AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Gamblers continued to dominate their inaugural homestand on the second day of PBR Team Series Gambler Days in Austin, Texas, as they won their eighth-straight game and second of the weekend inside Moody Center, beating the Texas Rattlers in the night’s final game, 252.75-168.5.
Starting off the night, the Kansas City Outlaws rebounded from their Friday night loss to upset the scoreless Missouri Thunder, 251-0.
In the second game on Saturday night, the Carolina Cowboys earned their second win of Gambler Days as they outlasted the Oklahoma Freedom, 175-84.5.
The Arizona Ridge Riders took home a victory by riding four bulls in the highest-scoring game of the night against the Nashville Stampede, 344.25-258. The Arizona Ridge Riders are one of three teams to enter Sunday’s competition with a 2-0 record at PBR Gambler Days.
PBR Gambler Days continues Sunday, Aug. 28 at 12:15 p.m. CT as the eight teams go head-to-head for the finish. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and PBR.com, at the Moody Center Box Office, or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.
PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer replays of all the PBR Team Series action from Austin. For a behind-the-scenes look at the creation and launch of the new league, tune in to PBR Team Series: Getting the Job Done, presented by ZipRecruiter, Thursdays on PBR RidePass on Pluto TV at 8:30 p.m. ET, starting Sept. 1. Check https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/pbr-ridepass for the latest programming schedule.
Carolina Cowboys: 175
Oklahoma Freedom: 84.5
In a battle between two winning teams from night one of PBR Gambler Days, the Carolina Cowboys parlayed rides in the first and third frames into their seventh win of the 2022 PBR Team Series season, edging the Oklahoma Freedom 175-84.5.
Fan favorite Chase Outlaw (Hamburg, Arkansas), who made his season debut on Friday night, rode with heart and try to put the Oklahoma Freedom first on the board with 84.5 points on Mad Child (Joe & Nina Webb/BS Cattle). In the bottom of the first, Ramon De Lima (Rio Branco, Brazil) immediately answered for the Carolina Cowboys in a rematch on Bobkat (Bob Whisnant/Shaw Cattle Co/Hilton Bull Co). Lima was scored 85.75 points to give the Cowboys a 1.25-point lead.
After a scoreless second frame, the Freedom’s Deklan Garland (Foster, Oklahoma) faced Choctaw Bingo (TNT Bingo) and was bucked off the powerful, twisting bull in 5.62 seconds. In the bottom of the third frame, Boudreaux Campbell (Crockett, Texas) dominated Razzmatazz (M Rafter E/High View Cattle) on a textbook ride for a huge 89.5 points to give the Cowboys a 175-84.5 lead, which stood up when Derek Kolbaba (Walla Walla, Washington) and Eli Vastbinder (Statesville, North Carolina) both failed to make the 8 for the Freedom.
The Carolina Cowboys (7-5) will seek their third game win in Austin on Sunday afternoon as they take on the host and league No. 1 team, the Austin Gamblers (9-3). The Oklahoma Freedom (4-8) will attempt to rebound when they play the Missouri Thunder (7-5).