Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes - 8/11 vs. Reno
Published on August 11, 2026 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release
TODAY'S GAME - 8/11 vs. Reno
FIRST PITCH - 12:05 PM at Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA
PITCHING MATCHUP - Tacoma RHP Houston Roth (2-3, 5.28) vs. Reno LHP Yu-Min Lin (6-8, 5.59)
ROSTER MOVES: The Tacoma Rainiers, in conjunction with the Seattle Mariners, have made the following roster moves:
ADD RHP Carlos Vargas (#18) - Major League rehab assignment transferred to Tacoma
ADD RHP Nolan Kingham (#25) - assigned to Tacoma
DEL C Jakson Reetz - placed on the Temporary Inactive List
DEL RHP Casey Lawrence - released
BROADCAST - TV: Bally Sports Live App/MLB.TV (MiLB Game of the Day)/MiLB.TV RADIO - KIXI 880
THE RAINIERS: Welcome the Reno Aces to town for the final time this season for a six-game series...Tacoma picked up a series win on the road at Las Vegas last week, their first in Las Vegas since September of 2022...Tacoma took the series finale 8-5 on Sunday, despite trailing 4-0 after three innings...the Rainiers plated three runs in the top of the third inning, getting an RBI double from Michael Arroyo and a two-run home run from Patrick Wisdom...Tacoma took the lead in the sixth after Arroyo homered to tie the game, Connor Joe and Stuart Fairchild drove in runs to put Tacoma on top 6-4...Brock Rodden hit his 19th home run of the season in the top of the ninth inning to give Tacoma an 8-4 lead...the Aviators got one run back in the ninth inning, but the Rainiers held on for an 8-5 win.
RYAN'S ON RECORD WATCH: INF Ryan Bliss is on the verge of breaking Tacoma's career franchise stolen base record...Bliss stole another base on Sunday night, tying Samad Taylor's franchise record of 94 steals, set last season...Bliss matched his career-high with three steals on Saturday night, the fourth three-steal game of his career, and first since September 1, 2023 against Sugar Land...Bliss' 22 steals this season are the eighth-most in the Pacific Coast League, and his 99 steals (5 with Reno, 94 with Tacoma) since his Triple-A debut on July 14, 2023, are the fifth-most in Triple-A.
REHAB REPORT: The Seattle Mariners transferred RHP Carlos Vargas' Major League rehab assignment to Tacoma on Tuesday...Vargas, 28, was placed on the Mariners 15-Day Injured List on March 24 with a right lat strain...Vargas began his rehab assignment with High-A Everett on Saturday, throwing a perfect inning, retiring the side on nine pitches...Vargas made 70 appearances with the Mariners in 2025, the third most on the team, going 5-5 with a 3.97 ERA, walking 23 with 54 strikeouts...Vargas appeared in 55 games with Tacoma in 2024, the most for a Rainiers pitcher in a single season since Kevin Gryboski and Justin Kaye made 58 and 56 appearances in 2001, respectively.
CONSISTENCY IS KEY: RHP Houston Roth will start today's bullpen game for Tacoma, one of just 11 starting pitchers used by the Rainiers this season, the fewest in Triple-A one of 3 teams to use 15-or-fewer (LHV -15, COL-12) different starters...Tacoma's 11 starters this season would also be the fewest in a single season since at least 2005, with the next-fewest being the 12 different starters in 2011...would be just the fourth season since 2005 that the club has used fewer than 15 different starting pitchers...the Rainiers are the only Triple-A team to have multiple pitchers make at least 20 starts this season (Casey Lawrence and Jhonathan Díaz).
RODDEN AND ROLLIN': INF Brock Rodden went 2-for-5 on Sunday night, clubbing his 19th home run of the season and setting a new career-high with 65 RBI this year...Rodden hit .360 (9x25) with a double, triple and five home runs last week...Rodden led the league with five home runs last week and tied for the lead with seven extra-base hits and 27 total bases...Rodden also ranked second in the league with a 1.080 SLG and fourth with a 1.440 OPS last week...Rodden did plenty of damage against right-handed pitchers last week, going 6-for-13, with all six hits going for extra bases (2B, 3B, 5HR).
WORDS OF WISDOM: INF Patrick Wisdom matched his career-high by clubbing his league-leading 31st home run of the season on Sunday night, hitting it 457 feet, the longest Rainiers home run this season...Wisdom is the seventh player in franchise history to record at least 31 home runs in a single season, with Sunday's home run marking the third time he's hit 31 home runs in a season in his career (31 in 2017, 31 in 2019)... Wisdom is the second Triple-A hitter since 2005 to tally three 30-homer campaigns, joining Mike Hessman, who hit 31 in 2007, 34 in 2008 and 35 in 2012...Wisdom is the seventh player in franchise history to hit 31 HR in a single season, here is how his stats stack up against the others:
Player Season G AVG H HR OBP SLG OPS AB/HR
Patrick Wisdom 2026 60 .305 69 31 .392 .774 1.166 7.29
Jason Vosler 2024 119 .303 141 31 .371 .573 .944 15.03
Greg Halman 2010 112 .243 103 33 .310 .545 .855 12.85
Dan Rohrmeier 1997 125 .297 140 33 .354 .616 .970 14.27
Kelvin Moore 1981 134 .327 166 31 .389 .573 .962 16.39
Danny Walton 1974 139 .264 137 35 .352 .533 .885 14.85
Adrian Garrett 1971 131 .289 130 43 .406 .649 1.055 10.46
ARROYO OFF TO THE RACES: INF/OF Michael Arroyo hit his sixth home run in a Rainiers uniform on Sunday night, making it back-to-back games with a home run and three of his last four games...since his Triple-A debut on July 7, Arroyo's 36 hits are the fourth-most in the league, ranking fifth with 26 RBI, sixth with 64 total bases and 15 extra-base hits, ranking ninth with a .582 SLG and .977 OPS...Arroyo is has hit .500 (18x36) against left-handed pitchers, hitting three doubles, a triple and three home runs, driving in 12...Arroyo's 18 hits against lefties in that time are the most in the minor leagues...Arroyo has reached base in 23 of his first 26 games with Tacoma.
MARINERS UPDATE: The Mariners dropped the series finale to Tampa Bay 4-1 on Sunday afternoon...Cole Young drove in Seattle's lone run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead, part of a multi-hit game...Dominic Canzone also went 2-for-4 in the loss...the Mariners head east to open a series with the New York Yankees tonight, with Bryan Woo slated to get the start.
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