Wagner Drives In Three In Fourth Of July Victory
Despite starting off the game in a 3-0 hole, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (55-30, 6-4) fought back to take the 7-4 win against the Round Rock Express (42-42, 5-5) at Constellation Field on Thursday night. A leadoff double in the second from Sam Huff provided some trouble for LHP
Despite starting off the game in a 3-0 hole, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (55-30, 6-4) fought back to take the 7-4 win against the Round Rock Express (42-42, 5-5) at Constellation Field on Thursday night.
A leadoff double in the second from Sam Huff provided some trouble for LHP Colton Gordon. A wild pitch and a walk put runners on the corners for Jax Biggers, who knocked a double into the right-field corner to score one. Gordon secured the next two outs but gave up two runs on a double from Justin Foscue to put Round Rock up 3-0.
Luke Berryhill started off the third inning with a double in the right-center gap. A groundout moved Berryhill over to third base and Shay Whitcomb reached first after getting hit by a RHP Adrian Sampson sinker on the first pitch of the at bat. Will Wagner drove in the first Sugar Land run of the night on a base hit to the opposite field. A single from Pedro León loaded up the bases for Quincy Hamilton, who drew a walk bring the Space Cowboys within one. Dixon Machado sent a fly ball deep enough to allow Wagner to race home and knot the game up at three.
Waggy puts us on the board! pic.twitter.com/INVsqBPf4d
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) July 5, 2024
“I was just trying to see the ball up and, make something happen, and put the ball in play,” said Wagner on his two-hit night. “That’s what I did, and good things happen.”
RHP Forrest Whitley (W, 2-0) held the Round Rock offense hitless after taking over in the sixth for Gordon, and the game remained tied until the bottom of frame, when a single from David Hensley and a double from Jesús Bastidas put two runners in scoring position for Wagner. LHP Blake Taylor relieved RHP Daniel Robert (L, 3-1) for a lefty-on-lefty matchup, but Wagner prevailed as the designated hitter knocked in the go-ahead runs for Sugar Land with a single to center, surging the Space Cowboys past Round Rock at 5-3.
STARS AND STRIPES AND EAGLES AND WILL WAGNER#SetTheCourse pic.twitter.com/z0fwKBaLAt
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) July 5, 2024
In the bottom of the eighth, León tacked on a couple more runs with a two-run bomb to left-center, his 14th of the year, to give the Space Cowboys a 7-3 lead. RHP Wander Suero, in to close out the game for the ninth, surrendered a solo shot on the second pitch he threw, but recovered to get two groundouts and a strikeout to end the game and hand Sugar Land the 7-4 victory.
makes me want a hot dog reeeeal bad pic.twitter.com/Eqr0HYIL4v
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) July 5, 2024
The Space Cowboys will play the second of a three-game set with Round Rock Friday night. Sugar Land’s LHP Eric Lauer (2-2, 6.21) will take on Round Rock’s RHP Jack Leiter (4-3, 3.67) for a 7:05 pm CT first pitch. The game can be heard on ESPN 92.5 FM or online here and seen on MiLB.TV, MLB.TV or Bally Live.
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.