Brennen Davis powers Tacoma comeback win over Sacramento, 7-6

Brennen Davis turned a four-run hole into Tacoma’s cleanest statement of the series, going 4-for-4, launching his first homer of the 2026 season and helping the Rainiers hold off Sacramento, 7-6, at Cheney Stadium.

Sacramento came out swinging in the first inning-plus and looked ready to punish Tacoma again. Jesús Rodríguez drew a walk, Bryce Eldridge doubled him to third, Victor Bericoto singled him home and Eric Haase crushed a three-run homer to make it 4-0 before the Rainiers had settled in. For a Tacoma club that entered the game at 9-10, it was the kind of burst that usually forces a long night.

Instead, the Rainiers answered with one of those innings that can change a series mood in 20 minutes. Tacoma scored five times in the fourth, with Colt Emerson drawing a walk, Davis lining a single and Brock Rodden bringing in a run. Johnny Pereda was hit by a pitch, Brian O’Keefe doubled home two more runs and Carson Taylor added another single as Tacoma surged into a 5-4 lead. Davis then stretched that edge with his first home run of the year in the fifth, the swing that gave Tacoma breathing room in a game that never fully loosened up.

That was the difference. Sacramento kept pressing, but Tacoma did not fold after the early blast from Haase and the River Cats did not get the final inning they wanted. Pereda and O’Keefe stayed in the middle of everything, and Davis was the standout from first pitch to final out, turning a modest 8-for-38 start into a statement night. His four hits mattered because each one came in a game where every runner changed the tension.

The win gave Tacoma a split of the first four games in unusual fashion, with the Rainiers dropping the six-inning, rain-shortened opener 7-6 before taking both games of Thursday’s doubleheader, 3-1 and 8-1, and then surviving Friday’s makeup game. Tacoma moved to 10-10, Sacramento fell to 10-8, and Davis’ performance was the clearest sign yet that his bat may be starting to catch up with the rest of the lineup.