Tacoma Earns 30th Win

SACRAMENTO, CA – The Tacoma Rainiers (30-25) held on to even the series, beating the Sacramento River Cats (32-23) by a score of 5-2, Friday at Sutter Health Park.

A pitcher’s duel kept the game scoreless through three innings, but Tacoma struck in the fourth on a ground-rule double from Leo Rivas.

They padded their lead to 4-0 after an RBI single from Luis Urias in the fifth and a two-run single from Jake Slaughter in the sixth.

Sacramento answered with their first run of the game in their half of the sixth, scoring on a double from David Villar. It stayed 4-1 until the ninth, when Michael Chavis grew Tacoma’s lead to 5-1 with an RBI double.

Going for the complete game, Casey Lawrence got tagged for a second run in the ninth inning, ending his night. He recorded the longest start of the year for a Rainiers’ pitcher, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and five strikeouts over 8.1 innings.

Cody Bolton relieved Lawrence and allowed a hit, but recorded the final two outs to earn his first save of the season.

POSTGAME NOTES:

• Casey Lawrence tossed 8.1 innings for the Rainiers tonight, marking the longest start of the year. Their previous high was 7.0 innings, done four times, most recently by Lawrence on May 18 against Salt Lake.
• Jake Slaughter led the way for Tacoma’s offense with three hits, going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two runs batted in.

Tacoma and Sacramento will play game five of the series tomorrow night, with first pitch from Sutter Health Park scheduled for 6:37 pm. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.milb.com/tacoma.