Strahm's Walk-Off Single Gives Sugar Land First Win Of The Season
A back-and-forth battle stayed deadlocked into extras before the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (1-1) walked it off in the tenth to secure their first win of the season over the Round Rock Express (1-1) on Saturday night at Constellation Field. After two scoreless frames to open the day, Round Rock
A back-and-forth battle stayed deadlocked into extras before the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (1-1) walked it off in the tenth to secure their first win of the season over the Round Rock Express (1-1) on Saturday night at Constellation Field.
After two scoreless frames to open the day, Round Rock broke through in the top of the third as Justin Foscue turned on a pitch from Sugar Land LHP Colton Gordon and sent it out, giving Round Rock a 1-0 advantage.
Following four relatively quiet innings, the Space Cowboys answered in the fifth. Cavan Biggio worked a walk to spark the inning, and CJ Alexander followed by getting around on a pitch and driving over the right-center field wall, putting Sugar Land in front 2-1.
CJ Alexander goes yard to give Sugar Land the lead 2-1!🚀 pic.twitter.com/bjmgf8yPHF
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) March 29, 2026
In the eighth inning, Richie Martin Jr. reached on catcher’s interference and Cameron Cauley followed with a walk before Justin Foscue lined a single to left, loading the bases for Round Rock. Willie MacIver then worked a walk, bringing home the tying run and evening the score at 2-2.
With neither side able to break the deadlock, the game remained tied through regulation. In the bottom of the tenth, Jack Winkler lined a single to right field, moving CJ Alexander, who began the inning on second, over to third. With runners on the corners, Kellen Strahm delivered the walk-off single on a ground ball to left, lifting Sugar Land to its first win of the season.
KELLEN STRAHM WALKS IT OFF!!!! Space Cowboys first win of the season!!!! #FirstOfMany 💥💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/IN4DmotTwQ
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) March 29, 2026
NOTABLE:
Saturday night was the Space Cowboys first walk-off victory of the year after Sugar Land collected seven walk-off wins in 2025, including on Opening Night last year.
1B CJ Alexander connected for his first home run with the Space Cowboys, a 377-foot homer to right that left that bat at 105.3 mph
Carlos Perez stole second as part of a double steal in the sixth inning. Pérez stole one base in 111 games with Triple-A Iowa in 2025 in just two attempts.
Cavan Biggio worked two more walks on Saturday night, giving him five total in two games with Sugar Land.
In his first game in the Astros’ organization, 3B Jack Winkler went 2-for-4 with a double. Winkler batted .304 in Spring Training with the Astros.
RHP JP France hurled 2.0 scoreless frames in his first work of the season, striking out two and surrendering only one hit on 30 pitches, 19 strikes.
Sugar Land concludes Opening Weekend presented by Constellation on Sunday afternoon. RHP Spencer Arrighetti is scheduled to start for the Space Cowboys while Round Rock is set to throw RHP Cal Quantrill for a 2:05 pm first pitch. The game can be heard online anywhere at SLSpaceCowboys.com/Listen.
ABOUT THE SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS:
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys are the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and compete in the Pacific Coast League. They began play as the Astros’ Triple-A affiliate in 2021 and began playing under the Space Cowboys brand in 2022, winning their first Triple-A title in 2024 by clinching both the Pacific Coast League Championship and Triple-A National Championship. The Space Cowboys play at Constellation Field, located at the corner of Hwy-6 and US-90 Alternate in Sugar Land, Texas. Follow the team on Twitter (@SLSpaceCowboys), Instagram (@slspacecowboys), Facebook (SLSpaceCowboys) and their official website (slspacecowboys.com). Season ticket plans for the 2026 season are available now and can be purchased at slspacecowboys.com/tickets.