O’Malley delivers in first game back with Tacoma
Shawn O’Malley made the most of his return to the Pacific Northwest on Thursday night, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored in the Tacoma Rainiers’ 10-4 loss to the Memphis Redbirds at Cheney Stadium.
Playing in his highest level, AAA, since an emergency appendectomy in March and arthroscopic shoulder surgery in May, the 2006 Southridge High School graduate picked up a base hit in his first at-bat, walked and later scored in his second, and drove in Ian Miller with a line-drive single in his third.
His final two at-bats were also positive — a line-out to center in the seventh inning and an RBI groundout in the ninth — and he kicked off a 4-6-3 double play behind starting pitcher Christian Bergman in the top of the second.
O’Malley played in eight games for the Seattle Mariners’ AA Affiliate Arkansas Travelers from July 24-Aug. 1, and is 8-for-13 with five RBIs in his past three games.
The Rainiers will try to even up their four-game series with the Redbirds at one game apiece at 7:05 p.m. Friday. Starting lineups have not yet been announced.
Redbirds 10, Rainiers 4
Memphis | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
B.Valera dh | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .319 |
Ravelo 1b | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
Martini lf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .325 |
O’Neill rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .249 |
Bader cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
Wisdom 3b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
Diaz ss | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
Tovar 2b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
Rosario c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 |
Totals | 42 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
Rainiers | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Powell cf | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .330 |
O’Malley 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
Motter ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .325 |
Vogelbach 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
Beckham 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
Pizzano dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
Gosewisch c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
Muno rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
I.Miller lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .426 |
Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Memphis | 402 | 100 | 201 | – | 10 | 17 | 0 |
Rainiers | 000 | 210 | 001 | – | 4 | 10 | 1 |
E–Beckham (5). LOB–Memphis 11; Rainiers 8. 2B–B.Valera (14); Beckham (11). HR–B.Valera (4) off Marshall. RBIs–Martini (42); Bader 2 (50); Diaz 3 (16); Tovar 2 (19); B.Valera 2 (27); Beckham (29); Pizzano (15); O’Malley 2 (2). SB–I.Miller (3) 2B. CS–Diaz (2) 2B. SF–Bader. RISP–Memphis 7-for-18; Rainiers 3-for-11. Runners left in scoring position–B.Valera; Wisdom; Diaz 2; Martini; Gosewisch 2; Pizzano; Motter 2. GIDP–Martini. DP–Rainiers 1.
Memphis | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Herget | 4 1/3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.14 |
Zeid W,7-2 | 2 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.63 |
Ar.Reyes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 |
Socolovich | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
Rainiers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Bergman L,8-3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5.10 |
Light | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.57 |
Marshall | 2/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.60 |
Cloyd | 2 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.50 |
GS–Herget 49; Bergman 21. HBP–Diaz (Light). Pitches-strikes–Herget 79-46; Zeid 45-26; Ar.Reyes 12-7; Socolovich 30-19; Bergman 90-60; Light 34-16; Marshall 23-16; Cloyd 36-22. Inherited runners-scored–Zeid 1-1.
T–3:17. A–5,317.
Dustin Brennan: 509-582-1413, @Tweet_By_Dustin
This story was originally published August 4, 2017 at 3:28 PM with the headline "O’Malley delivers in first game back with Tacoma."