columbia, Canada, ripped a pair of home runs to right field, the first two longballs ever to leave the confines of Werner Park.

Storm Chasers regular first baseman Eric Hosmer, who served as the designated hitter in game two, went 3-for-3 in the ballgame with a walk and two runs batted in. The lefty has seven hits in the first three games of the series, boosting his batting average to an eye-popping .409 through 11 games this season.

Omaha and Nashville will conclude their four-game set Monday at 11:05 a.m. at Werner Park.

Due to inclement weather, the Omaha Storm Chasers are rescheduling their home opener at Werner Park for Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 7:05 p.m.

Fans holding tickets for tonight’s game can exchange them for tomorrow night or any future game (excluding July 3 and July 15) by taking their tickets to the Werner Park ticket office. Ticket office hours will be extended today until 8 p.m. to accommodate ticket holders and will open tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

Events planned for Friday will be combined with the special events scheduled for Saturday. A news conference will be held today at 3 p.m. at Werner Park at which time the Storm Chasers management will provide media with a detailed schedule of Saturday’s events.

The Storm Chasers and Sounds will make up Friday’s game as a doubleheader on Sunday, April 17, 2011 beginning at 2:05 p.m., the regularly scheduled time.

Offense gets back on track but bullpen struggles in loss Round Rock, TX – Kevin Cash delivered a three-run triple in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Round Rock to a 7-5 win over Omaha Thursday night at the Dell Diamond. The Express rallied from three different deficits to complete a four-game series sweep and send the Storm Chasers home at 2-6 after their first road trip of the season.

Eric Hosmer’s two-run homer in the first inning, his first at the Triple-A level, got the Storm Chasers on the board and ended a 21-inning scoreless drought. However, Round Rock got the game tied in the fourth on Chad Tracy’s two-run home run.

Lorenzo Cain’s run-scoring double in the fifth restored the visitors lead and Clint Robinson’s leadoff long ball in the sixth extended the Omaha advantage to 4-2.

Kevin Pucetas gave up two runs on five hits over five innings in his first start of the season for the Storm Chasers and left with the lead. Greg Holland took over but yielded Luis Cruz’s two-run shot in the home sixth that evened the game at four.

Omaha moved back in front 5-4 in the seventh on David Lough’s fielder’s choice grounder that plated Paulo Orlando, who had singled with one out.

After a single, walk and catcher’s interference loaded the bases against Louis Coleman with one out in the eighth, Cash cleared them with a drive over the the head of Cain in centerfield. Cash was then thrown out at the plate by Cain trying to score on an Esteban German fly ball.

The Storm Chasers return home Friday for their first-ever game at the brand new Werner Park with left-hander Danny Duffy taking the hill against Nashville right-hander Frankie De La Cruz.

Story courtesy of OmahaStormchasers.com