Yakima Valley Pippins

All season long, the Yakima Valley Pippins had found ways to win games that were seemingly out of reach. Take, for instance, July 2, when the Pippins trailed by the Kelowna Falcons by three runs entering the bottom of the ninth inning before walking off on a Mitch Ellis walk-off double. Or take July 11 against Victoria, when the Pippins ripped off 11 unanswered runs from the second inning on after

Jack Benjamin, play-by-play man for the Yakima Valley Pippins, has been asked by many in the last 12 hours what he thinks the team's chances for victory are to tonight when the Pips take on the Corvallis Knights in an elimination game in the West Coast League's Divisional Series finale. And why not? He's seen every pitch of every inning so far this season and know how the two teams match-up agains

The Yakima Valley Pippins dominated the Corvallis Knights at home for a 9-3 victory in game one of their West Coast League South Divisional Round Series on Tuesday night. Playing in front of their home crowd, the Knights staved off elimination with a late rally in game two on yesterday, earning an 8-4 victory to set up a decisive game three with the Pippins tonight, with the winner set to advance

The Yakima Valley Pippins entered Tuesday’s postseason matchup against the Corvallis Knights winless in their postseason history, while also having never produced more than three runs in any of their four previous postseason games. That changed in a big way last night, as the Pips collected 15 hits from eight different players en route to a 9-3 victory in game one against Corvallis to take game on

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Yakima Valley Pippins may have been outscored, outhit, and outplayed by the Corvallis Knights in their regular season finale on Sunday night, but there was a silver lining to the result. Using their overall record as the key tiebreaker, the Pippins were able to overcome a 7-3 loss to Corvallis to clinch the second playoff berth in the West Coast League South over the Cowlitz

The Yakima Valley Pippins clinched a playoff berth on the final day of the regular season earlier today in Corvallis, OR despite losing the game 7-3. The Pips clinched a spot due to tie-breakers that were in their favor.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – With the Yakima Valley Pippins trailing the Corvallis Knights 4-3 with two runners on base and two outs in top of the ninth inning on Saturday night, Steve Sordahl stepped to the plate. Sordahl, who had entered the at-bat just two for his last 20, and who had seen his average drop below ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. – On July 10, the Cowlitz Black Bears had just used dominant pitching to take consecutive games and the series from the Yakima Valley Pippins on the road. Following a 7-5 Pippins win in their series opener on July 8, Cowlitz had allowed just three runs in the final two games of the series...

LONGVIEW, Wash. – In his fourth scheduled start of the season against the Corvallis Knights on July 24, Taylor Dollard (Cal Poly-SLO) lasted just two innings because of a blister that provided him with extreme discomfort on his throwing hand. In his fifth start, on Tuesday night against the Cowlitz Black Bears, Dollard more than made up for his early exit in his prior outing, dealing eight shutout

YAKIMA, Wash. – Anthony Alvarado (Columbia Basin) did not know he was going to start Sunday night’s game for the Yakima Valley Pippins until he arrived at the ballpark earlier in the day. It did not seem to matter to the left-hander, however, as Alvarado threw a complete game shutout, allowing just a pair of hits while getting a bunch of early run support from his offense as the Pippins beat the P