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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: at Reno (6:35 PT)

July 8, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


Tacoma Rainiers (43-42, 6-4) @ Reno Aces (48-37, 4-6)

Saturday, July 8, 2023, 6:35p.m. PT | Greater Nevada Field: Reno, NV

LHP Eric Stout vs. RHP Slade Cecconi

SO EXTRA: Tacoma's Mark Mathias singled with one out in the first inning on Friday...and the Rainiers' final 10 hits of the game went for extra bases (3 HR). Tacoma has 10 XBH in consecutive games, after establishing that season-high in Thursday's 17-5 win. Sam Haggerty and Brian O'Keefe each hit multiple doubles on Friday (five total), as the Rainiers scored the contest's final eight runs enroute to victory, their third straight.

RISP-Y BUSINESS: With runners in scoring position, the Rainiers are carrying the second-highest OPS (.943) and OBP (.413) among the 30 Triple-A clubs (Reno leads in both categories). 70 combined runs over the first four games this week is reflective of the numbers; Tacoma and Reno are the only two clubs in Triple-A with an OPS over .900 and a OBP over .400 with RISP.

HIGHS & MARLOWE: Tacoma outfielder Cade Marlowe has reached base safely in 18 straight games, dating to June 16. He's batting .356 (26x73, 12 XBH, 6 HR, 16 RBI) and has tripled 2x during this stretch (14 BB, 1.172 OPS, 10 SB, 21 runs). Marlowe has a hit in 12 consecutive games, his longest streak this season and two shy of the Rainiers' season-long (Zach DeLoach, 14, May 12-27). Marlowe has homered in six of those 12 games; he's batting .426 (20x47) during the hitting streak, with 15 RBI and 17 runs scored (11 BB, .534 OBP).

BACK ON THE TRAM: Since being optioned to Tacoma on June 1, outfielder Taylor Trammell is slugging .540 (8 HR) with a .922 OPS (23 RBI, 21 BB, 22 R)...he's played in 28 games since June 4, and 15 of his 30 hits in this span have gone for extra bases (seven doubles).

YO...JAKE!: Rainiers infielder Jake Scheiner hit his 22nd home run in game #76 of his Triple-A debut season last night, already establishing a new career-high homer total. He hit 21 HR last year at Double-A Arkansas.

Scheiner has homered 13x during home games, and is threatening Adrian Garrett's record of 19 homers in a season at Cheney Stadium (1971). Garrett, an outfielder for the 1971 Tacoma Cubs, still holds the franchise single-season homer record, with 43 (131 GP). Scheiner has 94 home runs as a professional (since 2017, 610 GP), an original fourth round draft pick of Philadelphia.

"R"UN IT BACK: Tacoma's 117 stolen bases (28 CS, 80.69%) are most in the PCL (Salt Lake, 115 SB). Last season, Tacoma led all of Triple-A (by 13), with a franchise record 205 swipes.

Cade Marlowe's 21 steals are fifth in the PCL...Mason McCoy's 20 SB are tied for sixth; McCoy has yet to be caught stealing this season, and is already threatening his career-high of 22 steals, with the 2022 Rainiers (124 GP)...Cooper Hummel is ninth with 18 pilfers. Reno has the league's fewest steals (by 26) at 36 (27 CS).

GONE BABY GONE: Tacoma has homered in 16 straight games since June 20, a season-high streak. The Rainiers hit two or more home runs in the first nine games of this stretch, and have multiple dingers in 13 of 16 games, after Mason McCoy, Jake Scheiner and Adam Engel each went yard last night. The Rainiers have totaled 38 homers in their last 16 games, and Tacoma's 70 home runs with at least one runner on base are the most in Triple-A, by four (ABQ, 66).

BRIAN O'FFENSE: Tacoma C/DH Brian O'Keefe has had at least a hit in each of his last 10 games (since 6/20). It's his second hitting streak of nine or more games this season; O'Keefe hit safely 9x from opening day (3/31 at OKC) through April 13. He's 15x44 with 11 extra-base hits and five homers during his current streak (.818 SLG, 5 BB, .408 OBP, 1.226 OPS, 12 RBI).

BUH-LAK-EH: Left-handed Rainiers reliever Blake Weiman has worked seven consecutive scoreless outings since June 18, striking out 10 batters over 9.1 IP; Weiman has not issued a walk during this span (7 H, 0.75 WHIP).

LEAD-R-BOARD: 10 games into the Pacific Coast League's second half, Rainiers INF Jake Scheiner has accumulated the league's second-most RBI (75) and home runs (22), and leads the circuit in runs scored (68)...1B/C Cooper Hummel is fourth in PCL walks (52 BB, 55 GP) with the league's ninth-best OBP (.427) among qualified batters...Scheiner (52) and OF Zach DeLoach (47) also rank top 11 in PCL walks, as Tacoma leads all of Triple-A (*by 31*) with 489 walks (5.75 BB/game)...OF Cade Marlowe's six triples are tied for second-most in the PCL; Reno's Buddy Kennedy hit his league-leading seventh on Monday at Sacramento.

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