Bastidas Homers, But Offense Quiet In Close Contest
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (51-28, 2-2) started off the scoring early, but could not fight off the Tacoma Rainiers (45-34, 2-2) in a tight 3-2 loss at Constellation Field on Friday night. On the second pitch he saw, lead-off man Jesús Bastidas pulled a home run to left field
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (51-28, 2-2) started off the scoring early, but could not fight off the Tacoma Rainiers (45-34, 2-2) in a tight 3-2 loss at Constellation Field on Friday night.
On the second pitch he saw, lead-off man Jesús Bastidas pulled a home run to left field to give the Space Cowboys a quick lead in the bottom of the first. It was Bastidas’ 17th homer of the year and his fourth lead-off bomb for Sugar Land. Tacoma responded the next frame with a pair of runs off spot-starter RHP Cesar Gomez to catapult them to a 2-1 lead.
BASTY BOMB 💣 pic.twitter.com/fr1mtmlYZ4
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) June 29, 2024
In the bottom of the third, with Bastidas on second base and Grae Kessinger at the plate, Kessinger tapped a pitch from RHP Casey Lawrence (W, 5-6) through the hole between third base and shortstop into left field, tying the game up at two.
When the sixth frame rolled around, Tacoma took the advantage of a two-out single off LHP Parker Mushinski (1-1) in his third inning of work to score Samad Taylor at third.
Other than scattering seven hits, the Space Cowboys offense was unable to scrape anything across the plate other than the first and third inning, with the Tacoma pitching staff retiring the final 13 Sugar Land batters that came to the plate. Pedro León saved the Space Cowboys from extra-bases trouble twice; once in the third off the bat of Jason Vosler and the other in the seventh, when León dove to his right to catch a sinking liner from Luis Urías.
Just dime after dime from Pedro León in the outfield.@ESPNAssignDesk x #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/uxmNarb8tU
— Sugar Land Space Cowboys (@SLSpaceCowboys) June 29, 2024
The Space Cowboys will take on the Tacoma Rainiers as the Dulces de Sugar Land on Saturday night. LHP Colton Gordon (4-0, 4.67) will take the mound in a 7:05 pm CT first pitch against Tacoma’s RHP Emerson Hancock (2-1, 1.91). The game can be heard on ESPN 92.5 FM or online here and seen on MiLB.TV, MLB.TV or Bally Live.
ABOUT THE SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS:
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys are the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and compete in the Pacific Coast League. They began play as the Astros Triple-A affiliate in 2021 and began playing under the Space Cowboys brand in 2022. The Space Cowboys play at Constellation Field, located at the corner of Hwy-6 and US-90 Alternate in Sugar Land, Texas. Follow the team on Twitter (@SLSpaceCowboys), Instagram (@slspacecowboys), Facebook (SLSpaceCowboys) and their official website (slspacecowboys.com). Fans can purchase full-season and partial-season plans, as well as single-game tickets, by visiting slspacecowboys.com/tickets.