July 6 Game Notes: Tacoma Rainiers at Salt Lake Bees

July 6, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release

TACOMA RAINIERS (48-38) @ SALT LAKE BEES (37-48)

Saturday, July 6 – 5:35 PM PT – Smith’s Ballpark – Salt Lake City, UT

RHP Blas Castano (1-0, 1.50) vs. LHP Reid Detmers (2-2, 5.70)

TONIGHT’S GAME: Tacoma and Salt Lake will play the sixth and final game of their series tonight, with the Rainiers in search of the series win. Blas Castano will take the ball for Tacoma, set to make his second start of the series and overall for Tacoma. Back on Monday in the series opener against Salt Lake, Castano was lights out, allowing just one run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 6.0 innings. He earned the win, entering play tonight with a 1-0 record and a 1.50 ERA with Tacoma. Opposite Castano will be Reid Detmers toeing the rubber for the Bees, set to make his first start of the series and sixth of the season for Salt Lake. The southpaw enters play tonight with a 2-2 record and a 5.70 ERA, allowing 19 earned runs on 32 hits and nine walks while striking out 41 batters in his 30.0 innings pitched. Detmers has gone at least 5.0 innings in all five of his starts, tossing quality starts in three of the five outings.

ONE SHY: Spencer Packard went 3-for-4 with a run scored, a home run and five runs driven in last night, bringing in half of Tacoma’s 10 runs as a team. The long ball was Packard’s second of the season and his Triple-A career, while his five RBI gave him nine on the season. Five runs batted in came one shy of tying Tacoma’s record for RBI in a single game this year, as Brian Anderson drove in six runs on May 23 against Las Vegas. Packard enters play tonight leading Tacoma in batting average, hitting .321 (17-for-53) over his first 14 games.

ROUNDING SECOND: Bryce Teodosio collected yet another triple last night, giving him nine on the year. He nine triples not only leads Salt Lake and the Pacific Coast League, but they are the most for any player in full-season Minor League Baseball. Teodosio has had an excellent first season in Triple-A, hitting .294 (70-for-238) with 14 doubles, nine triples, five home runs and 31 runs driven in through 68 games. He has been particularly good against Tacoma, hitting .375 (21-for-56) with four doubles, five triples, two home runs and 10 runs driven in in 16 games. Teodosio has played in 24% (16-of-68) of his games this season against Tacoma and in that span, has hit 56% (5-of-9) of his triples on the year, collected 33%…