AtL Sugar Land Space Cowboys

Skeeters Wrap up Perfect Spring Training Slate with 3-1 Win

Published on April 21, 2015 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Sugar Land Space Cowboys News Release


SUGAR LAND, TEXAS- The Sugar Land Skeeters wrapped up the Spring Training slate with a perfect 5-0 record, thanks to a 3-1 win on a beautiful Tuesday night at Constellation Field. Derek Blacksher picked up the win, throwing a perfect sixth inning while Roy Merritt earned the save by striking out a pair in the top of the ninth. Austin Eichman was saddled with the loss for the Pioneers.

Shortstop Beamer Weems paced the offense with a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored. The Baylor alum led the team in the preseason with a blistering .625 average. Dan Meadows got the start, going three innings, yielding one hit and one walk while striking out three.

The Skeeters cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the second after Eichman plunked Kevin Russo with one out. Edwin Gomez continued his hot preseason with a double down the right field line, allowing Russo to score standing up from first and stake Sugar Land a 1-0 lead.

The hometown team increased the lead in the bottom of the fifth as Weems led off the frame with a single into left. Brooks Conrad pulled a one-out pitch to the right side before Delwyn Young reached on a hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Travis Scott just missed a grand slam, flying out to the warning track in right, allowing Weems to score on the sacrifice fly. Sugar Land couldn't pad the cushion further as Young was picked off at first base.

Fireworks flew in the bottom of the sixth as Denny Almonte took the first offering from Kyle Craft over the wall in right for a solo home run and increase the lead to 3-0 for the Skeeters.

The Skeeters open up 2015 on Thursday, April 23, against the Lancaster Barnstormers. Season tickets and special game plans are still available for the 2015 campaign. Sign up today by calling the box office at 281-240-4487 to join the swarm.

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About the Sugar Land Skeeters

The Sugar Land Skeeters are led by former Major Leaguer Gary Gaetti and play at Constellation Field, a state-of-the art stadium located at the intersection of State Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 90A in Sugar Land.

The Skeeters play 140 regular season games in the Atlantic League, considered the highest level of Minor League Baseball. Atlantic League players are "Major League ready" and in the last 16 years, over 600 players have graduated from Atlantic League clubs to Major League organizations, making the League a preferred route for experienced players to be scouted by Major League Baseball.

Skeeters on ESPN3

In 2014, the Sugar Land Skeeters announced their ground-breaking, minor league baseball agreement with ESPN, for the exclusive rights to place games on its digital and television networks.

All 2015 home games will be produced live and may be accessible online at WatchESPN.com and SugarLandSkeeters.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

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