April 26 Game Notes: Tacoma Rainiers vs. El Paso Chihuahuas

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

TACOMA RAINIERS (14-9) vs. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS (10-13)

Friday, April 26 – 6:05 PM (Game One) – Cheney Stadium – Tacoma, WA

GAME ONE: LHP Dallas Keuchel (2-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Nolan Watson (3-1, 4.57)

GAME TWO: RHP Michael Mariot (1-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Gabe Mosser (0-1, 189.00)

TONIGHT’S GAMES: With last night’s game getting postponed due to rain and inclement weather, Tacoma and El Paso are set to play a doubleheader tonight. Dallas Keuchel will get the ball for the Rainiers in game one, set to make his fourth start of the year. The southpaw is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA through his first three starts, allowing four earned runs on 10 hits including two home runs while walking two batters and striking out nine. In his 16.0 innings pitched, opponents are hitting just .179 against him. Opposite Keuchel will be Nolan Watson getting the start for the Chihuahuas. Watson is 3-1 with a 4.57 ERA through five starts this year, allowing 11 earned runs on 19 hits and six walks while striking out 22 batters over 21.2 innings pitched. The right-hander will face Tacoma for the first time in his career, not facing the Rainiers through his first 17 Triple-A games. Game two will see Michael Mariot square off against Gabe Mosser. Mariot is 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA in four starts for the Rainiers this season, allowing nine earned runs on 13 hits and five walks while striking out 12 in his 18.0 innings pitched. He has limited opponents to just a .197 batting average against him, throwing at least 4.0 innings in each of his first four starts. Mosser has made just one start for the Chihuahuas, and he will look to put it behind him in tonight’s contest. The righty allowed seven earned runs on five hits and three walks, recording just one out. He enters play tonight with an 0-1 record and a 189.00 ERA.

ONE MAN SHOW: Michael Chavis stayed hot for the Rainiers in Wednesday’s win, bringing in both of Tacoma’s runs. The infielder went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs batted in, raising his batting average on the year to .308. Chavis has now hit safely in eight of his last nine games, recording two or more this in six of the eight contests. Over the nine-game stretch, the 28-year-old is hitting .417 (15-for-36) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, five home runs and 10 runs batted in. He has also taken three walks compared to seven strikeouts, bumping his on-base percentage up to .488. With seven of his 15 hits over the last nine games…