Long Drives in Two, Rainiers Drop Fourth-Straight in Round Rock

Round Rock, TX - Shed Long snapped a streak of 18 scoreless innings for the Tacoma Rainiers with a two-run, two-out double in Sunday's Father's Day contest at Dell Diamond, but the Round Rock Express claimed the second game of the four-game series, 6-3.
The Rainiers (32-38) trailed after four innings, 6-0, and rallied for the final three runs of the game. Long's double, which scored Kelby Tomlinson and Tim Lopes, came in the top of the fifth inning.
Tacoma added its final run in the eighth inning when Tomlinson hit into a double play that scored Jaycob Brugman, cutting Round Rock's (42-27) lead to three.

Ryan Hartman struck out the Rainiers in order in the ninth to finish off a four inning save.
Tim Lopes and John Andreoli each had two hits, accounting for nearly half of Tacoma's 10 knocks in the defeat.
Jon Niese (3-2) started on the hill for Tacoma, allowing all six Express runs on 11 hits and three walks. David McKay (2 IP) and Parker Markel (1 IP) combined for three scoreless innings, striking out three hitters each.
Game three of the four-gamer between Tacoma and Round Rock is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. PDT on Monday at Dell Diamond. Mike Wright (0-1, 3.45) will make the start for the Rainiers who will try to snap their four-game losing streak. Mike Curto will have full coverage of on South Sound Talk 850 with audio streaming available on the Tacoma Rainiers TuneIn Radio Network.
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