Space Cowboys Drop Sunday Night Contest With Dodgers
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (34-46, 1-4) allowed two pairs of early runs to the Oklahoma City Dodgers (54-24, 4-1) in an 8-2 defeat on Sunday night at Constellation Field. RHP Jairo Solis (L, 1-3) got into a jam in the first when Drew Avans walked, Michael Busch singled and
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (34-46, 1-4) allowed two pairs of early runs to the Oklahoma City Dodgers (54-24, 4-1) in an 8-2 defeat on Sunday night at Constellation Field.
RHP Jairo Solis (L, 1-3) got into a jam in the first when Drew Avans walked, Michael Busch singled and Bryson Brigman reached on a fielding error, loading the bases with no outs. A walk to Kole Calhoun forced in the first run and a single from Ryan Ward made it 2-0 Dodgers. Solis would leave the bags full though, striking out two and induing a weak flyout to center to end the frame.
Three solo home runs between the second and third opened up a 5-0 advantage for Oklahoma City. Sugar Land would crack the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth when JJ Matijevic connected for a solo home run, his ninth of the year, bringing Sugar Land within four at 5-1. It was the lone run allowed on the night by RHP Matt Andriese (W, 6-4), who gave up just three other hits and did not walk a batter over six innings of work for Oklahoma City.
The Dodgers added single tallies in the sixth, seventh and eighth to widen their advantage to 8-1. A single by Shay Whitcomb in the ninth and a double from Korey Lee plated the other run of the game for Sugar Land, but a flyout to deep right by Quincy Hamilton closed the game for the Dodgers.
Sugar Land concludes their six-game set with the Dodgers on Monday evening at Constellation Field. RHP Kyle McGowin is slated to toe the rubber for the Space Cowboys while LHP Mike Montgomery is scheduled to pitch for Oklahoma City for a 6:35 pm first pitch. The game can be heard on ESPN 92.5 FM or online here and seen on MiLB.TV.
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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.