Five-Game Winning Streak Ends Friday Night
Sugar Land 8 El Paso 5 – Friday WP: Bowman (1-2) LP: Pena (4-4) S: Scott (4) Time: 3:10 Attn: 4,615 The Sugar Land Space Cowboys scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night to break a late tie and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-5.
Sugar Land 8 El Paso 5 – Friday
WP: Bowman (1-2)
LP: Pena (4-4)
S: Scott (4)
Time: 3:10
Attn: 4,615
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night to break a late tie and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-5.
El Paso center fielder Tirso Ornelas reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks. Right fielder Yonathan Perlaza went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. It was his 49th double, which leads all of professional baseball. The last Pacific Coast League player with 50 doubles in a season was David Cooper’s 51 for the Las Vegas 51s in 2011.
Friday’s loss ended El Paso’s five-game winning streak. Andrew Moore pitched a scoreless relief inning in his Triple-A debut for El Paso. Friday’s game had five lead changes. Former Chihuahuas pitcher Tayler Scott picked up his fourth save of the season for Sugar Land.
Box Score: Gameday: Chihuahuas 5, Space Cowboys 8 Final Score (09/19/2025)
Team Records: El Paso (80-67, 42-30), Sugar Land (72-75, 33-39)
Next Game: Saturday at 6:05 p.m. Mountain Time at Constellation Field. El Paso LHP Jackson Wolf (6-3, 5.56) vs. Sugar Land LHP Trey Dombroski (0-1, 7.71). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.