Minor league baseball is back! See the results to Opening Day below.
AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (0-1) lost 7-4 (BOX SCORE)
Sugar Land opened up their season at home against Round Rock. Cole got the scoring started with a leadoff homer. Alexander added an RBI single in the 2nd inning to make it 2-0. Jason Alexander got the start and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits over 2.2 innings. In the 6th, Sugar Land tied it up on a Whitcomb RBI single. After Round Rock scored a run in the 7th, Perez would tie things up with a solo HR in the bottom of the inning. Round Rock took the lead in the 8th getting a 3 run HR off of Cosgrove and the offense was quiet the rest of the way as Sugar Land fell 7-4.
- Zach Cole, CF: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Shay Whitcomb, 3B: 2-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
- Carlos Perez, DH: 3-for-5, R, HR, RBI
- Cavan Biggio, 1B: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB
- CJ Alexander, LF: 1-for-4, RBI
- Jason Alexander, RHP: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- Amos Willingham, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Enyel De Los Santos, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Hudson Leach, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Logan VanWey, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Tom Cosgrove, LHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Sam Carlson, RHP: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (—)
A+: Asheville Tourists (—)
A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (—)
Today’s minor league starters:
SL: Colton Gordon – 6:05 CT
CC: OPENING DAY APRIL 2
AV: OPENING DAY APRIL 2
FV: OPENING DAY APRIL 3
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