The Sugar Land Skeeters trailed 2-0 early but scored eight unanswered runs to come back and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-2 Thursday.
It was the first game of the Chihuahuas’ final home series of the 2021 season.
Patrick Kivlehan had his second straight multi-hit game Thursday, going 2-for-4 with a home run. It was his 20th home run of the year, making him the 11th Chihuahuas player in team history to hit 20 homers in a season.
El Paso’s other run came on an RBI double by shortstop Matt Batten.
Sugar Land’s Jeremy Pena had a double, triple and home run through five innings but did not hit a single in the remainder of the game to clinch a cycle.
Houston Astros pitcher Pedro Báez pitched a scoreless inning on MLB injury rehab Thursday. The Skeeters retired the final 12 batters of the game.
Next Game:Â Friday at 7:05 p.m. at Southwest University Park. Sugar Land LHP Jonathan Bermudez (2-0, 1.46) vs. El Paso TBA.
The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.
Sugar Land 8 El Paso 2  Box Score  |  Records: Sugar Land (72-49, 1-0 in Final Stretch), El Paso (46-75, 0-1 in Final Stretch)
WP: Báez (1-0) | LP: Scholtens (3-9) | S: None | Time: 3:25 | Attn: 5,705
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