Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes - 8/1 vs. Sacramento
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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes - 8/1 vs. Sacramento

Published on August 1, 2026 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


TODAY'S GAME - 8/1 vs. Sacramento

FIRST PITCH - 6:05 PM at Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA

PITCHING MATCHUP - Tacoma LHP Jhonathan Díaz (6-7, 6.35) vs. Sacramento LHP Seth Lonsway (0-4, 7.09)

ROSTER MOVES: The Tacoma Rainiers, in conjunction with the Seattle Mariners, have made the following roster moves:

DEL OF Stuart Fairchild - contract selected by Seattle

BROADCAST - TV: Bally Sports Live App/MiLB.TV RADIO - KIXI 880

THE RAINIERS: Fell 10-1 to Sacramento on Friday night...the River Cats scored seven of their 10 runs over the first two innings, adding on two more in the fourth inning and one more in the fifth to lead 10-0...Tacoma scored its lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning on a Victor Labrada solo home run...Charlie Beilenson, Peyton Alford and Reid VanScoter combined to throw 4.0 shutout innings of relief in the loss.

THE WISE MAN LEAVES THE YARD: INF Patrick Wisdom hit his league-leading 27th home run of the season on Thursday night, the most for a Rainiers hitter through 106 games since at least 2005...Wisdom's .804 SLG and 1.213 OPS also rank as the best for a Rainiers hitter (min. 100 PA) in a single season since 2005...since he was optioned to Tacoma on June 18, Wisdom has been one of the most dominant hitters in the PCL, ranking among league leaders in a number of categories:

AVG

1 Hill, T .371

2 Robinson, K .356

3 Bliss, R .354

4 Locklear, T .349

5 Wisdom, P .347

HR

1 Wisdom, P 15

2 Buelvas, B 9

2 Veen, Z 9

4 Biggio, C 8

4 Paris, K 8

RBI

1 Wisdom, P 38

2 Fernandez, J 31

3 Veen, Z 30

4 Whitcomb, S 28

5 2 tied 27

SLG

1 Wisdom, P .814

2 Veen, Z .654

3 Locklear, T .639

4 White, T .600

5 Buelvas, B .598

OPS

1Wisdom, P 1.236

2Locklear, T 1.088

3Condon, C 1.008

4Paris, K 1.001

5 Veen, Z 1.000

TB

1 Wisdom, P 96

2 Veen, Z 83

3 Hill, T 73

4 Bliss, R 69

5 Paris, K 68

GARICA'S GOT IT GOING: RHP Nick Garcia threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief on Wednesday night, recording all four outs via strikeout...dating back two appearances prior on July 21 at Reno, Garcia has recorded each of his last eight outs by strikeout... dating back to June 25, the right-hander has not allowed a run in nine of his last 10 appearance (3ER on July 25), going 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA in that span, walking six to 19 strikeouts...in his last outing on Wednesday, Garcia touched 97.2 miles per hour, his fastest pitch of the season...

LABRADA LOCKED IN: OF Victor Labrada connected on his sixth home run of the season, and second in as many days, on Friday night, the fifth time in his career he's homered in back-to-back games, and first since May 3-4, 2025 with Double-A Arkansas...Labrada is batting .333 (15x45) in his last 14 games...Labrada has tallied a hit in 14 of his 17 July games, hitting .309 this month with nine extra-base hits (6 2B, 3B, 2HR), tied for the fourth-most in a month in his career...his .564 SLG in July is the best of any month in his career (min. 50 PA).

MONTH-TO-MONTH: Now that July is in the books, here are the Rainiers stats by month this season:

Month AVG R 2B 3B HR BB SO SB OBP SLG OPS

Mar/Apr. .249 124 54 2 27 124 235 26 .338 .393 .731

May .262 143 53 2 32 124 239 21 .360 .425 .785

June .267 146 52 4 38 89 183 39 .345 .471 .816

Jul .287 146 56 7 36 102 205 23 .369 .497 .866

Month W L ERA IP ER HR WHIP BB/9 K/9 AVG

Mar/ Apr 15 15 3.68 259.0 106 18 1.30 4.07 8.44 .229

May 8 19 4.93 239.0 131 31 1.51 3.80 7.83 .277

June 12 13 4.63 219.2 113 27 1.38 3.24 8.52 .265

Jul 10 14 6.06 211.0 142 35 1.61 4.05 7.85 .293

LIVE, LAZ, LOVE: Coming out of the All-Star Break, OF Lazaro Montes has hit .327 (17x52), with seven doubles, two home runs and six RBI over that 13-game span, leading the league with his seven doubles, tied for the lead with nine extra-base hits, ranking sixth with 30 total bases and ninth with 17 hits in that time...Montes has also reached base at a .390 clip in that span, slugging .577 for an .967 OPS...Montes has recorded a hit in 11 of his last 13 games, six of which have been multi-hit efforts.

PEREDA PARTY: C Jhonny Pereda finished one of the best months of his career in July, hitting .379 (22x59), the best month of his career by batting average (min. 50 PA), collecting eight doubles and one home run, driving in 11, with the eight doubles the most he's tallied in a month in his career...Pereda's .463 OBP, .569 SLG and 1.032 OPS in July are all the second-best of any month in his career (min. 50 PA), trailing only August of 2025 with Triple-A St. Paul, when he reached base at a.516 clip and slugged .630 for an 1.146 OPS.

ARROYO OFF TO THE RACES: INF/OF Michael Arroyo has been one of the better hitters in the PCL since his Triple-A debut on July 7... in that time, Arroyo ranks fourth in the PCL with 27 hits, fifth with18 RBI and sixth with 42 total bases...Arroyo is has hit .565 (13x23) against left-handed pitchers, hitting two doubles, a triple and home run, driving in seven...Arroyo's 13 hits against lefties in that time are the second-most in the minor leagues...Arroyo has reached base in 16 of his first 18 games with Tacoma, driving in a run in 10 of them.

MARINERS UPDATE: The Mariners fell 5-3 on Friday night to Minnesota...Cal Raleigh gave Seattle a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run double...Minnesota tied the game in the top of the second inning, but Cole Young struck back with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning to put the Mariners back on top, 3-2...the Twins took the lead in the seventh inning with a pair of runs, adding on one more in the eighth to win 5-3.

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