Originally published Friday, May 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Clement homers again in Rainiers loss

Jeff Clement homered for the third consecutive game, but it wasn't enough for Tacoma in a 7-4 Pacific Coast League loss to Las Vegas before...

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TACOMA — Jeff Clement homered for the third consecutive game, but it wasn't enough for Tacoma in a 7-4 Pacific Coast League loss to Las Vegas before 3,915 fans at Cheney Stadium on Thursday night.

Clement, who was sent back to the AAA Rainiers by the Mariners on Sunday, was 2 for 5 with a single. The 24-year-old catcher is batting .387 with eight homers for Tacoma.

In the bottom of the ninth, Tug Hulett hit a two-run double and Matt Tuiasosopo singled, bringing the tying run to the plate for Tacoma with no outs. But Clement grounded out, Victor Diaz struck out and Bryan LaHair grounded out, ending the threat.

Rainiers box score

51s 7, RAINIERS 4


Las Vegas	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Paul, cf	4	3	2	1	1	0	.272
Chavez, 2b-1b	4	1	2	2	1	0	.282
Tiffee, 1b-lf	5	1	2	1	0	0	.412
LaRoche, 3b	4	0	0	1	0	0	.246
Lindsey, dh	4	0	1	0	0	0	.338
Griffin, lf	5	0	1	0	0	2	.255
Lizarraga, 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Repko, rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Ellis, c	3	1	1	0	1	0	.295
Rundgren, ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	.203
Totals	37	7	10	5	3	3

2B -- Tiffee (23). HR -- Paul (4). RBI -- Tiffee (37), Chavez, A 2 (24), Paul (27), LaRoche (14). 2-out RBI -- Chavez, A 2; Paul. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- Lindsey; Tiffee; Rundgren. SF -- LaRoche. SB -- Paul (7). E: LaRoche 2 (4), Rundgren (5). PB: Ellis (3). DP: (Rundgren-Chavez, A-Tiffee).


Tacoma	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Hulett, 2b	5	0	1	2	0	2	.225
Tuiasosopo, 3b	4	1	1	0	1	2	.246
Clement, c	5	1	2	1	0	1	.387
Diaz, dh	5	0	1	0	0	1	.299
LaHair, 1b	4	0	1	0	1	1	.265
Garrett, rf	3	0	2	1	0	1	.258
Jimerson, cf	4	0	0	0	0	0	.236
Redman, lf	3	1	0	0	0	0	.214
Navarro, ss	4	1	1	0	0	2	.294
Totals	37	4	9	4	2	10

2B -- Diaz, V (7), Navarro (9), Hulett (7). HR -- Clement (8). RBI -- Garrett (11), Clement (26), Hulett 2 (9). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- LaHair 4; Jimerson; Tuiasosopo, M. SF -- Garrett. GIDP: Jimerson. SB -- Redman (1). E: Redman (1), Navarro (5).



Las Vegas	130 100 002	--	7	10	3
Tacoma	000 001 012	--	4	9	2


Las Vegas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Johnson (W, 6-2)	6.0	4	1	0	1	7	4.10
Jones, G	1.1	2	1	1	1	2	4.01
Pollok (S, 2)	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	3.34


Tacoma	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Woerman (L, 1-3)	3.0	6	4	3	1	0	13.29
Shoemaker	4.0	2	1	1	1	1	2.49
Thorpe	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Huber	1.0	2	2	1	0	1	4.50

HBP -- Redman (by Pollok), Lindsey (by Thorpe). Umpires -- HP: Jacob Uhlenhopp. 1B: Mike Muchlinski. 3B -- Barry Larson. Weather: 56 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, Out to RF. T -- 3:02. A -- 3,915.

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