Sugar Land Snags 4-3 Win Over Round Rock on Wednesday

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Express (5-4 | 42-41) fell 4-3 to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (5-4 | 54-30) as they celebrated Independence Day Wednesday night at Dell Diamond.

Round Rock starter RHP Gerson Garabito (1-4, 2.98) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs to score on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 5.2 innings. Sugar Land starter RHP A.J. Blubaugh (6-2, 3.66) got the win, posting 5.0 innings that saw three runs, four hits, four walks and six punchouts. Space Cowboys RHP Wander Suero snagged his 17^th save of the season with a shutout ninth inning that included one walk.

Along the Train Tracks:

• Sugar Land opened the scoring in the top of the second inning after CF Pedro León scored from second on a sacrifice fly to deep center field from C Omar Narváez to make it 1-0.
• 3B Shay Whitcomb knocked a two-run homer just over the left center field fence in the top of the third inning, driving in SS Jesús Bastidas to increase the Space Cowboys advantage to 3-0.
• Round Rock got on the board in the bottom of the third frame thanks to consecutive RBI singles by SS Ezequiel Duran and 1B Blaine Crim to cut it to 3-2.
• A double by CF Jose Barrero knotted it at three for the Express, as 3B Jax Biggers scored his second run of the game in the fourth inning.
• RF Quincy Hamilton broke the tie with a solo home run into the Round Rock bullpen to put Sugar Land back in front, 4-3 in the top of the sixth inning. The Express put six runners on base throughout the final four innings, but couldn’t plate anyone as the Space Cowboys secured the 4-3 win.

E-Train Excerpts:

• After Wednesday night’s loss, Round Rock is 12-12 in Independence Day Celebration games at Dell Diamond.
• Express SS Ezequiel Duran recorded his first Triple-A hit and RBI since September 27, 2023, which also came against Sugar Land. On Wednesday, Duran went 1-for-5 with one RBI.
• With three walks on Wednesday, E-Train 3B Jax Biggers has now reached base multiple times in four consecutive games. During this stretch, Biggers has gone 5-for-10 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, six runs and five walks with just one strikeout.
• RHP Josh Sborz made his seventh Major League rehab appearance and threw 1.1 shutout innings in relief. Sborz struck out two batters while on the bump..

Next up: The Express and Space Cowboys travel to Sugar Land for the second half of their six-game set on Thursday night at Constellation Field. Express RHP Adrian Sampson (8-4, 5.19) is slated to start up against Space Cowboys LHP Colton Gordon (4-0, 4.56). First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. CT.

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