SUGAR LAND, TX (July 30th, 2025) – The Tacoma Rainiers (59-45, 21-8) took second-straight over the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (51-50, 12-14) with 8-6 win on Wednesday night at Constellation Field. With the win, Tacoma maintains first place in the PCL and extends a 3.5-game lead over El Paso in the standings.
Similar to the opener, Tacoma struck first by plating a run in the first inning. Rhylan Thomas laced a one-out single before swiping the first of seven stolen bases for Tacoma on the night. With his 16th stolen base of the year, Thomas was brought in on a single from Harry Ford to give Tacoma a 1-0 lead.
Sugar Land scored all six of their runs in the first two frames. The Space Cowboys scored five runs on four singles and a homer in the bottom of the first inning. Back-to-back RBI singles from Omar Narvaez and Luis Castro plated the first two runs before a three-run homer from Cesar Salazar extended a 5-1 lead. In the second inning, Jeremy Pena hit a solo blast to left field on Major League Rehab for Houston to give Sugar Land a 6-1 advantage. Casey Lawrence went on to post zeros after that, ultimately earning his sixth winning decision with 6.2 innings allowing six runs on nine hits while striking out two. He did not issue a walk in his 12th start for Tacoma…