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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: at Sacramento (6:45 PT)

August 15, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
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The Rainiers (24-15 second half) began the day tied with Las Vegas for the PCL's second playoff spot (more below).

Tacoma Rainiers (61-53, 24-15) @ Sacramento River Cats (48-65, 14-25)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 6:45p.m. PT | Sutter Health Park: West Sacramento, CA

RHP Adam Oller vs. LHP Kyle Harrison

GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT: The Rainiers have won 14 of 17 since July 26, thanks to a pair of season-high six-game win streaks. Tacoma has also won 10 of 11 at home. At 24-15 in the second half, the Rainiers are tied for the PCL's best record and final playoff spot with Las Vegas; the best record that is not OKC (won first half, 50-23) will play the Dodgers in the PCL Finals as second half winner (best-of-3, all at OKC, Sept. 26-28). The Rainiers have six games remaining against Las Vegas (OAK), August 22-27 @ TAC.

The Triple-A National Championship (one game playoff), between the champions of the Pacific Coast and International Leagues, will be on September 30 at Las Vegas Ballpark.

THE REAL DELO: Tacoma outfielder Zach DeLoach leads the Rainiers with 111 hits (Jake Scheiner, 97) through the first 102 games of his Triple-A debut. DeLoach has the fifth-most hits in the Pacific Coast League; Round Rock's Elier Hernandez leads the circuit with 122. Every DeLoach home run (17) extends his career-high; he hit 14 homers in each of his first two professional seasons (2021 and 2022).

MAYBE TAKE A PITCH: The Rainiers lead all of Triple-A in walks drawn *by 44* with 645 (5.66 BB/game); Reno is a distant second with 601 free passes. Jake Scheiner (T-2nd, 70 BB), Cooper Hummel (T-2nd, 70 BB) and Zach DeLoach (7th, 62 BB) are all atop the PCL walk leaderboard.

"R"UN IT BACK: Tacoma leads the Pacific Coast League in stolen bases with 165 (El Paso, 160), are second in Triple-A (Omaha, 178), and have stolen 29 bases over their last 12 games to begin August. In 2022, the Rainiers led all of Triple-A in steals (by 13), with a franchise record 205. Cooper Hummel leads the Rainiers with 24 SB (8th in PCL, 4 CS, 86%). Adam Engel has stolen 17x for Tacoma (54 GP), caught only once.

SEA US RISE: Entering today's action, all Seattle MiLB affiliates (complex leagues through Triple-A) are equal to New York-AL for the third-highest combined winning percentage of the 30 organizations, at .540 (290-247). Double-A Arkansas has already clinched a postseason berth, after a 45-24 first half to win the Texas League's North Division. Only Philadelphia (.562) and Los Angeles-NL (.605) are winning at a higher MiLB clip so far this season. All Mariners full-season affiliates are at least six games above .500 overall (High-A Everett, 57-51).

SCHEIN BRIGHT ON THE DIAMOND: Tacoma corner infielderJake Scheiner leads the Pacific Coast League in home runs (26) and RBI (88, by 9), and is second in runs scored (80). He's fourth in the league in total bases (197) and sixth in extra-base hits (46). The PCL MVP candidate is batting .323 (40x124) with RISP (13 HR). With 36 games remaining, Scheiner's 88 RBI are already the most for Tacoma since 2011, when Alex Liddi drove in 104 runs (T-10th in franchise history, for a single-season).

AND THEN BRIAN COMES UP: C/DH Brian O'Keefe's 48 home runs with the Rainiers (since 7/11/21) match Dusty Rhodes (1960-63 Tacoma Giants) and Danny Walton (1974-75 Tacoma Twins) for 15th-most in franchise history. Next on the list are Bob Perry (1960-63) and Mike Wilson (2009-12 Rainiers), tied for 13th with 50 homers apiece.

O'Keefe's 22 home runs are only two shy of his career-high (2021, between Double-A Arkansas and Tacoma) and rank tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League. O'Keefe is also tied for sixth in the PCL with 46 extra-base hits (T-7th with 24 doubles). His 12-game hit streak (since 7/27, .314, 1.148 OPS) was halted on 8/11, his second of 11-plus this year (hit safely in 13 of 15 GP).

KO-SIGN: Rainiers RHP Stephen Kolek was named Seattle Mariners MiLB Reliever of The Month for July, by the organization: 9 G, 13.0 IP, 1.38 ERA (2 ER), 4 BB, 18 K, 8 H, 0.92 WHIP, .186 BAA. With 1.1 scoreless IP on Saturday, Kolek has allowed only two runs over his past 23.2 IP (0.76 ERA). He's spun eight consecutive scoreless appearances, and has been scoreless in 14 of his last 16 games pitched. Since June 11, Kolek's ERA is 1.50 (19 G, 30.0 IP, 15 H, 5 ER, 13 BB, 35 K, 0.93 WHIP).

JUST R LUCK: As hot as the Rainiers have been lately, according to run differential (+60) Tacoma is still technically "unlucky" by a game overall, with an expected win-loss of 62-52 based on runs (711-651). Only 22-17 Round Rock (expected W-L of 24-14, +50 in runs) has a better run differential that the Rainiers (+47, 232-185), during the PCL's second half.

UNI-WATCH: The 2023 Tacoma Rainiers have the following record by uniform top...Rainiers Red (14-18), Home White (16-11), Road Grey (5-3), Navy (14-14), 1960 Fauxback (4-4), La Familia de Tacoma (5-0), Special Auction (3-3).

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