Originally published Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Wladimir Balentien homers twice for Rainiers

Wladimir Balentien homered twice and Prentice Redman went 4 for 5 with a home run as the Tacoma Rainiers beat Las Vegas 11-6 in a Pacific Coast League game Friday night.

LAS VEGAS — Wladimir Balentien homered twice and Prentice Redman went 4 for 5 with a home run as the Tacoma Rainiers beat Las Vegas 11-6 in a Pacific Coast League game Friday night.

Balentien hit two-run homers in the third and fifth innings. He's batting .238 with 11 homers for the Rainiers after being demoted to Class AAA by the Mariners last month.

Redman, the Rainiers' leadoff batter and left fielder, lifted his average to .324 with four hits.

Matt Tuiasosopo was 3 for 5 with a double for Tacoma (46-49).

Rainiers box score

RAINIERS 11, 51s 6


Tacoma	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Redman, rf	5	3	4	2	1	0	.324
Tuiasosopo, 3b	5	1	3	3	1	0	.257
Diaz, lf	6	0	1	1	0	1	.285
LaHair, dh	5	2	2	1	1	3	.258
Balentien, cf	5	2	2	4	0	0	.238
Wilson, 1b	5	1	2	0	0	1	.400
Valbuena, 2b	3	1	0	0	2	1	.159
Oliveros, c	4	0	1	0	0	0	.231
Navarro, ss	4	1	1	0	1	0	.276
Totals	42	11	16	11	6	6

2B -- Oliveros (1), Redman (7), Navarro (16), Tuiasosopo, M (20), Diaz, V (23). HR -- Balentien 2 (11), Redman (10). RBI -- LaHair (51), Balentien 4 (31), Redman 2 (22), Tuiasosopo, M 3 (43), Diaz, V (62). 2-out RBI -- LaHair; Balentien 2; Redman 2; Tuiasosopo, M 3; Diaz, V. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- Balentien 3; Navarro; LaHair 2. S: Oliveros. E: Oliveros (2, throw). DP: 2 (Valbuena-Navarro-Wilson, C, Thorpe-Oliveros-Wilson, C).


Las Vegas	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Repko, cf	5	0	2	1	0	1	.278
Martinez, 2b	5	0	1	0	0	0	.298
Tiffee, 3b	5	1	2	0	0	1	.393
Sweeney, dh	5	0	1	0	0	1	.333
Lindsey, 1b	2	2	2	1	2	0	.315
Jones, rf	3	2	1	0	2	1	.243
Chavez, ss	4	1	1	1	1	0	.293
Ellis, c	3	0	0	1	2	0	.289
Ruan, lf	3	0	1	1	0	1	.348
Griffin, ph-lf	1	0	1	0	0	0	.300
Totals	36	6	12	5	7	5

2B -- Repko (18), Lindsey (25), Jones, M (7), Tiffee (34). RBI -- Ellis (39), Ruan (14), Repko (31), Chavez, A (52), Lindsey (71). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -- Sweeney 2; Ellis; Martinez, R. SF -- Lindsey. GIDP: Martinez, R; Ellis.



Tacoma	003 220 004	-	11	16	1
Las Vegas	030 000 021	-	6	12	0


Tacoma	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Woods	3.0	4	3	3	3	1	4.61
Messenger (W, 4-4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	4.71
Rivera, M	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	10.80
Kershner	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shoemaker	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	5.98
Huber	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	7.25
Thorpe	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	10.19


Las Vegas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Orenduff, J (L, 2-6)	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	6.78
LaMura	3.1	6	2	2	1	1	8.10
Akin	1.1	3	4	4	4	0	13.89
Felix	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Rivera, M pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. WP -- Rivera, M, Huber. Umpires -- HP: John Brammer. 1B: Cory Blaser. 3B -- Chris Griffith. Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, R to L. T -- 3:32 (:04 delay). A -- 6,083.

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