Rainiers Win Fourth Straight

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Tacoma Rainiers (55-42) scored 10 two-out runs to beat the Oklahoma City Baseball Club (48-49) by a score of 10-4, Tuesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

With two outs in the second inning, Kobe Kato got his first Triple-A hit, bringing in the first run of the game for Tacoma. His RBI single was followed by a two-run error, bringing the Rainiers’ lead to 3-0 after two frames.

They did more two-out damage in the third, pushing across six more runs on another error, singles from Kato and Samad Taylor and a bases loaded walk by Spencer Packard.

Nine runs was plenty for starter Michael Mariot, who delivered five scoreless innings. The right-hander worked around four hits and three walks, using three strikeouts to keep the Baseball Club off the board.

Oklahoma City snapped the shutout in the sixth, scoring on a two-run home run from Diego Cartaya and a solo shot from Kody Hoese to make it 9-3. Another two-out single from Duke Ellis put Tacoma in double digits, bringing the score to 10-3 in the seventh.

Hoese came through with an RBI ground out in the ninth, but that was all the Baseball Club would score, as the Rainiers won the opener by a score of 10-4.

POSTGAME NOTES:

• In his Triple-A debut, Kobe Kato went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three runs batted in out of the nine-hole.
• All 10 of Tacoma’s runs came with two outs, as they took advantage of big errors from Oklahoma City. Just one of Alec Gamboa’s nine runs allowed was earned.
• Tacoma set a new season long scoreless innings streak, passing their 16.0 scoreless innings from June 14-16 at Round Rock. Dating back to Saturday’s game against Reno, Rainiers’ pitchers combined to throw 19.2 scoreless frames.
• Tonight’s win put Tacoma a season-high 13 games above .500, at 55-42.

Tacoma and Oklahoma City will play game two of their six-game set tomorrow night, with first pitch from Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark set for 5:05 PT. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.milb.com/tacoma.