Originally published Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Tacoma can't overcome Zephyrs

Jesus Feliciano drove in three runs, and Mike Nickeas had a home run and two runs batted in to lead the New Orleans Zephyrs to a 7-3 win...

TACOMA — Jesus Feliciano drove in three runs, and Mike Nickeas had a home run and two runs batted in to lead the New Orleans Zephyrs to a 7-3 win over the Tacoma Rainiers on Tuesday in a Pacific Coast League game.

Tacoma (13-11) scored three times — on a Jeremy Reed RBI single and Bryan LaHair's two-run double — in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut its deficit to 4-3, but the Zephyrs (15-10) answered with two runs in the seventh and another in the eighth.

Brian Stokes (3-2) allowed three runs and struck out eight over six innings to pick up the win. Sean White (1-1) gave up four runs in 5-1/3 innings to take the loss.

From team reports

ZEPHYRS 7, RAINIERS 3


New Orleans	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Reyes, 2b	4	0	0	0	1	1	.240
Feliciano, cf	6	2	2	3	0	0	.311
Abreu, 1b	4	0	1	0	1	1	.276
Stewart, rf	5	0	1	1	0	1	.221
Tatis, 3b	4	0	2	1	1	1	.237
Aguila, lf	4	1	0	0	1	1	.338
Nickeas, c	5	1	2	2	0	1	.243
Mendez, dh	3	2	3	0	2	0	.400
Hernandez, ss	4	1	2	0	1	1	.202
Totals	39	7	13	7	7	7

2B -- Feliciano, J (5), Mendez, V (2), Tatis (4). HR -- Nickeas (1). RBI -- Feliciano, J 3 (14), Stewart (9), Nickeas 2 (7), Tatis (16). 2-out RBI -- Stewart; Nickeas 2; Tatis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- Aguila 3; Feliciano, J 3; Abreu 2; Hernandez, A. S: Reyes, A. SB -- Feliciano, J (2), Reyes, A (6). PB: Nickeas (2). DP: (Hernandez, A-Reyes, A-Abreu).


Tacoma	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Hulett, 2b	4	0	0	0	0	2	.100
Chen, 3b	3	1	2	0	1	0	.254
Reed, cf	4	1	2	1	0	1	.361
Kinkade, 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.278
LaHair, lf	3	0	1	2	1	1	.300
Jimerson, dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	.298
Johnson, c	4	0	2	0	0	1	.244
Johnson, rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Navarro, ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	.294
Totals	33	3	8	3	2	9

2B -- LaHair (8). RBI -- Reed (10), LaHair 2 (20). 2-out RBI -- LaHair 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- Kinkade; LaHair 2; Jimerson; Hulett. GIDP: Navarro. SB -- Chen, Y 2 (5). CS: LaHair (1).



New Orleans	003 001 210	--	7	13	0
Tacoma	000 003 000	--	3	8	0


NewOrleans	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Stokes (W, 3-2)	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	5.60
Collazo (S, 1)	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	1.71


Tacoma	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
White (L, 1-1)	5.1	8	4	4	4	4	5.13
O'Flaherty	1.2	2	2	2	1	2	6.75
Huber	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	7.59

WP -- Collazo. HBP -- Johnson, B (by Collazo). Umpires -- HP: Barry Larson. 1B: Jacob Uhlenhopp. 3B -- Mike Muchlinski. T -- 2:38. A -- 2,284.

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