PCL Tacoma Rainiers

Rainiers Drop Third Straight in Albuquerque, 5-2

Published on April 15, 2022 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


Albuquerque, NM - The Tacoma Rainiers (3-7) slipped to 1-3 on their first road trip of the 2022 season on Friday night in Albuquerque, as the homestanding Isotopes (4-6) dispatched the visitors in only two hours and 14 minutes by a 5-2 final.

Albuquerque led first for a third consecutive night. Fresh off his first career five-hit game, former Rainiers infielder Tim Lopes led off the game with a double and later scored on a groundout. It was 3-0 for the hosts after two innings, following a two-run double by Wynton Bernard.

In the fifth the Isotopes tacked on two more with three hits, featuring another Lopes double and an Elehuris Montero RBI single.

'Topes starter Zach Neal logged five innings for the winning decision, surrendering only one of Tacoma's three hits. He did not walk a batter, and struck out three. (Donovan Walton doubled in the fourth.)

Trailing 5-0 in the sixth, Tacoma's first run scored after a Mason McCoy leadoff walk and a Billy Hamilton RBI grounder, his first run driven in with the club. (Hamilton collected his first hit with the Rainiers in the eighth, a single.) Joe Odom finished the scoring and made it 5-2 in the seventh with his second home run of the series, a no-doubter to the left field alley that traveled an estimated 452 feet.

The penultimate game of the series and road trip will be on Saturday at 5:35 p.m. PT. RHP Darren McCaughan will make his third start of the year for Tacoma. RHP Ryan Feltner will get the nod for Albuquerque.

Rainiers broadcaster Mike Curto will have full coverage on TacomaRainiers.com. All 2022 Rainiers games, home and away, can also be heard for free on the MiLB First Pitch app. HD video broadcasts of every home game can be viewed with a MiLB.TV subscription.

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