Round Rock rallies past Tacoma after Colin Davis' two-homer night

Colin Davis launched two homers and matched his career high with four RBI, but Tacoma still watched a 6-1 lead disappear in a 7-6 loss to Round Rock at Cheney Stadium on June 23.

Tacoma built its cushion with power in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Davis opened the scoring with a two-run opposite-field homer in the second, Spencer Packard added a solo shot in the fourth, and Davis came back in the sixth with another two-run drive to push the Rainiers out front. Blake Rambusch then joined the blast parade with his first Triple-A home run, a shot to left-center that made it 6-1. In 88-degree, partly cloudy conditions with a 4 mph wind in from center field and a 6:06 p.m. first pitch, Davis finished 2 for 4, reached 10 homers and 31 RBI on the season, and logged his second career multi-homer game.

Round Rock started the climb in the fifth on Trevor Hauver’s solo homer, then pulled closer when Josh Smith doubled home a run in the seventh. Jonah Bride’s homer in the eighth cut the Tacoma lead to 6-4 and set up the ninth, when the Express loaded the bases and kept the pressure on. A force out, Aaron Zavala’s line-drive double and Diego Castillo’s sacrifice fly turned a one-run deficit into a 7-6 lead before Emiliano Teodo closed it down.

The rally was Round Rock’s largest comeback win of the season, and Round Rock was 3-36 when trailing entering the eighth inning. Tacoma’s opening-day roster included 28 players, 19 with major league experience. The Rainiers answered the next night with a 12-1 win over Round Rock.