Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: vs. Round Rock (1:35 PT)
July 16, 2023 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release
Tacoma Rainiers (44-45, 7-7) vs. Round Rock Express (54-34, 10-4)
Sunday, July 16, 2023, 1:35p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium: Tacoma, WA
RHP Adam Oller vs. RHP Owen White
SEA US RAKE: Prior to the All-Star Break (games through July 9), Seattle Mariners minor league affiliates (all levels) led all organizations in runs (1,911), doubles (616), RBI (1,748), walks (1,615), OBP (.361) and OPS (.780).
Entering today's action, Mariners affiliates have the third-best combined winning percentage, at .542 (213-180). Double-A Arkansas has already clinched a postseason berth, after a 45-24 first half to win the Texas League's North Division. Only the Phillies (.549) and Dodgers (.636) are winning at a higher MiLB clip this season.
WHAT A BUNCH OF HOMERS: Tacoma has hit 41 home runs over their last 20 games, and the Rainiers' 71 total home runs with at least one runner on base are the most in Triple-A, by four (Albuquerque & Las Vegas, 67).
FUTURE FOES: The Rainiers welcome Round Rock (Texas Rangers) to Cheney Stadium for the first time this season, with a 13-19 record against American League West affiliates; 6-6 vs. Las Vegas (OAK), 5-7 vs. Salt Lake (LAA), and all 12 scheduled games vs. Sugar Land (HOU) will be on/after August 1. Tacoma has lost six of eight vs. Round Rock, but are 20-9 at home vs. the Express since 2012 (HOU & TEX). The Rainiers still have 18 more games against Las Vegas and Salt Lake (12 at home).
FAST FRIENDS: Tacoma's 121 stolen bases equal Salt Lake for the most in the PCL, with three teammates ranking league top 10 (Cade Marlowe- 21, Mason McCoy- 20, Cooper Hummel- 18); McCoy has yet to be caught stealing. Last season, the Rainiers led all of Triple-A (by 13) with a franchise record 205 SB.
BUH-LAK-EH: Tacoma lefty Blake Weiman has worked eight straight scoreless outings since June 18, striking out 10 batters over 11.1 IP; Weiman has issued only one walk during this span (7 H, 0.71 WHIP, .171 BAA).
KO-SIGN: Rainiers right-hander Stephen Kolek is excelling in a long relief role, and has gone scoreless in five of his last six appearances, all but one of which have been at least 2.0 IP. Kolek has allowed only one run during his last 11.1 IP since June 21 (0.79 ERA), with 11 strikeouts. Kolek's WHIP is 0.88 (5 H, 5 BB) during this span, while holding batters to a .139 BAA. He's throwing 65% of his pitches for strikes during this stretch.
YO...JAKE!: Rainiers 3B/1B Jake Scheiner hit his 23rd home run (3-R) in game #80 of his Triple-A debut season on Saturday, extending an already career-high total. He hit 21 homers last year at Double-A Arkansas.
Scheiner has homered 14x 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 home run record, with 43 (131 GP). Originally a 4th round draft pick of Philadelphia in 2017, Scheiner was traded to Seattle for OF Jay Bruce on 6/2/19.
SCHEIN BRIGHT: Rainiers INFJake Scheiner leads all active PCL players with 23 home runs, has accumulated the league's second-most RBI (78) and leads the league in runs scored (70)...the PCL MVP candidate also ranks top five on the circuit in walks (53), extra-base hits (42) and total bases (174). Scheiner is batting .350 (36x103) with RISP (12 HR). His 78 RBI are already the most in a season for Tacoma since Daniel Vogelbach had 83 in 2017.
HIGHS & MARLOWE: Tacoma outfielder Cade Marlowe has reached base safely in 21 straight games, dating to June 16. During this stretch he's batting .337 (29x86, 13 XBH, 17 RBI, 15 BB, 1.110 OPS, 10 SB, 23 R). Marlowe has a hit in 15 consecutive games (since 6/23), the longest Rainiers hitting streak this season. Marlowe has homered in seven of those 15 games, batting .383 (23x60) during the streak, with 16 RBI and 19 runs scored (12 BB, .486 OBP, 9 SB). Marlowe's six triples are tied for second-most in the PCL.
SUMMER OF SAM: Rainiers super-utility man Sam Haggerty is batting .388 (19x49) over 11 games since June 30 (8 XBH, 2 HR, 4 BB, 6 SB, 11 R, 7 RBI). His OPS is 1.079 during this span (.426/.653), and he's reached base in 10 of 11.
BACK ON THE TRAM: Since being optioned to Tacoma on June 1, outfielder Taylor Trammell is slugging .531 (9 HR) with a .904 OPS (25 RBI, 22 BB, 24 R)...he's played in 32 games since June 4, and 16 of his 34 hits in this span have gone for extra bases (seven doubles).
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