Tacoma Rainiers to play four-game set with 51s this weekend
Tacoma Rainiers at 51s
■ WHEN: 7:05 p.m. today through Saturday, 12:05 p.m. Sunday
■ WHERE: Cashman Field
■ RECORDS: Rainiers 10-10; 51s 10-8
■ AFFILIATIONS: Tacoma Rainiers, Seattle Mariners; Las Vegas 51s, New York Mets
■ TODAY’S PITCHERS: Rainiers (TBD) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (0-1, 4.91 ERA)
■ RADIO: KBAD-AM (920)
■ SERIES NOTES: The 51s embark on an eight-game road trip after this series. … Tacoma features five of Seattle’s top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, in catcher Mike Zunino (No. 1), left-handed pitchers Danny Hultzen (No. 3) and James Paxton (No. 4) and second basemen Nick Franklin (No. 5) and Stefen Romero (No. 8). … Zunino leads the team in RBIs — with 25 in 14 games — and is tied for the team lead in home runs, with five, with third baseman Alex Liddi, who has 19 RBIs. … Hultzen is 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA in four starts. … Franklin is hitting .325 in 11 games, and Romero is batting .353 in four games. … Right fielder Eric Thames, who played for the 51s in parts of the past two seasons, is batting .342 for Tacoma with four home runs and 11 RBIs. … 51s first baseman Josh Satin is hitting .344 with 12 RBIs and a team-leading four homers. Right fielder Andrew Brown is batting .343 with a team-best 15 RBIs.
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