EL PASO – RHP AJ Blubaugh tied his career-high in strikeouts with nine, including five in the first two innings, but the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (1-5, 40-41) could not overcome an early deficit, falling 9-3 against the El Paso Chihuahuas (5-1, 43-38) on Sunday night at Southwest University Park.
Sugar Land put runners on the corners with two outs in the top half of the first as Brice Matthews and Jon Singleton legged out back-to-back infield singles to keep the inning alive, but a strikeout left them stranded.
AlthoughBlubaugh (L, 3-8) fanned two Chihuahuas in the bottom of the first, the Space Cowboys fell behind 2-0 as Nate Mondou hit a two-RBI single. Blubaugh responded by striking out the side in the second, running his ledger to five punchouts through two innings…