Round Rock Beats Sugar Land For 12th Consecutive Win

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Round Rock Express (28-17 | 72-47) earned a series sweep over the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-31 | 47-73) with a 4-3 victory at Constellation Field on Sunday night. Round Rock has won 12 consecutive games which is their second-longest winning streak in club history.

Round Rock reliever RHP Kyle Cody (4-4, 6.06) earned the win after 2.0 scoreless innings that saw two hits, two walks and two strikeouts. Sugar Land starter RHP Ronel Blanco (4-3, 4.75) went home with the loss after giving up four runs on eight hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in his 5.1 innings of work. Express RHP Alex Speas tossed a hitless ninth while walking one and fanning one to earn the save.

Along the Train Tracks:

• Sugar Land took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. 2B Pedro León smacked a triple to score one run before RF Bligh Madris hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0. 3B Shay Whitcomb hit a solo bomb to extend the lead to 3-0.
• Round Rock got a run back in the following frame after a solo home run from LF Dustin Harris made it 3-1.
• The Space Cowboys lead was cut to one in the third inning. After 3B Dio Arias singled, he later scored on a single from 1B Blaine Crim.
• In the fifth inning, Round Rock tied it up at three when CF Elier Hernandez doubled to score Arias.
• The Express took a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning after C Sam Huff led off the inning with a solo dinger.
• Sugar Land had two runners on with two outs in the eighth inning for León. Hernandez went above the wall and robbed the lefty of a three-run home run to keep the 4-3 advantage intact for the E-Train.
• In the home half of the ninth inning, the Space Cowboys had the leadoff man on but RHP Alex Speas was unphased and secured the final outs for the win.

E-Train Excerpts:

• Sunday marked the 12^th straight win for the E-Train which is one win shy of tying the club’s all-time winning streak which came May 19-31, 2004.
• Express C Sam Huff drilled his first home run since being optioned back to Round Rock on August 13. Huff finished the night 1-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and one RBI.
• After taking game six from Sugar Land on Sunday, Round Rock recorded their first six-game series sweep on the road since May 27-June 1, 2021 at Salt Lake.

Next up: The Express will take on the Salt Lake Bees (Los Angeles Angels affiliate) in a six-game series at Dell Diamond beginning Tuesday, August 22 at 7:05 p.m. Both starting pitchers for game one are to be announced.

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