The Tacoma Rainiers are happy to be leaving Oklahoma City, and they won’t be carrying any wins with them. The RedHawks held on for a 1-0 shutout victory Friday evening at Bricktown Ballpark, completing a four-game series sweep of the Rainiers.
The Tacoma Rainiers have hit a speed bump in Oklahoma City. Winners of 12 of the prior 13 games heading into the series, Tacoma has lost three in a row to the RedHawks, including a 3-1 decision Thursday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Oklahoma City coaching staff called it a “snatcher.” That seems like a good word for what the RedHawks did to the Tacoma Rainiers on Wednesday afternoon at Bricktown Ballpark. Trailing by six runs with two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Oklahoma rallied for to tie and then won the game in the tenth inning, 7-6.
OKLAHOMA CITY — After a long, tiring travel day, the last thing the Tacoma Rainiers’ hitters needed to see was a whole bunch of 98 mph fastballs.
Corey Patterson had been on the Tacoma roster for only a few hours Monday afternoon when he stepped up for a pivotal at-bat against the Reno Aces.
It’s not hard to find Stefen Romero’s name in the statistics from Oregon State’s 2010 baseball season. It’s at or near the top in multiple categories.
Three innings of shutout relief preserved the win Sunday for starter Jimmy Gillheeney as the Tacoma Rainiers scored a 6-5 victory over the Reno Aces — their 11th win in the last 12 games.
Two pretty rare events have happened involving Tacoma baseball this past week: a double-digit win streak and a midseason managerial change.
If James Paxton continues to pitch like he did Friday against the reigning Triple-A champion Reno Aces, he won't have to spend much time in Tacoma. The left-hander retired the first 13 Aces he faced to earn his second win, and the Rainiers held off Reno, 7-6, in front of 5,801 at Cheney Stadium.
Five hours before the first pitch Thursday night at Cheney Stadium, the rooms adjacent to the Rainiers’ clubhouse reflected the vagabond nature of pro-baseball lifers.
Five hours before the first pitch Thursday night at Cheney Stadium, the rooms adjacent to the Rainiers’ clubhouse reflected the vagabond nature of pro-baseball lifers.
Goodbye, sizzling April. Hello, good-start May. Tacoma continued to build on its Pacific Coast League-best record – now 17-10 – by rallying for a 4-2 victory over Tucson in front of 2,909 spectators at Cheney Stadium on Wednesday night.
Pitcher Jimmy Gillheeney was called into the Jackson Generals coaches office on Sunday and scolded for messing up the pitching charts.
rainiers 4, Padres 1
LAS VEGAS — Led by several of the Seattle Mariners’ top prospects, the Tacoma Rainiers have won five straight games for the first time in nearly two years.
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