Mariners Minor League Report — Sept. 27
Games of Sept. 26, 2022
TRIPLE-A — TACOMA RAINIERS
RECAP: The Rainiers rallied for a run in the top of the 9th inning, but it wasn’t enough as Tacoma fell to Reno 7–2 on Monday night. RF Forrest Wall (2x4, R, SB) led the Rainiers with 2 hits, while 2B Jonathan Villar (1x4), LF Erick Mejia (1x4, R, 2B), DH Derek Hill (1x4) and PH Kyle Bird (1x1, 2B, RBI) each collected 1 of the team’s 6 hits. Starter Darren McCaughan (6.0,8,4,4,2,4) recorded the loss in his final start of the season, falling to 8–9 overall. He allowed 4 runs on 8 hits while walking 2 and striking out 4 over 6.0 innings. LH Brennan Bernardino (2.0,4,3,3,1,3) allowed 3 runs on 4 hits over 2.0 innings in relief.
OF NOTE:
· Since July 1, OF Forrest Wall is batting .285 (57x200) with 38 runs scored, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 25 RBI, 4 HBP, 14 walks and 29 stolen bases in 59 games.
· INF Drew Ellis is batting .371 (13x35) with 9 runs scored, 1 double, 5 home runs, 10 RBI, 8 walks and 1 stolen base over his last 10 games (9/16-c).
· INF Erick Mejia has reached base safely in 18 of 19 games (9/2-c), batting .263 (20x76) with 14 runs scored, 7 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI, 8 walks and 2 stolen bases.
· INF Erick Mejia has hit safely in 32 of his last 38 games (8/4-c), batting .276 (42x152) with 26 runs scored, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 16 RBI, 13 walks and 4 stolen bases…he has reached base safely in 55 of his last 65 games, including at least 1 hit in 47 games (6/22-c), batting .278 (71x255) with 43 runs scored, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 7 home runs, 28 RBI, 24 walks and 7 stolen bases.
· INF Jonathan Villar has hit safely in 19 of his last 22 games (8/27-c), batting .326 (28x86) with 14 runs scored, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs, 19 RBI, 7 walks and 8 stolen bases.
· Prior to being selected by Seattle on Sept. 21, OF Jarred Kelenic had an 11-game hitting streak (9/6–18), batting .400 (18x39) with 13 runs scored, 5 double, 3 home runs, 9 RBI, 5 walks and 4 stolen bases…he also hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games he has appeared in September, batting .350 (21x60) with 15 runs scored, 6 doubles, 4 home run, 11 RBI, 1 HBP, 6 walks and 4 stolen bases.
· Dating back to July 23, OF Jarred Kelenic hit safely in 32 of his last 39 AAA games, batting .305 (47x154) with 26 runs scored, 15 doubles, 7 home runs, 30 RBI, 3 HBP, 17 walks and 6 stolen bases.
· Dating back to Aug. 16, INF Mason McCoy has reached base safely in 27 of his last 30 games, including 22 games with at least 1 hit (16 multi-hit contests)…during this 30-game stretch he is batting .336 (38x113) with 24 runs scored, 9 doubles, 2 triple, 8 home runs, 21 RBI, 1 HBP, 16 walks and 8 stolen bases.
· OF Kyle Lewis has reached base safely in 20 of his last 21 games (8/24-c), batting .259 (21x81) with 19 runs scored, 2 doubles, 7 home runs, 17 RBI and 13 walks.
· OF Cade Marlowe has reached base safely in 9 of last 10 games, including at least 1 in in 7 games (9/16-c), batting .256 (10x39) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 14 RBI, 1 HBP, 6 walks and 6 stolen bases…in 11 AAA games this season is batting .227 (10x44) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 14 RBI, 1 HBP, 6 walks and 6 stolen bases.
· Over his last 20 starts (5/24-c), RH Darren McCaughan is 7–5 with a 3.60 ERA (44 ER, 110.0 IP)…during this stretch he has limited opponents to a .216 (89x412) average, while walking 30 and striking out 100 (5 HB).
· Dating back to May 19, RH Austin Warner is 5–1 with a 3.82 ERA (29 ER, 68.1 IP) in 23 games, 12 starts…he has limited opponents to a .253 (63x249) average, while walking 23 and striking out 59.
· In 22 games with Tacoma, RH Taylor Williams is 2–1 with 1 save and a 1.19 ERA (3 ER, 22.2 IP)…he has limited opponents to a .241 (19x79) average, while walking 7 and striking out 21 (2 HB).
· Dating back to July 23, RH Drew Steckenrider is 4–0 with 3 saves and a 3.25 ERA (7 ER, 19.1 IP) in 17 relief appearances…during this stretch he has limited opponents to a .253 (20x79) average, while walking 11 and striking out 17.
