July 10 Game Notes: Tacoma Rainiers at Albuquerque Isotopes

July 10, 2024 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release

TACOMA RAINIERS (50-38) @ ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES (32-56)

Wednesday, July 10 – 11:05 AM PT – Isotopes Park – Albuquerque, NM

RHP Casey Lawrence (5-6, 5.44) vs. RHP Tyler Danish (1-6, 7.36)

TODAY’S GAME: Tacoma and Albuquerque are set to play game two of their six-game series today, with Casey Lawrence getting the nod for the Rainiers. Lawrence comes into today’s contest with a 5-6 record and a 5.44 ERA through his first 16 starts this season. He has allowed 57 earned runs on 114 hits and 24 walks, striking out 68 batters over his 94.1 innings. The veteran is coming off back-to-back quality starts against Sugar Land on June 28 and Salt Lake on July 3. Opposite Lawrence will be Tyler Danish taking the ball for the Isotopes, entering play today with a 1-6 record and a 7.36 ERA through 10 games (nine starts) this season. He has allowed 30 earned runs on 56 hits and 28 walks while striking out 26 batters in his 36.2 innings, allowing opponents to hit .359 against him. Danish’s longest outing of the year was his second, back on May 1 against Round Rock when he tossed 5.2 innings.

FASTEST TO 50: Last night’s victory gave Tacoma their 50th win of the season, improving their record to 50-38. It is the second time this season they have been 12 games over the .500-mark, with the last time occurring at 43-31. More impressively, July 9 was the fastest the Rainiers have gotten to 50 wins in over 10 seasons. The last time they reached 50 wins before July 9 was on July 2, 2013, after a 10-4 victory over Colorado Springs put their record at 50-36. Interestingly, both Colorado Springs and Albuquerque (the two teams Tacoma got their 50th wins against) were affiliated with the Colorado Rockies at the time of those wins. Tacoma’s overall record of 50-38 is first overall in the Pacific Coast League west division, two games over Sacramento. They are just the second team to reach the 50-win-mark in the PCL, as Sugar Land has 56 wins compared to 31 losses.

BACK-AND-FORTH: Last night’s series opener was a crazy game, as both offenses continued to climb back and give their team the lead. It started in the second inning, when Tacoma tied it 1-1 and Albuquerque answered with a three-run frame to take the lead. The Rainiers fought back with a run in the fourth and three in the fifth to go up 5-4, but the Isotopes again answered, tying it in the fifth with a run of their own. Tacoma went up in the sixth with…