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Round Rock Beats Sugar Land as Winning Streak Reaches 10 Games

Express Take Game Four from Space Cowboys, Secure Series Win
August 19, 2023

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Round Rock Express (26-17 | 70-47) defeated the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-29 | 47-71) by a final score of 8-3 at Constellation Field on Friday night. The E-Train extended their season-long winning streak to 10 games. It’s the longest winning streak since April 29-May

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Round Rock Express (26-17 | 70-47) defeated the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-29 | 47-71) by a final score of 8-3 at Constellation Field on Friday night. The E-Train extended their season-long winning streak to 10 games. It’s the longest winning streak since April 29-May 8, 2006.

Round Rock reliever RHP Cole Winn (7-6, 6.34) went home with the win after 3.2 innings that saw just one hit with one walk and three strikeouts. Sugar Land reliever RHP Joel Kuhnel (1-1, 4.11) walked away with the loss after allowing five runs on six hits with one strikeout in 1.0 inning.

Along the Train Tracks:

  • Round Rock struck in the first inning after SS Davis Wendzel launched a solo home run to take a 1-0 advantage.
  • After back-to-back singles from Wendzel and 1B Blaine Crim, CF Jonathan Ornelas knocked them both in with his two-RBI double and the E-Train lead was three. Sugar Land tied things up in the home half of the third after CF Joey Loperfido hit a three-run home run.
  • In the seventh inning, Crim singled and 3B Justin Foscue doubled which put men at the corners. Four straight singles from Ornelas, LF Dustin Harris, RF Sandro Fabian and C Matt Whatley plated three runs and Round Rock led 6-3. A two-RBI double from 2B Josh Harrison capped off the scoring and it was an 8-3 game.
  • The Space Cowboys had a runner on in the ninth inning, but Round Rock kept them off the board to secure the win.

E-Train Excerpts:

  • Round Rock SS Davis Wendzel launched a home run in the first inning which marked back-to-back games with a home run and it is his 24th of the season. Wendzel is second in the PCL in home runs this year.
  • With Friday’s win, Round Rock and Oklahoma City are the only two Triple-A teams to reach the 70-win mark this season. It is the fastest Round Rock has reached 70 wins since 2019 and the second quickest to 70 wins since the club became a Triple-A affiliate in 2005. The win also secured skipper Doug Davis’s fourth 70-win season.
  • Express 2B Josh Harrison recorded his first hit as a member of the E-Train after going hitless in his first two games. Harrison went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI, a walk and two strikeouts.

Next up: The Express will face the Space Cowboys in game five of the series at Constellation Field on Saturday night. Round Rock LHP Cody Bradford (8-2, 3.53) is slated to start against Sugar Land LHP Colton Gordon (1-0, 4.50). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CT.

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