Published on September 12, 2025 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release
SOUTH JORDAN, UT – The Tacoma Rainiers (80/61-42/24) homered twice en route to a 7-4 win over the Salt Lake Bees (62-78-/33-33) in game three of the series on Thursday night at The Ballpark at America First Square. With the win, Tacoma remains in first place in the second-half PCL standings, 4.0 games ahead of Sacramento.
Tacoma struck first in game three, driving in a run in the top of the second. Jack Lopez was hit by a pitch with two outs on the board then raced in to score on a double from Samad Taylor (25) to put Tacoma up 1-0.
The Bees quickly tied the game in the bottom of the third inning. Yolmer Sanchez reached on a fielding error before moving to third on a single from Cavan Biggio. Nelson Rada brought in the Bees first run with a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game at one.
Salt Lake snagged the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. With two outs, Chad Stevens reached on a single and an error to stand in scoring position. Chad Wallach brought in the go-ahead run with an RBI single to put the Bees up 2-1.
The Rainiers regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning. Taylor led off with a single to reach, then after a pair of outs, Ben Williamson came to the plate and lifted a two-run blast (5) to right field to give Tacoma a 3-2 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Bees tied the game once again. Back-to-back singles from Rada and Christian Moore put runners on the corners for Niko Kavadas to bring in the tying run with a sacrifice fly to right field to knot it up at three.
Leody Taveras launched a solo blast with two-outs in the top of the seventh inning to power Tacoma back to the lead. With his ninth homer with the Rainiers, Tacoma led 4-3. Taveras tacked on insurance in the following inning to bring in his second and third RBI of the night. Taylor tripled (7) with one out before Rhylan Thomas worked a walk and swiped second (31). With two in scoring position, Taveras brought them both in with a single along with an error issued to the Bee’s left fielder to pad a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Chad Wallach clubbed a solo homer with two outs to make it a two-run game but Tacoma added on another run to extend the advantage in the ninth. Jacob Nottingham doubled (5) with one-out then came in to score on a single from Jack Lopez to extend the lead to three. Troy Taylor came in for Tacoma in the ninth inning and worked…
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