Rainiers Rally Past Bees In Seventh Inning, Win 9-7
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A four-run, two-out rally in the top of the seventh inning lifted the Tacoma Rainiers (30-19) to a 9-7 victory over the Salt Lake Bees (27-24) on Saturday night at Smith's Ballpark.The Rainiers offense tallied 15 hits and nine runs for a breakout offensive night
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A four-run, two-out rally in the top of the seventh inning lifted the Tacoma Rainiers (30-19) to a 9-7 victory over the Salt Lake Bees (27-24) on Saturday night at Smith's Ballpark.
The Rainiers offense tallied 15 hits and nine runs for a breakout offensive night at the plate. Every member of the Tacoma lineup recorded a hit, led by multi-hit performances from first baseman
Trailing by two runs entering the top of the seventh inning, Tacoma hammered out five hits that fueled a four-run rally and gave the Rainiers an 8-6 lead over the Bees.
All four runs came across after Salt Lake had recorded the first two outs of the inning. Peterson kicked off a string of four consecutive RBI base hits with an RBI single and was followed by a run-scoring double from right fielder
Both clubs tallied one run in the next two half innings, with O'Neill's RBI double in the top of the eighth scoring the last run of the night to create the final margin of 9-7.
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