Five-Straight Rainiers Wins on the Line in El Paso on Saturday

(Jeff Halstead)

By Tacoma Rainiers

June 1, 2019

The Tacoma Rainiers (29-27) will look to extend their winning streak to a season-best five games against the El Paso Chihuahuas (34-21) on Saturday. First pitch is at 6:05 PM PDT as Mariners No. 1 prospect Justus Sheffield (2-3, 4.13) takes the hill for Tacoma.
Seattle made a flurry of roster moves at the end of the week, including optioning David McKay back to Tacoma. Additionally, the Mariners signed a pair of Major League veterans in infielder Kelby Tomlinson and outfielder Jaycob Brugman. Right-hander Jacob Haberer was promoted from Advanced-A Modesto, prompting infielder Connor Kopach to be reassigned to the Nuts. Eighteen-year-old Robert Perez, who hit his first Triple-A home run on Friday and hit .370 (10-for-27) in eight games with Tacoma, was reassigned to Extended Spring Training.
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The Rainiers claimed victory over El Paso on Friday by the score of 8-5. Braden Bishop went 2-for-4 with a grand slam home run and four RBI to cap off a month of May where the Rainiers led all of baseball with a .311 average and 209 runs. Reggie McClain earned his first Triple-A win for three innings of one-run relief, and Robert Perez tagged his first Triple-A home run to put Tacoma in front in the early innings.
BATTING AVERAGE: Robert Perez, .370
ON-BASE PCT: Perez, .433
SLUGGING PCT: Perez, .630
HOME RUNS:Jose Lobaton, 8
RBI:Kristopher Negrón, 38
SB:Ian Miller, 16
WINS:Jonathon Niese, 3
ERA:David Sheaffer, 0.00
STRIKEOUTS: Justus Sheffield, 40
SUN: @ El Paso, 5:05 PM PDT
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Since 1960, Cheney Stadium has stood proudly as an anchoring crown jewel in the heart of Central Tacoma. In 2010, the stadium fondly regarded as "R House" underwent a massive transformation to compete as a state-of-the-art entertainment venue in the modern era of professional sports. Once merely the grounds for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers baseball team, Cheney Stadium is now also home to a pair of professional soccer clubs: Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League and Tacoma Defiance, the highest-level USL squad for Seattle Sounders FC.
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