Space Cowboys Come Back Late to Win Saturday

Sugar Land 7 El Paso 5 – Saturday *
*WP: Garcia (2-3)
LP: Duron (1-3)
S: Gomez (1)
Time: 2:41
Attn: 7,481

Sugar Land’s Rylan Bannon hit a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning in the Space Cowboys’ 7-5 win over the El Paso Chihuahuas Saturday night. It was the second grand slam allowed by El Paso pitching this season.

San Diego Padres outfielder David Dahl led off the top of the first inning with a 400-foot home run to right field and had two hits in the game. Dahl has had two hits in both of his MLB injury rehab games with the Chihuahuas in the series. Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and is now 0-for-8 in two MLB injury rehab games against El Paso.

Chihuahuas starter Matt Waldron pitched five shutout innings. Waldron has allowed one or fewer runs in three of his last four starts. The Chihuahuas have had leads in the seventh inning or later in three of their four losses in the series. The last six games between El Paso and Sugar Land have all been decided by one or two runs. Saturday’s game had a 34-minute rain delay in between the first and second innings.

Box Score: Chihuahuas 5, Space Cowboys 7 Final Score (05/13/2023) on Gameday (milb.com)

Team Records: El Paso (16-22), Sugar Land (16-21)

Next Game: Sunday at 1:05 p.m. Mountain Time from Constellation Field. El Paso TBA vs. Sugar Land LHP Nick Allgeyer (0-0, 11.57). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.