Sugar Land 9 El Paso 6 - Friday
WP: Hendrickson (4-2)
LP: Sears (4-2)
S: Murray (5)
Time: 2:54
Attn: 5,752
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys won their fourth straight game in El Paso Friday night, defeating the Chihuahuas 9-6. It was El Paso's season-long fifth consecutive loss.
Chihuahuas right fielder Carlos Rodríguez went 1-for-5 with a two-run single, extending his hitting streak to 13 games. Third baseman Clay Dungan went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Sugar Land's Cavan Biggio had a single and a walk Friday and has a .667 on-base in 21 plate appearances in the series.
The Chihuahuas' bullpen retired the final 10 Space Cowboys. Logan Gillaspie didn't allow any baserunners in his two-inning relief outing for El Paso. Alek Jacob and Garrett Hawkins also pitched scoreless outings out of the Chihuahuas' bullpen.
Team Records: Sugar Land (27-34), El Paso (25-36)
Next Game: Saturday at 6:35 p.m. Mountain Time at Southwest University Park. Sugar Land RHP Ryan Weiss (0-2, 6.62) vs. El Paso LHP Fernando Sanchez (0-1, 6.75). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.
