Sugar Land outlasts Salt Lake in 10 innings behind Johnson, Biggers hits

Johnson’s first hit in a Sugar Land uniform came in the 10th inning and snapped a deadlock. Jax Biggers followed with another run-scoring knock, and the Space Cowboys escaped Salt Lake with a 7-4 win Sunday at The Ballpark at America First Square.

That finish mattered because the Bees had already stolen back momentum. Sugar Land led 4-1 after seven innings, then watched Salt Lake claw level with a run in the eighth and Donovan Walton’s two-run homer to tie it at 4-4. In a league where one inning can flip the script, the Space Cowboys answered immediately and did it with the kind of poise that separates a clean win from a wasted lead.

The early damage came from the middle of Sugar Land’s order. James Nelson walked in the first and scored on Carlos Pérez’s RBI single, then Collin Price added a second-inning homer for a 2-0 lead. Salt Lake got one back on Jeimer Candelario’s RBI single in the third, but Sugar Land pushed again in the fifth when Biggers singled and CJ Alexander doubled him home after a Salt Lake error helped create the opening. Price added another RBI in the seventh, giving Sugar Land a cushion that looked enough until the Bees forced extra innings.

Once the automatic runner entered the equation, Johnson made the biggest swing of the night. Cavan Biggio started the 10th at second, and Johnson ripped a go-ahead double for his first hit with the club after signing as a minor-league free agent that same day. Biggers then added an RBI infield single, and Sugar Land kept the inning alive long enough to turn Salt Lake’s pressure into a three-run burst. Roddery Muñoz finished the bottom of the 10th with a scoreless frame to lock down the 7-4 final.

The win moved Sugar Land to 13-8 and left the Bees at 8-13 as the teams split the six-game set 3-3. It also fit the bigger season trend between the clubs: Sugar Land had dominated Salt Lake in 2025, going 12-3 and outscoring the Bees 87-54. Price’s night was another steady piece of the lineup, extending his on-base streak to nine games and leaving him 7-for-19 in the series with a double, a homer and 11 total bases. Sugar Land heads home to Constellation Field next for a six-game series against Round Rock.