May 15, 2022 – Pacific Coast League (PCL) – Tacoma Rainiers News Release
Tacoma Rainiers (11-24) vs. Reno Aces (17-18)
Sunday, May 15, 2022, 1:35 p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, WA
LHP Nick Margevicius vs. RHP Corbin Martin
COULDN’T ROLL ME A SEVEN: Despite the Rainiers winning the division by five games over second-place Reno last season, at 82-122 (.402) 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 40-43 at home against the Aces all-time.
GET A KLEW: 2020 American League Rookie of the Year and Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis is 12 days and six games into a Major League rehab assignment with the Rainiers (knee): He’s 8-for-24 (.333) with two homers, six RBI, five runs scored and two walks thus far, with a 1.010 OPS (.385/.625). Lewis has DH’d six times, and played left field once (26 plate appearances).
When Lewis pulverized a solo home run in his first at-bat of the assignment on 5/3 at Salt Lake, he became the first player to homer in his first plate appearance with Tacoma since Jaycob Brugman, on 6/1/19 at El Paso.
FIRST TRIPLE-A AROUND THE BASES: Five Rainiers have hit their first career Triple-A home run this season: Arturo Guerrero (4/17 at ABQ), Kyle Lewis (5/3 at SL), Josh Morgan (4/5 vs. SL), Miguel Perez (5/13 vs. RNO) and Ben Ramirez (4/24 vs. SUG). Lewis was summoned from Double-A Arkansas to make his MLB debut in September of 2019, making his recent rehab assignment his Triple-A debut.
SEA US RISE: With the selection of outfielder and Puget Sound native Steven Souza to Seattle’s roster from Tacoma on Friday, it marked the 10th player to wear both a Rainiers and Mariners uniform this season. Last season, 24 players appeared in at least one game for both Seattle and Tacoma. Of the current Mariners 26-man Major League roster, 1B/DH Mike Ford, RHP Penn Murfee, RHP Wyatt Mills, LHP Danny Young, catcher Cal Raleigh and Souza…
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