Yakima Valley Pippins

YAKIMA, Wash. – Back on June 20, Tora Otsuka (San Diego) had every right to question his approach at the plate. At the time, Otsuka had collected just four hits in his first 28 at-bats for the Yakima Valley Pippins. The numbers did not tell the whole story, however as Otsuka was hitting the ball hard but right at infielders and outfielders while his strike out rate was still low and he was working

BEND, Ore. – The Yakima Valley Pippins have used their 2017 West Coast League season to redefine the expression “no lead is safe.” Not only have the Pippins recovered from many deficits to win, but they have also blown their fair share of opportunities...

BEND, Ore. – Having just blown a 5-4 lead with their star pitcher, Connor White (Portland), on the mound in the eighth, many teams might have hung their heads and folded in a road game. Of course, in terms of the ability to persevere, the Yakima Valley Pippins are not most teams...

YAKIMA, Wash. – In the first two games of their series with the Corvallis Knights, the Yakima Valley Pippins’ bullpen had been unable to contain Corvallis, leading to a pair of close defeats. That had to change if the Pippins were to win on Monday, when Pete Minella (Western Illinois) was summoned into the ballgame in the third inning, after starter Taylor Dollard (Cal Poly-SLO) had to leave the g

YAKIMA, Wash. – For the second night in a row, the Yakima Valley Pippins out-hit the Corvallis Knights by five. And yet, for the second night in a row, a Pippins’ comeback came up short. Despite tying a franchise-record with 19 hits, which included six player tallying two hits or more, the Pippins fell 13-11 to Corvallis on Sunday, as the Knights took the first two games of the series on the road,

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins were out-hit twice in three games by the Wenatchee AppleSox in their previous series, and yet were able to win three straight. On Saturday night, the Corvallis Knights gave the Pippins a dose of their own medicine, as the Pippins collected 15 hits to the Knights’ 10, but stranded 13 baserunners and let a late lead slip away, in a 6-5 loss to Corvallis in t

YAKIMA, Wash. – Leading 6-0 entering the top of the fifth inning on Friday night, the Yakima Valley Pippins were pulling out the brooms to gear up for a series sweep of the Wenatchee AppleSox. All of a sudden, however, the tides turned, as the AppleSox put together five unanswered runs to cut the deficit to one...

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins hit 24 home runs in their inaugural season of 2014, a number that seemed secure, especially considering the team’s 2015 version hit just nine long balls, while last year’s group his just five. On Wednesday night, the Pippins not only broke their previous record for home runs in a single season, but they did so in style, belting a pair of long balls en rout

YAKIMA, Wash. – Devlin Granberg of the Cowlitz Black Bears (Dallas Baptist) made himself comfortable at the plate at Yakima County Stadium when Cowlitz took two of three games from the Yakima Valley Pippins the week prior. He collected a pair of multiple-hit nights, and even hit a solo home run over the right field wall in the rubber game of the series on June 10...

Chase Illig of the Bellingham Bells (West Virginia) hit his sixth home run of the season on Sunday night within the familiar confines of Joe Martin Field. He had no issue transferring that power over to Yakima County Stadium on Monday night, as he blasted 11 home runs in round one and cruised to a wire-to-wire victory in the 2017 West Coast League Home Run Derby presented by Wildhorse Casino. Read