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Joey Loperfido Named Astros Upper-Level Minor League Player of the Month for April

Space Cowboys Infielder/Outfielder Led Minor League Baseball in Home Runs at Time of His Promotion
By Garrett Greene/Space Cowboys
May 1, 2024

Former Space Cowboys infielder/outfielder Joey Loperfido has been named the Houston Astros Upper-Level Minor League Players of the Month for April, the Astros announced on Wednesday. Loperfido played in 25 games with the Space Cowboys this season before his contract was selected by Houston on Tuesday. In his 25 games

Former Space Cowboys infielder/outfielder Joey Loperfido has been named the Houston Astros Upper-Level Minor League Players of the Month for April, the Astros announced on Wednesday. Loperfido played in 25 games with the Space Cowboys this season before his contract was selected by Houston on Tuesday.

In his 25 games with Sugar Land, Loperfido slashed .287/.393/.713/1.106 with four doubles, 13 home runs, 27 RBI, 31 runs scored and five stolen bases. Along with leading the Astros organization in home runs, RBI, total bases (72), runs scored and OPS at the time of his promotion to the Astros, Loperfido led Minor League Baseball in home runs, runs scored and total bases while finishing tied for third in extra-base hits (17) and tied for sixth in RBI.

Loperfido recorded three multi-homer games in his first 25 games with Sugar Land, including a career high three home runs in a game on April 12 at Albuquerque, driving in a single-game career high seven RBI that same night. The 24-year-old was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week on April 15 after slashing .423/.559/1.077/1.636 with two doubles, five home runs, 13 RBI and 14 runs scored in the Space Cowboys series in Albuquerque from April 9 through 14.

Selected in the seventh round of the 2021 draft by the Astros out of Duke, Loperfido’s 13 home runs lead all of baseball, Major League or Minor League, and he joined Yordan Alvarez as the only Triple-A player since 2013 to hit at least 12 home runs in the month of April.

In his Major League debut on Tuesday night, Loperfido went 1-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, becoming just the seventh player in Astros history to record two or more RBI in his first Major League game. Loperfido is the fourth Space Cowboys player to make his Major League debut with Houston this season.

ABOUT THE SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS:

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys are the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and compete in the Pacific Coast League. They began play as the Astros Triple-A affiliate in 2021 and began playing under the Space Cowboys brand in 2022. The Space Cowboys play at Constellation Field, located at the corner of Hwy-6 and US-90 Alternate in Sugar Land, Texas. Follow the team on Twitter (@SLSpaceCowboys), Instagram (@slspacecowboys), Facebook (SLSpaceCowboys) and their official website (slspacecowboys.com). Fans can purchase full-season and partial-season plans, as well as single-game tickets, by visiting slspacecowboys.com/tickets.

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