The Sugar Land Space Cowboys head to the Biggest Little City in the World with a share of the PCL lead as they face the Reno Aces
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-7) share the Pacific Coast League lead as they go to Greater Nevada Field on Tuesday to open a six-game series with the Reno Aces (11-9). The Space Cowboys come off taking four of six games last week from the Round Rock Express, losing Sunday’s series finale. Reno enters the series after winning five of six on the road against the Salt Lake Bees. The Houston Astros’ sixth-ranked prospect, per MLB Pipeline, plays at Sugar Lake in outfielder/infielder Joey Loperfido, a 24-year-old old taken in the seventh round of the 2021 draft. The Aces have the No. 10 prospect in baseball, 21-year-old shortstop Jordan Lawlar, whom the Arizona Diamondbacks chose sixth overall in the same 2021 draft.
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Game Date: April 23, 2024
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Loperfido enters the series slashing .260/.359/.688 with a PCL-leading 10 home runs to go with 24 RBI. Shortstop Jesús Bastidas, 25, paces the Space Cowboys with a .323/.434/.694 slash line to go with five homers and 19 RBI.
Lawlar has yet to play this season for Reno after undergoing surgery on a torn ligament in his right thumb that landed him on the 60-day injured list. Jorge Barrosa, a 23-year-old outfielder ranked No. 12 in the Arizona organization, slashes .308/.438/.462 with a homer and 10 RBI. Kyle Garlick, 32, leads the club with seven home runs and 21 RBI.
A.J. Blubaugh (2-0), a 23-year-old right-hander ranked eighth in the Houston chain, opens the series for Sugar Land. In three appearances and two starts over 15.1 innings, Blubaugh has a 0.59 ERA and 0.65 WHIP with 19 strikeouts. The Aces had not declared a starter for Tuesday.
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