Rainiers rally to top 51s in Tacoma
May 19, 2018 - 11:12 pm
Relievers Dario Alvarez and Mike Morin shut down the 51s over the last three innings on Saturday as the host Tacoma Rainiers rallied for a 10-6 victory at Cheney Stadium.
Alvarez, a lefty, pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two and walking one.
Morin pitched a scoreless ninth, walking one and striking out one.
The 51s (17-25) led 6-4 after four innings but Tacoma scored three in the fifth and twice more in the sixth to push ahead 9-6.
John Andreoli doubled home a pair of runs in the Tacoma fifth-inning outburst. Mike Marjama, with an RBI-double, and Ian Miller, with a run-scoring single, sparked the two-run sixth.
Starter Rob Whalen (6-2) was the winner for Tacoma (22-21). He pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and six runs, two earned.
The Rainiers made three errors in the fourth when the 51s scored five runs.
Whalen retired seven in a row before giving way to Alvarez in the seventh.
Matthew den Dekker and Ty Kelley each had two hits for the 51s.
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