Chaffee's Debut Leads to Bees Victory

The Bees scored three in the first inning and five pitchers combined to make those runs hold up, as Salt Lake edged the Tacoma Rainiers 3-2 on Sunday afternoon. Reggie Willits walked to lead off the game and one out later, came home to score on a single to left by Kevin Melillo. After Jeff Baisley reached on a fielder's choice, he scored from first on a triple by Jeremy Moore. Moore came across with the third run of the inning on a single to right by Gil Velazquez.

Ryan Chaffee (1-0) picked up the win in his triple-A debut, as he went five innings and allowed just one run on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks. Chaffee escaped a pair of two runners on base and one out with a pair of inning ending double plays in the fourth and fifth. Kevin Jepsen issued a two out walk in the ninth, but got Matt Tuiasosopo to fly out to Chris Pettit in left to end the game and record his third save of the season for Salt Lake.