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The Tucson Sidewinders fell to the visiting Tacoma Rainiers last night in a game in which the Winders appeared to let some old bad habits overtake them; they were charged with four errors during the game. Final score, Tacoma 7, Tucson 4. The loss ended the team’s season-high winning streak, but did not affect their place in the standings (everyone else in our Division lost, too. I especially love that Colorado Springs was able to beat the River Cats!). The Winders remain 2 1/2 games in back of Sacramento, with a win-loss record of 26 and 23 (.531 average).
Evan MacLane had another rough outing on the mound. In his four innings of work he gave up all seven Tacoma runs, only two of which were earned. Two of Tacoma’s nine hits were solo home runs, too. Though Evan struggled (he also threw a wild pitch, was called for a balk, and committed one of the team’s four errors), the bullpen did a fine job of damage control. Mike Schultz looked good in his three innings; Jailen Peguero and Bill Murphy covered the last two with no problems. Jailen is beginning to look like the “go to guy” as far as I can tell - his ERA is only 1.35. It strikes me that he’s the most consistent guy out of the pen. He comes in and I’m not worried about him giving up the game.
I didn’t get to hear the start of the game, but from the box scores and Gameday recaps, it looks like it started in a manner that would’ve given the 3,916 fans reason to cheer. The Rainiers got two runs in the top of the first, but the Winders matched them in the bottom with doubles by Alex Romero and Chris Carter (Chris’ was an RBI double) and an RBI single by Jeff Salazar. The Winder inning ended when Chris was tagged out at home after a Brian Barden single. The team and fans then watched Tacoma put up three unanswered runs in the second inning, and one run in each of the third and fourth innings. Our bullpen put an end to the Tacoma scoring and the Winders were finally able to get to the Tacoma starter again with a Dee Brown 2-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning. Thus endeth scoring by both teams and Tucson’s winning streak was a thing of history.
Tucson still has a chance to win this four-game series with tonight’s game. Can you think of a nicer way to spend a holiday than watching a ballgame up close and in person? Especially when margaritas will be flowing? Why don’t you come check it out! Gates open at 5:30 and first pitch will be at 6:30. I hope to see you there…
(Disclaimer - this posting not reviewed/approved by the Sidewinders, Diamondbacks, PCL, MiLB, MLB, National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, or any other baseball official and represents the views and biases of the author alone)
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