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Trammell Homers, Collects Five RBI, Tacoma Snaps Three-Game Skid at Salt Lake

May 18, 2021 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Tacoma Rainiers News Release


Tacoma Rainiers meeting on the mound
Tacoma Rainiers meeting on the mound
(Tacoma Rainiers, Credit: Jeff Halstead)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Taylor Trammell homered for the third consecutive game, and the fourth time since joining the Rainiers on Thursday, as Tacoma halted a three-game losing streak at Salt Lake on Monday, 7-3. Trammell tied a career high with 5 RBI, and his three-run blast gave him a home run in three straight games for the first time in his career.

The 23-year-old right fielder got Tacoma (5-6) out to an early lead with a first inning big fly. Trammell launched a 1-1 pitch over the right field wall to score center fielder Luis Liberato and designated hitter José Godoy for a 3-0 advantage.

Salt Lake (4-7) evened the score with a run against Tacoma starter Ben Onyshko in the 2nd and a pair of tallies off right-hander Ryan Dull in the 4th inning.

With the game tied in the 5th inning, Trammell gave the Rainiers their second lead with a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Godoy for the second time. Later in the inning, third baseman Eric Campbell singled home catcher Cal Raleigh for a 5-3 lead.

An inning later, Tacoma continued its strong offensive output with a sacrifice fly from Liberato that plated first baseman Sam Travis.

In the 7th inning, Trammell added to his line with his first of two doubles, a line drive to right field that pushed across Raleigh for the game's final run. Trammell improved his line to 3-for-4 with a 9th inning two-bagger, making him 14-for-22 (.636) with 4 home runs, 14 RBI, 6 runs, 2 doubles, 2 walks and 1 steal over his first five career Triple-A games.

Since joining the Triple-A ranks on May 13, Trammell leads all Triple-A hitters in batting average, hits, home runs, RBI, extra-base hits (6), slugging percentage (1.273), OPS (1.913) and total bases (28).

Tacoma also got two-hit efforts from Raleigh (2-for-5) and left fielder Dillon Thomas (2-for-4). Thomas is batting .345 (10-for-29) with a 1.093 OPS and four multi-hit games over the last nine contests.

Right-handers Jimmy Yacabonis (1-0), Wyatt Mills and Vinny Nittoli combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in the victory. Yacabonis entered in the 5th inning and struck out four over 2 2/3 scoreless frames, lowing his season ERA to 1.13. Mills followed with back-to-back zeros and two strikeouts in the 7th and 8th innings, and Nittoli slammed the door with a perfect 9th inning and a pair of punch outs.

The Rainiers lead the Triple-A West with 136 strikeouts. Tacoma hurlers have recorded double-digit strikeout totals in nine of 11 games this season and have struck out at least 12 batters in seven contests.

Tacoma will play for a six-game series split in Tuesday's finale against the Bees. First pitch is scheduled for 5:35 p.m. PT as left-hander David Huff will make his Rainiers debut against his former club. The start will be Huff's first outing in affiliated pro ball since July 2016 with Salt Lake.

Rainiers broadcaster Mike Curto will have full coverage on TacomaRainiers.com. All 2021 Rainiers games, home and away, can also be heard for free on the MiLB First Pitch app. HD video broadcasts of every home game can be viewed with an MiLB.TV subscription. (Use code: RAINIERS to save $10 on an annual subscription.)

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Tacoma Rainiers meeting on the mound
Tacoma Rainiers meeting on the mound
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