Sugar Land Space Cowboys Defeat Sacramento River Cats, 4-3

LHP Josh Hendrickson tossed a career high 7.0 innings as the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (29-38) evened their series against the Sacramento River Cats (39-26) winning 4-3 on Friday night at Constellation Field.

Sugar Land struck first in the bottom of the second. Cavan Biggio, Carlos Pérez, and Tommy Sacco Jr. each singled to load the bases before Riley Unroe connected on a base hit, scoring Biggio and giving the Space Cowboys a 1-0 lead. Zach Dezenzo then worked a bases loaded walk, extending the advantage to 2-0.

Sacramento plated two runs of their own in the top of the third, using a walk, single, double and sacrifice fly to even the score at 2-2. Hendrickson settled in after the River Cats rally, retiring 13-in-a-row and 14 of the next 15 from the second through the seventh, turning in the longest outing of his affiliated career. The left-hander allowed just four hits and three runs while striking out five, keeping Sugar Land in position to reclaim the lead.

The Space Cowboys broke through in the seventh inning. Dezenzo drew his second walk of the night and Trenton Brooks followed with a single before Zach Cole lined a base hit to left field, bringing home the go-ahead run. Sugar Land added another run later in the frame when Biggio and Pascanel Ferreras connected on back-to-back singles, pushing the lead to 4-2.