June 26 Game Notes: Tacoma Rainiers at Sugar Land Space Cowboys

June 26, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release

TACOMA RAINIERS (43-33) @ SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS (50-26)

Wednesday, June 26 – 5:05 PM PT – Constellation Field – Sugar Land, TX

LHP Rob Kaminsky (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Conner Greene (5-1, 3.93)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rainiers and Space Cowboys will play game two of their series tonight, with Sugar Land leading the series after taking the opener last night. Rob Kaminsky will get the start for Tacoma, set to make his first start and second appearance of the season for the Rainiers. In his first game of the year, back on June 21, the southpaw spun a scoreless inning. He walked two and struck out a batter, inducing a double play to get out of trouble. Tonight will be his first start in professional baseball since he made a spot-start last year for the Rainiers, on May 10 against Reno. Opposite Kaminsky will be Conner Greene taking the ball for Sugar Land, set to make his second start in his 23rd appearance of the year. Greene enters play tonight with a 5-1 record and a 3.93 ERA through his first 22 games, allowing 15 earned runs on 33 hits and 15 walks. He has fanned 36 batters over his 34.1 innings pitched, throwing 92 of his 139 total pitches this year for strikes. The 29-year-old’s longest outing of the season came back on May 3 when he threw 3.0 innings against El Paso.

KEEP IT IN THE YARD: Over Tacoma’s last two games, they have allowed eight home runs, including six given up by the starting pitchers. Their six home runs allowed in Sunday’s finale against the Aviators tied the most they have allowed in a single game all season. Last night, Sugar Land got two long balls in the same inning, doubling their lead from 3-0 to 6-0 in the fifth inning. After six home runs allowed in the last two games from Tacoma’s starting pitchers, they have now given up 58 deep balls on the season. Just over 10% of the Rainiers’ starters’ total home runs surrendered this season have now come in the last two games, as Casey Lawrence allowed four over three innings pitched, and Michael Mariot gave up six in his six innings pitched.

BACK IN ACTION: Tyler Locklear rejoined the Tacoma Rainiers last night, going 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts out of the cleanup spot. With the hitless outing, the first basemen snapped an eight-game hitting streak he was riding from the last time he was with Tacoma. In that 10-game stint, Locklear hit .323 (10-for-31) with two doubles, a triple and a home run. He…