Rainiers beat the Padres, 8-7

Published on July 29, 2012 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Tucson Padres News Release


Tucson reliever Miles Mikolas overthrew catcher Rocky Gale on an intentional walk pitch gone awry in the ninth inning Saturday, allowing Darren Ford to score from third base with two outs. The bizarre play broke the tie in the ninth and helped the Rainiers beat the Padres, 8-7. The Padres had a single by Andy Parrino and a walk from Jedd Gyorko in the bottom of the ninth, but Stephen Pryor struck out Vince Belnome to end the game.

The Padres took a 2-1 lead in the first inning on an RBI groundout by Gyorko and a sacrifice fly by Matt Clark. Three innings later Ford hit a grand slam for Tacoma, part of his 4-for-5 night with six RBIs. The Padres trailed 7-4 in the sixth when Gale hit a two-run single to get Tucson within one. Third baseman Alex Liddi misplayed Daniel Robertson's ground ball one batter later, allowing Tucson to tie the game. Danny Farquhar and Bobby LaFromboise combined to shut down the Padres in the seventh and eighth innings.

The Padres and Rainiers have squared off five days in a row and all five contests have been decided by one run. Clark and manager Terry Kennedy were ejected in the sixth when home plate umpire Clint Fagan called Clark out on a check swing attempt without asking for an appeal from a base umpire.

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