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Tacoma Rainiers Game Notes: vs. Sacramento (7:05 p.m. PT)

June 16, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


Tacoma is 4-1 on this nine-game homestand, and has won six of seven.

Tacoma Rainiers (25-36) vs. Sacramento River Cats (24-38)

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 7:05 p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium: Tacoma, WA

RHP Konner Wade vs. RHP Anthony DeSclafani (MLB Rehab)

#DarrenDay: Yesterday, Rainiers RHP Darren McCaughan worked the longest outing for a Tacoma starter this season, 7.1 IP. His first hit allowed was on his 116th pitch, with one out in the eighth inning (2 BB). In the process, he struck out a career-high 11 batters, one shy of Tacoma's season-high (Daniel Ponce de Leon, 12 K, 5/21 at Sacramento).

McCaughan has posted a winning decision in four consecutive starts, allowing 2 ER or fewer in all. He's the first Rainiers' pitcher to win four straight starts this season. McCaughan currently leads the PCL with 66.2 innings pitched, and is striking out just shy of a batter per inning with 66 K, which is fourth in the league.

EXCEEDINGLY BRASH: On Tuesday, Rainiers right-hander Matt Brash converted his second career save and first at Triple-A, finishing a 3-1 Tacoma victory over Sacramento. Unfazed by a leadoff single, he went K, popout, K in a scoreless bottom of the ninth. Brash currently has a streak of nine consecutive scoreless appearances dating to May 25, each of which were 1.0 IP: 5 H (.161 BAA), 2 BB (0.78 WHIP), 14 K.

A REAL (MCCOY) GOOD JUNE: Rainiers middle infielder Mason McCoy is batting .326 (15-for-46) so far this month, the only player on the club to appear in each of Tacoma's 13 games in June. He's collected seven extra-base hits (3 HR, 1 3B) while OPSing a club-best 1.045 (.630 SLG) since June 1. McCoy has reached base safely in 11 of 13 games this month (.415 OBP, 7 BB, 10 R, 8 RBI). McCoy was traded to the Seattle Mariners by the Baltimore Orioles on 4/7/22 for cash considerations; he was a sixth round draft pick of Baltimore in 2017 out of the University of Iowa. McCoy made his Triple-A debut last season, in 112 games for Norfolk.

MARVELOUS MARCUS: When Marcus Wilson homered in all three games of Tacoma's weekend series win over Round Rock, it locked up PCL Player of The Week honors for the period of June 6-12. Wilson batted .389 (7-for-18) over six games, with 4 HR, 10 RBI, 6 BB, 9 runs scored and a stolen base. He OPS'd 1.709 for the week (.542/1.167) over 24 plate appearances. It was Wilson's third career Player of The Week award (2017- Midwest League, Kane County and 2019- Carolina League, Salem). He's now won a weekly award in each of the three organizations he's played with (Arizona, Boston, Seattle).

HOT START: Tuesday's win improved Tacoma to 9-3 in series openers in 2022 (4-2 home, 5-1 road), accounting for 36% of their win total. Winners of three straight and six of seven, the Rainiers scored in the first inning in the first four games of this homestand (June 10-14).

SAC-DOWN: Sacramento has lost 16 of 19 games, and dropped 11 straight from May 29 to June 10, the longest losing streak in the PCL this season. Tacoma has won 22 of their last 32 games vs. Sacramento, and 15 of their last 20 against the River Cats at Cheney Stadium, including the first two games of this set.

FELINE FRENEMIES: An early season flurry of transactions between the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners have seen infielders Alex Blandino, Mike Ford (now with Triple-A Gwinnett Braves), Kevin Padlo (back to Rainiers for a 2nd time) and Donovan Walton all suit up for both Sacramento and Tacoma this season; Walton was optioned by the Giants to Triple-A on Wednesday, and is facing his former club/organization for the first time during this series.

The River Cats still have former Rainiers infielder Wyatt Mathisen on their active roster (32 games with Tacoma in 2021). Sacramento Manager Dave Brundage led the Rainiers for one season, skippering a 74-70 campaign in 2006.

On Tacoma's active roster, former River Cats include LHPs Fernando Abad (2019) and Tommy Milone (2014) and infielders Blandino (2022) and Zach Green (2019). Milone pitched for Sacramento during their Oakland A's affiliation.

A TRIPLE-A RATING: Of the 30 clubs at the highest level of Minor League Baseball, the Rainiers have the second-most stolen bases this season with 86 (Buffalo has 87) and have hit the fourth-most home runs with 89 (Memphis has 104, El Paso has 96, Albuquerque has 90).

The Rainiers' 37 errors as a club are the third-fewest in Triple-A, and second-fewest in the PCL behind only Reno (33). Nashville has committed just 30 defensive miscues.

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