Late Tacoma rally dooms 51s

Bryan LaHair's bases-loaded single capped Tacoma's three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, lifting the Rainiers to an 8-7 Pacific Coast League victory over the 51s in Tacoma, Wash.

The Rainiers' first six batters in the ninth reached base, on two walks and four hits, and a wild pitch by Brian Wolfe (1-3) brought home the tying run. Two batters later, LaHair won it with his third hit.

Jeff Clement, who had an RBI single in the ninth, had a two-out triple in the seventh and scored on a wild pitch by Bryan Bullington to bring Tacoma (36-38) within 7-5.

David Dellucci had two homers for Las Vegas (32-43), solo shots in the first and fifth innings, and finished 3-for-4.

Michael Barrett and Kevin Howard each had two run-scoring singles for the 51s, who had a 14-13 edge in hits.

Davis Romero started for Las Vegas and gave up four runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out eight.

Rainiers starter Doug Fister exited after giving up five runs on 11 hits in six innings. Eric Hull (1-0) won in relief.