Sidewinders Fall Short in 6-4 Loss to Tacoma

Published on April 25, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Tucson Sidewinders News Release


Tucson, AZ - Tucson fell to Tacoma 6-4 at Tucson Electric Park on Friday Night. The Sidewinder's had five doubles in the game, two of them coming from Jamie D'Antona who went 3-for-5 in the game but failed to drive in a run as Tucson left 13 men on base.

Tacoma put up one run in the first when Jeff Clement grounded out to second and brought in Jeremy Reed from third. The Sidewinders came back off a Tim Raines Jr. RBI double, his fifth of the season.

The Rainiers put two runs up in the fourth from a Bryan LaHair RBI double to left and a sac fly by Yung Chi Chen, giving the Tacoma a 3-1 lead. Tucson cut the lead to one in the fourth when a Wilkin Castillo grounder brought in Trot Nixon.

Tacoma put one up in the fifth to add to the lead, but Tucson came back and tied it when Josh Whitesell hit a 2 RBI double over the center fielder's head. Tucson could not take the lead though, and Tacoma put up tallies in the sixth and seventh to give them a 6-4 edge.

Tucson had a chance to send it into extra innings or get the win in the ninth. With bases loaded and two outs, Jesus Merchan hit a one hop liner to shortstop that Owaldo Navarro gloved and flipped to second base to end the game and give the Sidewinders their second loss of the series.

The Sidewinders will face the Tacoma Rainiers in Tucson starting at 6:30 PM on Saturday night. LHP Evan MacLane (0-2, 4.05) is scheduled to start for Tucson. Right-hander Andrew Baldwin (0-1, 3.38) will start for the Rainiers. The game will air live on COOL 1450 beginning at 6:20 a.m.

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