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Rainiers Escape Tucson With Win, Must Sweep 26 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
Taijuan Walker delivered one of his finest starts of the year, and the Rainiers won the final game in Tucson on Sunday night, 6-4. It was the last road game of the year – Tacoma finished the season g...
Playoff Race Takes Turn For Worse 26 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
Saturday was a bad day for the Rainiers, as Tacoma blew a 4-1 lead after the seventh inning stretch, and first place Salt Lake won easily in Reno. That result means that the Rainiers are now five gam...
Rainiers Struggle But Still Afloat 25 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
Tacoma lost its third straight game in Tucson on Friday night, and this one was ugly: the Rainiers trailed 13-1 after eight innings, before rallying to score five runs in the ninth and make the final ...
Big Inning Dooms Rainiers 23 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
Tacoma was coasting along with a 5-0 lead, James Paxton hadn’t allowed a hit… and then it all came crashing down as Tucson scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and went on to beat the R...
Bees, Rainiers Stare Into Mirror 23 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
The Tacoma Rainiers and Salt Lake Bees are not playing each other yet – but they played nearly identical games on Wednesday night. Each team was on the road in the opening game of a five game series....
Rainiers Gain Ground 21 Aug 2013 | 09:36 pm
Tacoma had another great pitching performance, limiting Colorado Springs to seven hits (all singles) in a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night. The win wrapped up a 4-1 series victory over Colorado Springs. ...
Rainiers Prevail In PCL Rarity 21 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
We had a real baseball rarity at Cheney Stadium last night: a 1-0 extra-innings game. After ten-and-a-half scoreless innings, Abraham Almonte scored on Carlos Peguero‘s infield grounder, and Tacoma b...
Gee, Man. Choi? 20 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
(The author of this blog recognizes that the title of this post is terrible. He apologizes, and promises to never repeat it) Due to a sudden rash of injuries to first basemen Rich Poythress (left kne...
Peguero Walks Off Sox With Grand Salami 18 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
Carlos Peguero hit a walk-off grand slam on Saturday night, rapidly turning around the Rainiers fortunes in a 5-3 victory over Colorado Springs on Saturday night. Tacoma trailed 3-0 after eight innin...
Rainiers Win Annual Marathon 18 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
You never know when it’s going to happen. I’m speaking, of course, of the Tacoma Rainiers Annual Marathon Game That Ends With A Position Player Getting The Win. It’s a new tradition, started on July...
