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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: August 26 @ Portland
The Rainiers start a five-game series with the arch-rival Portland Beavers tonight. Here are the official game notes:
Omaha Outslugs Rainiers
Last night, the Cheney Stadium faithful
got to see 20 runs, 28 hits, eight doubles and three home runs. Unfortunately,
most of those stats fell on the Omaha Royals’ side of the ledger, as they
downed the Rainiers 13-7.
The first inning of the slugfest followed
the same pattern as the first two games of the series: Omaha pulls out to an
early lead, only to see it evaporate in the bottom half of the first frame. The
Royals battered Tacoma lefty starter Chris Seddon for three runs on a single, a
double, three walks, a wild pitch and a balk. But Seddon’s offense picked him
right back up in the bottom half, plating a trio of its own.
With one out, second baseman Matt
Tuiasosopo drew a walk from Omaha ace Lenny DiNardo, and took second on a Mike
Carp single. Third baseman Chris Shelton then annihilated the third pitch he
saw from DiNardo to the base of the wall in center for a double, taking third
when Tim Raines, Jr., bobbled the ball twice off the wall. Shelton then came
home on a Bryan LaHair RBI single to left.
The Royals (52-72) began to pull away,
scoring single runs in the fourth and the fifth on a home run by Raines–his
second of the day–and a run-scoring double play by Kila Ka’aihue, but it was the
seventh inning that sealed the deal.
Third baseman Alex Gordon–just optioned
to Omaha from Kansas City–led off the frame with a ground ball single to
center, and was followed by two one-out walks to Ka’aihue and catcher J.R.
House by reliever Denny Stark. Rather than taking a few pitches from Stark,
designated hitter Brian Buchannan slugged Stark’s second offering just fair
down the left field line for a grand slam, putting the Royals up 10-3.
Omaha added three more runs in the eighth
on Raines’ second circuit shot of the night, a three-run, two-out shot to
right.
The Rainiers (61-65) came back in the
bottom of the inning to make things interesting though, with Tuiasosopo
crushing his 13th double of season to lead off the frame and taking third on a
fly out to center by Carp. A Shelton walk and a Bryan LaHair RBI double spelled
the end for DiNardo, who was lifted for reliever Carlos Rosa. Rosa promptly
gave up two straight RBI singles to Mike Wilson and Alex Cintron and then walked
to Adam Moore to load the bases.
Rosa was able to strike out shortstop
Oswaldo Navarro and force center fielder Jerry Owens to ground into a force out
to second to end the threat.
Notes: The Rainiers fell to 6.5 games back of first-place Colorado Springs in the race for the PCL Pacific North title as the Sky Sox doubled up Oklahoma City 6-3. Tacoma remained in second place, though, despite a 7-0 victory by third-place Salt Lake, which remains 7.5 games back.
Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: August 17 vs. Iowa Cubs
Game Notes:
CompleteRainiersGameNotes_August17.pdf
Cubs Survive Late Charge in Win
One good turn deserves another, and
yesterday afternoon, the Iowa Cubs got a measure of revenge for their series-opening
loss to the Tacoma Rainiers, dealing the hometown nine a 4-0 defeat of their
own despite some ninth-inning drama.
The Cubs (62-59) did all of their
scoring early, touching up Rainiers starter Andy Baldwin for four runs on four
hits and an uncharacteristic five walks from Tacoma’s 2008 King of the Hill.
Iowa shortstop Darwin Barney led off the
top of the third with a walk, and took second on a single by center fielder Matt
Camp. Both runners advanced into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by second
baseman Andres Blanco, and Barney came in to score on a sacrifice fly to right
off the bat of Micah Hoffpauir.
But just like Saturday night, it was
the fourth inning that proved to be the Cubs’ biggest frame, as they scored
three runs on two walks, two singles and an error by Matt Tuiasosopo.
Right fielder Brad Snyder led off the fourth by working a six-pitch walk from Baldwin, and took second when
Tui was unable to handle a shot up the third base line by catcher Chris
Robinson. After a one-out walk to Nate Spears loaded the bases, Barney rapped
the first pitch he saw for a groundball RBI single to second. Camp followed
with a single of his own, lofting a soft liner to left to plate Robinson and
Spears, finishing off the scoring for the visiting Cubs.
But the Rainiers (59-63) refused to quit.
Vince Perkins hit right fielder Mike Wilson to lead off the bottom of the ninth,
then gave up a line-drive single to second baseman Alex Cintron. After a Jamie Burke
groundball erased Cintron, manager Daren Brown decided to use his ace in the
hole, pinch-hitting big Brad Nelson for shortstop Oswaldo Navarro. Iowa
countered by putting in southpaw John Gaub to face the 6-foot-2, 265-pound
lefty slugger, who has hit .278 with six homers and 23 RBI since the All-Star
Break.
Nelly battled Gaub every step of the way,
fouling off three pitches and using his superior batting eye to work a full count
from the 24-year-old reliever, but on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Gaub got
the better of Nelson, getting him to pop out to second.
The next Rainiers batter to step up to
the plate was equally as dangerous: center fielder Prentice Redman, who owns 16
longballs of his own. Like Nelson, Redman was able to work the count full, but
struck out swinging on the sixth pitch of the at-bat to end the game.
Tacoma’s Pink in the Park jersey auction was a huge
success, drawing in over $2,300 towards a cure for breast cancer. Tui’s jersey sold for $300 dollars, and Wilson’s jersey drew the second-most
money, going for $220.
Notes: Second baseman Alex Cintron went 3-for-4 on the day with his fourth double of the season … Cintron extended his hitting streak to four games, and is now hitting .385 over his past 10 games … Matt Tuiasosopo went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to seven games, and is hitting .333 (8-for-24) with two doubles, two home runs, seven runs and five RBI during his streak … The Colorado Springs Sky Sox defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 5-3 today to pull to five games ahead of the Rainiers and the Salt Lake Bees in the race for the PCL Pacific North … Tacoma and Salt Lake remain tied in second place after the Bees fell 7-6 at Oklahoma City.
I-Cubs Tally High Five in Fourth
Tacoma Rainiers
starting pitcher Chris Seddon had been nearly unhittable since the All-Star
Break, but last night the Iowa Cubs were able to solve the high-kicking
southpaw enigma, plating five runs in the fourth inning to down the Rainiers
7-4 at Cheney Stadium, knocking the Tacoma to 4.5 games back in the tight race
for the PCL Pacific Northern Division.
The Rainiers
(59-62)–still riding high after Brandon Morrow’s complete-game shutout the
night before–got out to a hot start, pulling out to a 3-1 lead in the first
three innings.
Second baseman Matt
Tuiasosopo got the offense going in the bottom of the first, clubbing a one-out
double to left and moving to third on a groundout by first baseman Mike Carp.
Third-sacker Chris Shelton plated Tui with a fly-ball single to center for his
68th RBI of the season, putting the Rainiers up 1-0.
The Cubs (61-59)
answered back in the top of the second. With one down, Tui’s counterpart Luis
Rivas lined a double to left and advanced to third on a Bobby Scales groundout.
Catcher Steve Clevenger then singled on a hot shot to second, putting men at
second and third with two outs. Rivas came home when Seddon skipped his fourth
offering to shortstop Darwin Barney for a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the
frame, slugging designated hitter Bryan LaHair–hitting a blistering .327 since
the All-Star Break–cracked his 25th home run of the year, a moon shot that
snuck between the top of the right center field wall and the scoreboard. Not to
be outdone, left fielder Mike Wilson crushed a double to deep center and took
third on a single by shortstop Alex Cintron. Catcher Adam Moore then hit a
sharp grounder to third baseman Andres Blanco, who juggled the ball before
bouncing a throw home, allowing Wilson to score.
Iowa then touched up
Seddon for a five-run fourth in which Seddon loaded the bases with no outs on a
single by Snyder, another double by Rivas and a walk to Scales. Clevenger then
drove in two a groundball single to right, which was juggled by Prentice
Redman, who bounced his throw in to the infield for his first error in 141
games–a streak that stretched back to July 3 of last season. Barney then
reached on an error by third baseman Chris Shelton, which was followed promptly
by a bases-clearing double by So Taguchi.
Carp made things
interesting in the bottom of the eighth, launching his 13th homer of the season
to cut the lead to 6-4, but a ninth-inning circuit shot by Micah Hoffpauir and
a two-inning save by Blake Parker sealed the deal for the Cubs.
Notes: Bryan LaHair’s
second-inning home run extended his career single-season high for roundtrippers
to 25 … LaHair’s previous career-best came in 2002, when he clubbed 22 for the
Inland Empire 66ers … Shortstop Alex Cintron went 2-for-4 on the night to pace
the Rainiers attack … Cintron is now hitting .333 (13-for-39) over his past 10
games.
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