RHP Jason Alexander (W, 4-0) posted 5.2 scoreless innings while Luis Castro and Jesús Bastidas each blasted two-run homers, carrying the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (39-36) to a 5-2 wire-to-wire win against the Las Vegas Aviators (49-26) on Sunday night at Constellation Field.
After making his first start with the Houston Astros this season on Tuesday, Alexander took the mound against Las Vegas and wiggled out of a two-on no-out jam in the first with two strikeouts and a lineout.
The Space Cowboys jumped on the Aviators in the bottom of the first as Brice Matthews was hit by a pitch before Castro ambushed an first-pitch fastball 358-feet to left as Sugar Land took an early 2-0 lead. Later in the inning, Omar Narváez roped a double down the right-field line, and with out in the inning, Collin Price pierced an RBI single up the middle as the Space Cowboys extended their advantage, 3-0…