Tacoma Tops OKC, 5-3, Thursday

Tacoma Rainiers — 5

Oklahoma City Baseball Club — 3

Thursday, July 25, 2024 – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Game Summary: The Oklahoma City Baseball Club brought the potential game-winning run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, but was unable to bring in a run in a 5-3 loss to the Tacoma Rainiers Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Trailing by two runs, Trey Sweeney and Diego Cartaya drew back-to-back walks with two outs to put the potential game-tying runs on base for Oklahoma City, but Tacoma pitcher Joey Krehbiel struck out Alan Trejo to end the game. OKC (9-15/49-50) took the first lead of the night in the third inning on a solo home run by Chris Owings out to the Miller Lite Landing in left field for a 1-0 lead. The Rainiers (13-11/56-43) quickly took the lead in their next at-bat, tying the score on a solo home run by Samad Taylor before a RBI single by Kobe Kato put Tacoma in front, 2-1. Tacoma scored three more runs in the sixth inning on a two-run triple by Kato and a RBI groundout by Ryan Bliss for a 5-1 lead. OKC chipped away at the Tacoma lead, scoring two runs in the seventh inning on a RBI double by Sweeney and RBI single by Trejo.

Of Note:

-OKC fell to 1-2 in its six-game series against Tacoma and to 49-50 overall this season. OKC is now 1-4 in the last five games and 5-5 over the last 10 games…After starting a series, 1-1, for the eighth time in the last nine series, OKC fell to 1-7 in Game 3 during that time.

-Trey Sweeney went 2-for-3 with a double, walk, RBI, scored a run and had a stolen base as he extended his hitting streak to nine games, batting 16-for-38 (.421) with seven RBI and nine runs scored. He now has five multi-hit outings in his last six games since returning from the All-Star Break, going 13-for-24 with six RBI.

-Drew Avans extended his on-base streak to 15 games for the second-longest active on-base streak by an OKC player. He has 11 hits and 13 walks during the stretch.

-Alan Trejo singled and recorded a RBI as he has hit safely in four straight games, going 7-for-17 (.412). He is 6-for-14 over his first three games of the current series.

-Chris Owings hit his ninth home run of the season and first since July 5 against Las Vegas at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

-Thursday marked OKC’s 49th game of the season decided by two runs or less and OKC fell to 21-28 in those close games, including to 11-13 in two-run games.

Next Up: Oklahoma City and Tacoma continue their series at 7:05 p.m. Friday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Friday Night Fireworks, presented by INTEGRIS Health, are scheduled to follow the game and the INTEGRIS Health “Home Run For Life” series continues pregame with a ceremony recognizing Kenna Lawson, who was born with a rare neurological condition called Angelman syndrome.

Tickets for all remaining 2024 OKC Baseball Club home games are available at okcbaseball.com/tickets. Live radio coverage of each OKC Baseball Club game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.