Originally published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Victor Diaz's homers lift Rainiers past Royals
Victor Diaz hit two home runs for the Tacoma Rainiers, who edged the Omaha Royals 6-4 on Monday night in Pacific Coast League action. Diaz's two-run shot in...
OMAHA, Neb. — Victor Diaz hit two home runs for the Tacoma Rainiers, who edged the Omaha Royals 6-4 on Monday night in Pacific Coast League action.
Diaz's two-run shot in the third inning put Tacoma (20-17) ahead 5-1, and his fifth-inning solo shot capped the Rainiers' scoring.
Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (2-4) picked up the win, allowing four runs — three earned — on 10 hits while walking one and striking out four.
From team reports.
Rainiers box score
| Tacoma | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
| Hulett, 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Chen, 3b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Reed, cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .361 |
| Diaz, rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| LaHair, dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Garrett, 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| Johnson, c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| Navarro, ss | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .326 |
| Johnson, lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .065 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Omaha | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
| Maier, cf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .377 |
| Aviles, 2b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 |
| Costa, rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Buchanan, dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Tupman, c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Smith, 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Berroa, ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Stodolka, 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Hollins, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Tacoma | 122 010 000 | - | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Omaha | 001 010 200 | - | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Tacoma | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | ||
| Dickey (W, 2-4) | 6.2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.38 |
| Jimenez, C (H, 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 |
| Corcoran (S, 3) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Omaha | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | ||
| Fulchino (L, 1-1) | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.07 |
| Colon | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 |
| Lowery | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 |
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