May 14, 2022 – Pacific Coast League (PCL) – Tacoma Rainiers News Release
Tacoma Rainiers (11-23) vs. Reno Aces (16-18)
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 5:05 p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, WA
RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (3-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Dan Straily (1-2, 6.43)
WILSON’S WORLD: The Rainiers won consecutive games for the first time this season on Friday, with their second walk-off win (and walk-off homer) of 2022, defeating Reno 8-6 to even this series at two games apeice.
Tacoma had two-out, three-run homers in consecutive innings; Miguel Perez in the third and Marcus Wilson in the fourth. The table was set with a pair of walks on both occasions; with the game tied 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Wilson collected his fourth and fifth RBI of the night with his second homer, and with seven on the season, pulled within one of Zach Green for the club lead. It was the third two-homer game and the first five-RBI game for a Rainiers player this season.
Tacoma did not allow a hit after the sixth inning; a Rainiers relief tandem of Patrick Weigel (2.0 IP) and Matt Koch (1.0 IP, win) combined to strike out four over the final three frames.
COULDN’T ROLL ME A SEVEN: Despite the Rainiers winning the division by five games over second-place Reno last season, at 82-121 (.404) since 2009, the Aces are by far Tacoma’s worst matchup in that span, since the Reno franchise relocated from Tucson, Arizona following the 2008 season. The Rainiers are 40-42 at home against the Aces all-time.
IT AIN’T EASY BEING…: Tacoma corner INF Zach Green has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games dating to April 24, with five homers, a triple, two doubles, 16 RBI and an .839 OPS (.551 SLG), while scoring 11 times. His eight home runs lead the club, and tie him for fifth-most in the league. Green also has the fifth-most RBI in the PCL, with 26. He has the fourth-most extra-base hits in the league (16), and the sixth-most total bases (66). He’s batting .275 since 4/24 and has homered in four of six games.
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