vs. Round Rock Express

Friday at 7:05 p.m. (Friday Night Fireworks)

Saturday at 6:05 p.m. (first 2,000 fans get Charlie Manuel bobblehead dolls)

Sunday at 1:05 p.m. (throwback jersey auction; 50-cent hot dogs)

Monday at 6:05 p.m. (ticket earns kids 12-and-under a free lunch)

Parent club: Texas Rangers

Notable Alumni: Hunter Pence, Taylor Teagarden

Manager: Bobby Jones

For the record: The Express sit in last place in the Pacific Coast League’s American Southern division, 15 games behind the Albuquerque Isotopes through Wednesday.

Best hitter: Center fielder Julio Borbon, who is hitting .300 with 46 RBIs and eight homers through Wednesday.

Best pitcher: Twenty-one-year-old southpaw Martin Perez carries a 4.53 ERA, not bad for a team that sits 13 games under .500.

Top prospect: Baseball America ranked Perez the Rangers’ third-best prospect before the 2012 season.

vs. Albuquerque Isotopes

Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. ($2 tickets, $2 parking and $2 Coors and Coors Light)

Wednesday at 6:05 p.m. (Military Appreciation Night)

Thursday at 6:05 p.m. ($3 microbrews; Bark in the Park)

Aug. 17 at 7:05 p.m. (Friday Night Fireworks)

Parent club: Los Angeles Dodgers

Manager: Lorenzo Bundy

For the record: The Isotopes lead the PCL’s Southern division, with a four-game lead over New Orleans through Wednesday.

Best hitter: First baseman Alex Castellanos boasts a .361 average at the plate and has hit 15 balls out of the park.

Best pitcher: Starter John Ely has an impressive 3.25 ERA and has lasted at least six innings in his past four starts. He spent five games in the big leagues in 2011.

Sky Sox update

For the record: The Sky Sox stand at 62-56, but are still seven games back of the Reno Aces in the Pacific Northern division.

Rotation: Cory Riordan, then Nick Schmidt, Guillermo Moscoso, Rob Scahill

Blackmon on fire: Colorado Springs’ latest offensive power, outfielder Justin Blackmon, leads the league in runs (35) and hits (49) since returning to the lineup July 4.

Right at home: Second baseman Charlie Culberson, acquired from the Giants when the Rockies traded away Marco Scutaro, has collected a hit in all of his seven games in a Sky Sox uniform.

Riding the wave: The Sky Sox have won six of their past eight games, all on the road. But they still lag well behind Reno, which has 21 wins (compared to Colorado Springs’ 22) since the beginning of July.

New faces, new places: The Rockies moved righty Joey Williamson from Double-A Tulsa up to Triple-A Colorado Springs Wednesday. He posted a 7.19 ERA in nine games with the Sky Sox last year, his first time playing Triple-A ball. He made 36 appearances with the Drillers this year as a relief pitcher.

IAN MCCUE, THE GAZETTE