Chris Mariscal of the Tacoma Rainiers

Tacoma Drops Series Opener to El Paso on Thursday

Tacoma, WA - Kristopher Negron and Jaycob Brugman each notched two hits and an RBI on Thursday, but the Tacoma Rainiers were defeated by the El Paso Chihuahuas at Cheney Stadium, 10-4. El Paso (45-27) scored nine runs across the first five frames against Tacoma (34-39) right-handed starter Tyler Cloyd (1-6). The 32-year-old struck out five and walked two in 4 1/3 innings before handing the ball over to Ryan Garton. Garto... Full Story