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Whitcomb Makes History In Series Opener

Hendrickson Fans Seven For Second Consecutive Start
By Raymond Brown/Sugar Land Space Cowboys
July 28, 2026

Shay Whitcomb belted the fourth grand slam of his Sugar Land career as the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (20-8, 52-50) powered past the Salt Lake Bees (10-18, 49-53) 9-2 in the opener of their six-game series on Tuesday night at Constellation Field. After two scoreless innings, Sugar Land broke through

Shay Whitcomb belted the fourth grand slam of his Sugar Land career as the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (20-8, 52-50) powered past the Salt Lake Bees (10-18, 49-53) 9-2 in the opener of their six-game series on Tuesday night at Constellation Field.

After two scoreless innings, Sugar Land broke through in the third. Cavan Biggio worked a two-out walk before Pascanel Ferreras was hit by a pitch and Joey Loperfido drew a walk to load the bases. Whitcomb then launched the Space Cowboys' third grand slam of the season, giving Sugar Land a 4-0 lead.

The Space Cowboys added five more runs in the fourth to blow the game open. Trenton Brooks and Matt Thaiss drew consecutive walks before Edwin Díaz was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Biggio then connected on a two-run single, Ferreras followed with a sacrifice fly to right and Loperfido capped the inning with a two-run home run to center, extending the Sugar Land advantage to 9-0.

LHP Josh Hendrickson delivered another strong outing, keeping the Bees off the board through five innings. Salt Lake pushed across two runs in the sixth, but that was all Hendrickson would allow as he finished 5.2 innings with seven strikeouts. The left-hander posted seven punchouts for the second consecutive start, earning his eighth win of the season.

The Sugar Land bullpen took care of the rest. RHP Sam Carlson fired 1.1 hitless innings with three strikeouts before RHP JP France worked a scoreless eighth striking out two. RHP Julio Rodriguez closed out the victory with a scoreless ninth, working around an error while striking out two to finish the game.

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