New Orleans Zephyrs Corner - AAA, Pacific Coast League

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Tacoma, Washington           
ZEPHYRS (Mets) 9
TACOMA (Mariners) 15


Game Keys:  A difficult travel day for the New Orleans Zephyrs as the team fell to Tacoma 15-9 on Monday.   The ballclub traveled 2,600 miles from New Orleans to Tacoma, Washington endured a few flight delays, cold temperatures and steady rain and a rough outing from the pitching staff.  Zephyr starter Jose Diaz had his shortest stint of the season working two innings and allowed 6 walks, and 6 runs.  The Tacoma offense scored 15 runs off of 19 hits, both season highs.  Wladimir Balentine smacked a trio of home runs for Tacoma including an inside the park home run in the eighth inning.  The Rainiers jumped out to a 11-2 lead but the Zephyrs fought back in the game cutting the lead to 11-9 in the eighth inning.  Z’s outfielder Chris Agulia homered twice and drove in 5 runs.  Tacoma added four runs in the bottom of the 8th to finish off the Zephyrs.  The Zephyrs walked a season high ten batters.  Tacoma leads the series 1-0.

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Game Notes:  The Z’s opened a eight-game road trip through the Pacific Northwest Monday with the opener of a four-game set in Tacoma. This is the Zephyrs’ first trip to Tacoma since July 25-28, 2006, when they took three of four meetings. The Z’s have never dropped a series in Tacoma, posting a 21-7 record all-time at Cheney Stadium in a series dating back to 1998. New Orleans won all four games played between the teams last season, sweeping four straight at Zephyr Field July 24-27… With Sunday’s rain-shortened win and the rainout on Saturday, the Z’s earned their first-ever sweep of Round Rock … The Zephyrs are 14-9 in second place in the PCL South … The Z’s are a season-best five games above .500.

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