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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: at Salt Lake (5:35 PT)

August 26, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


Tacoma Rainiers (55-65) at Salt Lake Bees (56-64)

Friday, August 26, 2022, 5:35 p.m. PT | Smith's Ballpark: Salt Lake City, UT

RHP Konner Wade vs. RHP Cesar Valdez

TURN-R-OUND: Tacoma began this season 9-23 (through May 11), but is 46-42 since. The Rainiers' low-water mark was 16 games under .500 at 28-44 on June 28. They're 27-21 since, 17-14 post-break and 25-21 in the second half.

BARRELED KELENIC: In 66 games this season with Tacoma, outfielder Jarred Kelenic has 80 hits (.294 AVG). 42 of those knocks have gone for extra bases (14 HR), a staggering 52.5% of his Triple-A hit total this season (.563 SLG, .931 OPS). Kelenic's 25 doubles are 7th in the PCL.

A REAL MCCOY GOOD MONTH: Rainiers infielder Mason McCoy is on a tear in August, OPSing 1.116 (.371/.745) over 17 games. McCoy has six homers, four doubles and a triple this month, driving in 13 runs thus far, second on the club to only Jarred Kelenic (14 RBI). He's batting .309 over 63 PA (17-for-55, 6 BB) in August, and has Tacoma's longest current hit streak, seven games (since 8/16).

WHITE, OUT: 1B Evan White is putting on a power display during this extended MLB rehab assignment with Tacoma, as he recovers from hip and sports hernia injuries with his first extended action of this season. White homered four times in eight games on the recent homestand, and OPS'd 1.011 (.344/.667) with five walks over the nine games he appeared in over the season-long 13-gamer (32 PA). He doubled off the right field wall in the first inning on both Tuesday and Wednesday to begin this series, narrowly missing another homer on Tuesday.

BIG WILLY STYLE: Since right-handed reliever Taylor Williams joined the Mariners org for a second time from San Francisco/Sacramento on July 22, he's worked 11 scoreless outings in 12 for Tacoma: 13.1 IP, 8 H (0.83 WHIP, .174 BAA), 2 ER (1.35) with three walks and 16 strikeouts. His strikeout rate is 31.4% (51 batters faced). Williams has appeared in 97 MLB games with Milwaukee, Seattle, San Diego and Miami.

A FAMILIAR BUZZ: Salt Lake (City) is one of three current PCL member locales (Las Vegas, Round Rock) that the Tacoma franchise (est. 1960) has an all-time winning record against (376-363-1, since 1960). The Rainiers are 203-219 against the Salt Lake Buzz ('94-'00), Stingers ('01-'05) and Bees ('06-pres.), who were affiliated with the Minnesota Twins ('94-'00) prior to partnering with the Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) in 2001.

Tacoma's 376 wins over Salt Lake (City) are second only to their 383 since 1960 against teams from Portland, Oregon (383-352). The Rainiers are slated to play the Bees a schedule-high 30 times, or one out of every five games this season. The Salt Lake Buzz logos and uniforms were featured in the 1998 film Major League: Back To The Minors. Editor's note: The movie was terrible, and the vast majority of baseball and cinema fans do not consider it part of the "Major League" (and II) universe.

THE OPEN-R: Tuesday's 2-0 win was Tacoma's PCL-leading eighth shutout victory this season. The Rainiers improved to 8-1 in road trip-opening games, 15-7 in series-opening games, and 9-2 in series openers on the road. 27.3% of Tacoma's 55 wins have come in a game one.

THE O'B RELIEVER: Rainiers RHP Riley O'Brien (Seattle-born, Shorewood High School) has struck out 45.5% of batters faced over his last seven appearances (8.2 IP); he's K'd 15 of the last 33 hitters he's faced.

STEAL A BASE, STEAL A TACO(MA): The Rainiers lead all of Triple-A in stolen bases with 150; Buffalo and Omaha (148) of the International League are tied for second. Tacoma outfielder Forrest Wall is second in the PCL with 34 steals, and became the first to steal 30 bases for the Rainiers since Ian Miller (33) in 2018. Wall is striving to be the first Tacoma player to steal 40 since Lance Blankenship of the 1988 Tacoma Tigers (Oakland A's affiliate).

Last season, Wall swiped 35 bags for Buffalo while in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, third-most in the IL (Triple-A East). Jimmy Sexton (56, 1981 Tigers- OAK), Rusty McNealy (43, 1983 Tigers- OAK) and Del Alston (43, 1979 Tugs- CLE) own the top three stealing seasons in Tacoma's Triple-A history.

DEFENDERS OF THE DIAMOND: The Rainiers have committed the fewest errors in the PCL entering today's action (63), and the second-fewest in Triple-A (Nashville, 59). Tacoma leads the PCL with a .985 fielding percentage...Reno (.984, 66 errors) ranks second in the league.

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