Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: vs. Reno (1:35 PT)
May 15, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release
Tacoma Rainiers (11-24) vs. Reno Aces (17-18)
Sunday, May 15, 2022, 1:35 p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, WA
LHP Nick Margevicius vs. RHP Corbin Martin
COULDN'T ROLL ME A SEVEN: Despite the Rainiers winning the division by five games over second-place Reno last season, at 82-122 (.402) since 2009, the Aces are by far Tacoma's worst matchup in that span, since the Reno franchise relocated from Tucson, Arizona following the 2008 season. The Rainiers are 40-43 at home against the Aces all-time.
GET A KLEW: 2020 American League Rookie of the Year and Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis is 12 days and six games into a Major League rehab assignment with the Rainiers (knee): He's 8-for-24 (.333) with two homers, six RBI, five runs scored and two walks thus far, with a 1.010 OPS (.385/.625). Lewis has DH'd six times, and played left field once (26 plate appearances).
When Lewis pulverized a solo home run in his first at-bat of the assignment on 5/3 at Salt Lake, he became the first player to homer in his first plate appearance with Tacoma since Jaycob Brugman, on 6/1/19 at El Paso.
FIRST TRIPLE-A AROUND THE BASES: Five Rainiers have hit their first career Triple-A home run this season: Arturo Guerrero (4/17 at ABQ), Kyle Lewis (5/3 at SL), Josh Morgan (4/5 vs. SL), Miguel Perez (5/13 vs. RNO) and Ben Ramirez (4/24 vs. SUG). Lewis was summoned from Double-A Arkansas to make his MLB debut in September of 2019, making his recent rehab assignment his Triple-A debut.
SEA US RISE: With the selection of outfielder and Puget Sound native Steven Souza to Seattle's roster from Tacoma on Friday, it marked the 10th player to wear both a Rainiers and Mariners uniform this season. Last season, 24 players appeared in at least one game for both Seattle and Tacoma. Of the current Mariners 26-man Major League roster, 1B/DH Mike Ford, RHP Penn Murfee, RHP Wyatt Mills, LHP Danny Young, catcher Cal Raleigh and Souza represent recent Rainiers from earlier this season.
After Souza went 1-for-3 with an RBI single yesterday in a 5-4 loss to the Mets at Citi Field, he became the eighth Washington State-born player to drive in a run for the Seattle Mariners. (Everett-born, graduate of Cascade High School, Woodinville, WA resident.)
DARREN MC(K)AUGHAN: Rainiers starter Darren McCaughan's 35 strikeouts tie him for sixth in the PCL (Jared Koenig, Las Vegas, 42), and the right-hander leads the league in innings pitched with 39.1 entering today's action. McCaughan's seven starts thus far tie him for most in the league.
IT AIN'T EASY BEING...: Tacoma corner INF Zach Green has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games dating to April 24, with five homers, a triple, two doubles, 16 RBI and an .839 OPS (.551 SLG), while scoring 11 times. His eight home runs lead the club, and tie him for sixth-most in the league. Green also has the sixth-most RBI in the PCL, with 26. He has the fourth-most extra-base hits in the league (16), and the sixth-most total bases (66). He's batting .275 since 4/24 and has homered in four of six games; his .532 overall slugging percentage is 10th in the PCL.
THE REAL: Rainiers middle infielder and defensive wizard Mason McCoy is on a heater offensively as well; by going 2-for-4 (double, run) on Thursday he extended his on-base streak to 15 games, and he's hit safely in 14 of those contests. His season-long hit streak was also extended to nine, surpassing Zach Green for Tacoma's longest this season. In those 15 games dating to April 20, McCoy is batting .310 (18-for-58), with two homers, eight RBI, five walks, 13 runs scored and three stolen bases. His OPS is .858 (.375/.483) during that stretch.
R SPEED: The Rainiers have stolen 60 bases in 35 games, and lead all of Triple-A in steals by *10*; the Buffalo Bisons (Toronto Blue Jays) of the International League are second with 50. Caught only 11 times as a club so far, the Rainiers are stealing bases at an .845 clip, while swiping 1.71 bags per game on average. Tacoma outfielder Forrest Wall is second in the PCL in steals with 13 (Round Rock's Bubba Thompson has 17); last season, Wall had the third-most steals in the IL with 35, for Buffalo.
Rainiers infielders Sam Haggerty (3rd, 12 SB) and Erick Mejia (7th, 8 SB) are on the league leaderboard as well. It's a fast start to the season throughout the organization, as Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez is currently tied with Baltimore's Jorge Mateo for the Major League lead in stolen bases, with 10 entering today.
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