E-Train Rally Falls Short in Game Two Against Space Cowboys
Published on July 5, 2023 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Round Rock Express News Release
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express (4-4 | 48-34) were defeated by the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (2-6 | 35-48) by a final score of 9-5 at Dell Diamond on Wednesday night. The E-Train's winning streak over Sugar Land was halted at five games after the loss.
Express starter RHP Seth Nordlin (0-1, 9.00) took home the loss after 4.0 innings of work that saw four earned runs on seven hits. Space Cowboys reliever RHP Joel Kuhnel (1-0, 1.69) earned the win after allowing just one hit and recording two strikeouts in 1.1 innings of relief.
Along the Train Tracks:
Sugar Land scored two runs in the top of first after CF Marty Costes led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from DH Jon Singleton. With two out, LF J.J. Matijevic launched a solo home run to cap off the inning.
In the third inning, Costes tripled again, scoring 1B Luke Berryhill, who had led off with a single. The Space Cowboys made it a 4-0 game on a shallow single from Singleton that plated Costes.
Round Rock got on the board in the fourth after a sacrifice fly from SS Jonathan Ornelas scored C Sam Huff.
The visitors saw another home run in the fifth inning when Singleton's solo shot put them ahead 5-1. Express LF Sandro Fabian and 3B Davis Wendzel each answered in the bottom of the frame with solo home runs of their own to keep Round Rock in the game 5-3.
Sugar Land SS Shay Whitcomb smacked a three-run home run to extend the lead to 8-3 in the seventh after the two batters before him had reached base via a hit by pitch and single. 2B Pedro Leon then scored LF JJ Matijevic to put the Space Cowboys up 9-3.
The Express started a two-out rally in the ninth after loading the bases on a single, walk and hit by pitch. 2B Justin Foscue doubled in two runs, but a pop up in foul territory ended the game and the 9-5 score stood final.
E-Train Excerpts:
Express starter RHP Seth Nordlin made his first start of the season at the Triple-A level on Wednesday and threw 4.0 innings that saw seven hits and four runs with no walks and no strikeouts.
Round Rock 3B Davis Wendzel launched his team-high 16th home run of the season on Wednesday, which was his first home run in 12 games. His last longball was hit on June 17 against El Paso.
After allowing four runs by the Space Cowboys in the seventh inning, Round Rock continues to see a negative run differential in late innings and have now been outscored 70-47 in the seventh inning.
Next up: Round Rock will face the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in game three at Dell Diamond on Thursday, with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CT. Express RHP Taylor Hearn (1-2, 4.15) is slated to face Space Cowboys LHP Nick Allgeyer (3-2, 5.09).
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