July 5 Game Notes: Tacoma Rainiers at Salt Lake Bees

July 5, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release

TACOMA RAINIERS (47-38) @ SALT LAKE BEES (37-47)

Friday, July 5 – 5:35 PM PT – Smith’s Ballpark – Salt Lake City, UT

RHP Michael Mariot (4-5, 5.79) vs. LHP Jose Suarez (0-0, -.–)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rainiers and Bees continue their series tonight, with the six-game series currently tied at two games apiece after the first four games. Michael Mariot will take the ball for Tacoma, set to pitch in his 16th game and make his 13th start of the season tonight. The right-hander enters play tonight with a 4-5 record and 5.79 ERA over that span, allowing 39 earned runs on 58 hits and 13 walks. He has struck out 54 batters in his 60.2 innings while opponents are hitting .252 against him. Opposite Mariot will be Jose Suarez getting the start for Salt Lake, set to make his first start of the season for the Bees. Suarez went 1-2 with an 8.15 ERA in 18 games (one start) for the Los Angeles Angels prior to getting designated for assignment on June 17 and sent outright to Salt Lake on June 24. Over his 35.1 innings in the big leagues, the southpaw allowed 32 earned runs on 44 hits and 22 walks, striking out 37 batters.

TRENDING THE RIGHT DIRECTION: Since his outing on June 1, Ty Buttrey has lowered his ERA in each outing, allowing five earned runs over his last 10 games including six consecutive scoreless outings. The right-hander had an ERA of 12.00 after allowing three earned runs on three hits and a walk while recording just two outs in his June 1 outings against Sacramento. Since then, his ERA has lowered to 8.88 on the year, and he threw another scoreless frame last night. Buttrey allowed one hit, his first since June 25.

DOUBLE OR NOTHIN’: Tacoma clubbed five doubles in last night’s loss to Salt Lake, the most they have hit in a single game all season. They had previously recorded four doubles in a game five times this season, most recently on June 8 against Reno. Four different players doubled last night, as Cade Marlowe led the way with two, the eighth time this year a Rainiers player has doubled twice in a single game. The other three doubles came from Tyler Locklear, Leo Rivas and Jake Slaughter.

BACK-TO-BACK: Jason Vosler capped off a four-run first inning for Tacoma last night with a three-run home run, giving him deep flies in back-to-back games. It marked the third time the utility-man has gone deep in back-to-back games this year and the 11th time a Rainiers hitter has…