PCL1 New Orleans Baby Cakes

Z's lose wild one in Tacoma

Published on April 29, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
New Orleans Baby Cakes News Release


Tacoma, Washington ZEPHYRS (Mets) 9 TACOMA (Mariners) 15

Game Keys: A difficult travel day for the New Orleans Zephyrs as the team fell to Tacoma 15-9 on Monday. The ballclub traveled 2,600 miles from New Orleans to Tacoma, Washington endured a few flight delays, cold temperatures and steady rain and a rough outing from the pitching staff. Zephyr starter Jose Diaz had his shortest stint of the season working two innings and allowed 6 walks, and 6 runs. The Tacoma offense scored 15 runs off of 19 hits, both season highs. Wladimir Balentine smacked a trio of home runs for Tacoma including an inside the park home run in the eighth inning. The Rainiers jumped out to a 11-2 lead but the Zephyrs fought back in the game cutting the lead to 11-9 in the eighth inning. Z's outfielder Chris Agulia homered twice and drove in 5 runs. Tacoma added four runs in the bottom of the 8th to finish off the Zephyrs. The Zephyrs walked a season high ten batters. Tacoma leads the series 1-0.

Game Notes: The Z's opened a eight-game road trip through the Pacific Northwest Monday with the opener of a four-game set in Tacoma. This is the Zephyrs' first trip to Tacoma since July 25-28, 2006, when they took three of four meetings. The Z's have never dropped a series in Tacoma, posting a 21-7 record all-time at Cheney Stadium in a series dating back to 1998. New Orleans won all four games played between the teams last season, sweeping four straight at Zephyr Field July 24-27... With Sunday's rain-shortened win and the rainout on Saturday, the Z's earned their first-ever sweep of Round Rock ... The Zephyrs are 14-9 in second place in the PCL South ... The Z's are a season-best five games above .500.

Coming Up: Zephyrs RH Brian Stokes (2-2) will pitch against Tacoma Rainiers RH Sean White (1-0) at 9:05 PM today in the second game of the four game series at Cheney Stadium. Radio: AM 690 WIST.

Check out the New Orleans Baby Cakes Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Pacific Coast League Stories from April 29, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central