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Round Rock Falls Short to Sugar Land on Opening Night, 4-2

Space Cowboys Offense Strikes Early to Take Season Opener
By Eli Vaupen/Round Rock Express
March 30, 2024

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Express (0-1) dropped its first contest of the season to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (1-0) on Friday night by a final score of 4-2 in the team’s 2024 season opener at Dell Diamond. Round Rock starter RHP Owen White (0-1, 9.00) took

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Round Rock Express (0-1) dropped its first contest of the season to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (1-0) on Friday night by a final score of 4-2 in the team’s 2024 season opener at Dell Diamond.

Round Rock starter RHP Owen White (0-1, 9.00) took home the loss after his 4.0-inning outing saw four earned runs, four hits and six strikeouts. The win went to Sugar Land RHP Logan VanWey (1-0, 0.00), who threw 1.2 shutout innings in relief of starter RHP Spencer Arrighetti.

Along the Train Tracks:

  • Sugar Land took an early 2-0 lead when CF Joey Loperfido hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning and scored RF Quincy Hamilton, who had reached on a leadoff walk.
  • The Space Cowboys plated another run in the second inning when C Cesar Salazar scored on Hamilton’s RBI double to make it 3-0.
  • 2B Jesus Bastidas would score the fourth and final Sugar Land run of the night on Lopertido’s RBI flyout in the top of the fifth.
  • Round Rock’s offense got the bats going in the bottom of the ninth, plating two runs scored by 3B Davis Wendzel and DH Matt Duffy on a two-RBI double from RF Sandro Fabian.

E-Train Excerpts:

  • Friday’s Opening Night saw a total attendance of 10,193 Express fans.
  • Express DH Matt Duffy, CF Derek Hill, LHP Chasen Shreve, and LHP Blake Talyor all saw their first action in a Round Rock uniform. Duffy went 1-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored, while Hill went 0-3 with a hit by pitch. Shreve and Taylor each threw one shutout inning in relief.
  • After Friday’s loss, Round Rock falls to 9-15 overall on Opening Day.

Next up: Round Rock and Sugar Land are set for game two on Saturday, March 30 at Dell Diamond, with RHP Jack Leiter (--) scheduled to make his home Triple-A debut for the Express against Space Cowboys RHP Misael Tamarez (--).

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