Minor League Baseball
Beaver injured after his slam beats Rainiers

By The Associated Press

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PORTLAND — Tagg Bozied hit a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning and then was carted off the field on a stretcher in the Portland Beavers' 8-5 Pacific Coast League victory over the Tacoma Rainiers last night.

Bozied injured his left knee in the celebration at the plate after his slam, which lifted the Beavers to a comeback win.

Bozied, 24, went down at the feet of his teammates just after reaching the plate.

The Rainiers had intentionally walked Yamid Haad with one out in the ninth, loading the bases for Bozied.

Jamal Strong homered and scored four runs for the Rainiers, who have lost 10 of their past 12 games. A.J. Zapp's RBI double had put Tacoma ahead 5-3 in the top of the ninth.

Rainiers box score

Beavers 8, Rainiers 5

Tacoma	AB	R	H	BI
Strong, lf	5	4	3	1
MLopez, 2b	5	0	2	2
Reed, cf	3	1	1	1
Zapp, 1b	5	0	1	1
Christianson, dh	5	0	1	0
Dobbs, 3b	4	0	0	0
Horner, c	3	0	1	0
Santiago, ss	2	0	0	0
Guzman, rf	4	0	0	0
Totals	36	5	9	5

Portland	AB	R	H	BI
Guzman, cf	4	2	2	0
Robinson, rf	4	0	1	2
Hernandez, c	3	0	0	0
Haad, c	1	1	0	0
Bozied, 1b	4	2	1	4
Knott, lf	4	0	0	0
Vazquez, 2b	2	1	0	0
Fernandez, dh	2	0	0	0
Scales, ph	1	0	0	0
Gautreau, 3b	3	0	1	2
Castro, ph	1	1	1	0
Furmaniak, ss	3	1	1	0
Totals	32	8	7	8

Tacoma	101 000 102	—	5	9	0
Portland	001 200 005	—	8	7	3

Rainiers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
baek	3.1	4	3	3	3	3
Anderson	2.2	0	0	0	0	2
Harris	1.2	1	0	0	0	1
Williams	0.1	1	1	1	0	0
Atchinson, L 4-3	0.1	1	4	4	2	0

Beavers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Sweeney	6.1	5	3	2	3	2
Oropesa	1.2	0	0	0	1	1
McLeary, W 3-4	1.0	4	2	2	1	0

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