PRAY FOR SNOW >>>
The Rainiers have been losing a lot of games. A LOT of games.
But let's not focus on that because last night the rain came. And the rain washed away all the Rainiers' ills. Hopefully for a long, long time.
That's right, in last night's 12-inning game that included a lengthy rain delay, the Tacoma Rainiers squeaked past the Salt Lake Bees by a score of 5-4. Second baseman Dustin Ackley wound up with the game winning hit, doubling to left field to drive in Johan Limonta. This win ended a three-game losing skid, giving the Rainiers a record of 5-14. It's still a bad record, but we're tired of ripping on our boys of summer. And like we said, last night's rain delay washed away their ills. Let it be prophesized.
>>> Rainiers announcer Mike Curto mentioned on his blog (which we pilfer material from religiously) that Dustin Ackley's double was only the second hit he's had off a left-hander all season. Last night was a multi-hit outing for Ackley, but we wonder if his inability to hit lefties hurts his chances at getting called up to the Mariners anytime soon. Because according to this blog, the Mariners already hit left-handers like, "they're the green pigs in Angry Birds." We're guessing this means they can't hit lefties. We're guessing.
>>> Josh Lueke threw 2.1 scoreless innings in his first outing back with the Rainiers. According to Lookout Landing, nobody knows why Lueke performed so poorly in his time this season with the Mariners. So far he's performing great with the Rainiers, so who cares how he did with the Mariniers.
>>> Before last night's win, the Rainiers had dropped 10 out of their last 11. Now we know it's a new start since the rain washed all their bad mojo away, but yeesh. ...
Tonight's game is underway with left-hander Fabio Castro going against the Bees' Erik Shoemaker. Curto predicted earlier today that the game is questionable because it was snowing in Salt Lake City this morning. We here at the Volcano say they play ball. If the rained cured their ills like we have prophesied, just imagine what snow could do.