Six members of the 2023 Sugar Land Space Cowboys have been named MiLB.com Organizational All-Stars for the Houston Astros as announced by MiLB.com on Monday. The honorees include 1B JJ Matijevic, 2B Pedro León, SS Shay Whitcomb, OF Joey Loperfido, RHP Spencer Arrighetti and LHP Colton Gordon. Matijevic spent the

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Houston Astros. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Sugar Land: 61-89

The second-to-last home stand of the year for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (53-80, 20-38) started with an emphatic 6-0 shutout victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers (80-51, 30-28) on Tuesday night at Constellation Field. LHP Colton Gordon (W, 3-2) got the start for the Space Cowboys and gave up

After falling behind early, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (51-78, 18-36) pulled within a run of the Tacoma Rainiers (69-60, 32-22) on two separate occasions but fell just short in a 5-3 defeat on Thursday night at Cheney Stadium. The Rainiers jumped out to an early lead in the bottom

A walk-off single by JJ Matijevic delivered a 2-1 win for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (48-73, 15-31) over the Reno Aces (68-53, 24-22) on Tuesday night at Constellation Field. On the hill, RHP Spencer Arrighetti got the start for the Space Cowboys. The right-hander encountered his only trouble of

For a second night, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (47-70, 14-28) took a lead into the final third of the game but saw the Round Rock Express (69-47, 25-17) come back to win 6-3 on Thursday night at Constellation Field. RHP Shawn Dubin got the start for the Space Cowboys

Despite taking an early lead and tying it up in the middle innings, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (47-67, 14-25) fell to the El Paso Chihuahuas (51-63, 19-20) in their series finale 7-4 on Sunday evening at Southwest University Park. Bligh Madris singled to begin the first and Marty Costes

An impressive debut on the mound and plenty of hits scattered across the lineup propelled the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (46-63, 13-21) to an 18-1 victory in their series opener against the El Paso Chihuahuas (47-62, 15-19) on Tuesday night at Southwest University Park. Corey Julks reached on throwing error

Trailing 5-1 heading to the bottom of the seventh, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (44-60, 11-18) rallied to send the game to extras before picking up a 7-6 walk-off win over the Tacoma Rainiers (53-51, 16-13) on Wednesday night at Constellation Field. David Hensley sparked the rally with a one-out

A pair of multi-homer efforts was not enough for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (43-60, 10-18) to overcome an early deficit in a 14-7 defeat to the Tacoma Rainiers (53-50, 16-12) on Tuesday night at Constellation Field. Tacoma struck for seven runs in the first, using four straight hits, three

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (43-59, 10-17) got out to an early lead but were unable to prevent a comeback from the Las Vegas Aviators (16-11, 50-51) in a 15-6 loss on Sunday night at Las Vegas Ballpark. The Space Cowboys took advantage of some wildness from LHP Kyle Muller

A squeeze bunt in the ninth inning plated the winning run for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (42-58, 9-16) in a thrilling 6-5 victory over the Las Vegas Aviators (49-50, 15-10) on Friday night at Las Vegas Ballpark. With the game tied at 5-5 in the ninth, Rylan Bannon reached

Big nights from their top four hitters propelled the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (35-48, 2-6) to a 9-5 victory over the Round Rock Express (48-34, 4-4) on Wednesday night at Dell Diamond. The Space Cowboys offense got out to a quick start in the top of the first. Marty Costes

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (34-42, 1-0) kicked off the second half of the Pacific Coast League season with a 4-3 victory over the Oklahoma City Dodgers (50-24, 0-1) on Wednesday night at Constellation Field. RHP Spencer Arrighetti got the start for Sugar Land, his first appearance at Triple-A. The

Outfielder Pedro León hit for the cycle and the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (33-41) bats pounded out 23 hits as part of a 21-6 win over the Salt Lake Bees (36-37) on Saturday night at Smith’s Ballpark. It is the first cycle in the history of the Space Cowboys and

A furious comeback in the ninth inning by the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (32-41) came up short in a 5-2 defeat to the Salt Lake Bees (36-36) on Friday night at Smith’s Ballpark. Trailing 5-0 going to the ninth, Shay Whitcomb started the frame with a solo blast to left,

In a contest that had four ties and five lead changes, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (32-40) were walked off 10-9 by the Salt Lake Bees (35-36) on Thursday night at Smith’s Ballpark. Sugar Land got a quick jump on RHP Chase Silseth as David Hensley doubled to begin the

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (30-37) were held to just five hits in a 5-3 defeat to the Sacramento River Cats (32-35) in front of 7,814 fans on Friday night at Constellation Field, the largest crowd for the ballpark since the Space Cowboys became affiliated in 2021. Sacramento scored one

A bases-loaded walk in the ninth capped a back-and-forth 9-8 win for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (30-34) over the Sacramento River Cats (29-35) on Tuesday night at Constellation Field. The win was the sixth in a row for Sugar Land, the longest winning streak of the season. Heading to

Production from every part of the order helped the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (28-34) pick up a 9-3 win over the Albuquerque Isotopes (24-38) on Saturday night at Isotopes Park. RHP Bryan Garcia pitched out a jam to keep the game scoreless in the first. The righty allowed a single

The pendulum swung one way and then the other in the sixth inning for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (24-34) on Tuesday night in an 11-7 defeat to the Albuquerque Isotopes (24-34) at Isotopes Park. With the game square at 5-5, Shay Whitcomb wasted no time putting the Space Cowboys

For a second consecutive game, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (24-33) gave up a double-digit inning to the Round Rock Express (32-25), falling 20-9 on Sunday night at Dell Diamond. Bligh Madris walked to begin the game and Korey Lee followed with a single. Joe Perez drove in the first

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (24-29) split a doubleheader against the Round Rock Express (28-25) on Wednesday night, dropping Game One 7-6 before winning Game Two 6-4 at Dell Diamond. Game 1 Sugar Land put up a crooked number on the board in the top of the first. Bligh Madris

A two-run ninth inning vaulted the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (23-28) to a 5-4 series-opening victory over the Round Rock Express (27-24) on Tuesday night at Dell Diamond. Trailing 4-3 heading to the top of the ninth inning, JJ Matijevic worked a one-out walk from LHP Grant Wolfram (L, 0-1).

A pair of home runs in the fourth inning helped propel the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (22-28) to a 5-4 win over the Salt Lake Bees (22-29) on Sunday evening at Constellation Field. Sugar Land cracked the board first in the bottom of the third inning. Joe Perez started the