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Tacoma lost an opportunity to close in on division-leading Salt Lake when they were stunned by a walk-off homer, but Everett's Tyson Gillies made the M's farm teams 1-1 in walk-offs on Sunday. Read on for Sunday's action in the minors as well as Mariner news and notes. AROUND THE MINORS Three solo home runs were not enough to lift Tacoma to a win on Sunday, as they lost 4-3 to Sacramento. all went deep for the Rainiers, who only had two hits otherwise (both by Rob Johnson). For once, it was the Rainiers who blew a late lead. Diaz’ homer in the ninth inning gave the Rainiers a 3-2 lead and put Randy Messenger in line for the win. Messenger threw two scoreless innings in relief of Scott Shoemaker, who allowed two runs in six innings. But Jared Wells gave up a two-out, two-run, walk-off home run to Brooks Conrad that gave the... [read full story]
