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Rainiers bring Bees to their knees
The host Tacoma Rainiers beat Salt Lake 6-1 in a Pacific Coast League game on Monday night, handing the Bees their third straight loss.
Chris Taylor put Tacoma in front with a two-run homer in the first inning. The Rainiers added two runs in the third, one in the fourth and one in the sixth on a leadoff homer by former Bee Ed Lucas.
Salt Lake's only run came in the fifth inning when Kyle Kubitza tripled off of the right-field wall and scored on a single to right by Juan Graterol.
Bees starter Chris Jones (1-2) was charged with the loss, allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits with one walk and one strikeout over six innings. Former Rainier Lucas Luetge came out of the Salt Lake bullpen and retired all six batters he faced.
Kubitza led the Bees with two hits, one triple and one double. Jefry Marte went 0-for-4 to snap a nine-game hitting streak.
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