Tacoma Drops Second Straight

SALT LAKE CITY, UT– The Tacoma Rainiers (47-38) dropped their second consecutive game to the Salt Lake Bees (37-47) by a score of 10-7, Thursday at Smith’s Ballpark.

Tacoma jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, scoring four runs on a single from Luis Urias and a three-run home run from Jason Vosler. Vosler’s home run was his 18^th on the year and second in as many games against the Bees.

Their four-run lead didn’t last long, as Salt Lake scored three runs in their half of the first inning on a single from Michael Stefanic and a two-run double from Charles Leblanc. The Bees took the lead in the second inning on a two-run double from Stefanic, going up 5-4.

A double from Bryce Teodosio and a ground out from D’Shawn Knowles made it 8-4 after three innings in favor of Salt Lake. Tacoma fought back with runs in the fourth and fifth innings, scoring on a single from Jake Slaughter and a sacrifice fly from Tyler Locklear, but it wasn’t enough.

With their lead to two, the Bees got solo home runs from Teodosio and Leblanc, making it 10-6 after six innings. Slaughter brought in a seventh run for the Rainiers in the eighth on a sacrifice fly, but that is all Tacoma would score, dropping their second consecutive game.

POSTGAME NOTES:

• Jason Vosler hit his 18^th home run of the season and second in as many games against Salt Lake. He now has 70 RBI this season, both marks leading the team and in the top-10 among PCL hitters.
• Jhonathan Diaz suffered his second loss of the season tonight, allowing eight earned runs on seven hits and five walks over just 2.2 innings pitched.
• Jake Slaughter went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in out of the eight-hole tonight, raising his average on the season to .276.

Tacoma and Salt Lake will play game five of their six-game set tomorrow night, with first pitch from Smith’s Ballpark scheduled for 5:35 pm PT. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.milb.com/tacoma.