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The Yakima Valley Pippins battled, scratched and clawed their way to a 7-6 win over the Cowlitz Black Bears on Wednesday night at County Stadium to clinch the Eastern Division of the West Coast League. The Pippins (33-18) are the first expansion team to win a division and just the second to make the playoffs in their first year...

Yakima's Andrew Woods spun some magic on the mound with an eight-inning, six-strikeout performance as the Pippins shut out the Cowlitz Black Bears, 2-0, Tuesday night at County Stadium. The West Coast League's leader in strikeouts with 58, Woods was 1-2-3 lights-out against the Black Bears, who mustered only three hits off him before Kenny Rosenberg came in for the save and to ensure the win and t

The Yakima Valley Pippins wrote themselves into the West Coast League record books Monday night after holding off the Cowlitz Black Bears, 11-8, at County Stadium. The win lifts the Pippins to 31-18 -- the most wins ever by an WCL expansion team...

The sky over Yakima County Stadium wasn't the only place where thunder and lightning was going on Saturday night. Lightning from the bats of the Yakima Valley Pippins struck down the Kelowna Falcons, 9-4, to extend the Pippins' winning streak to six games...

The Yakima Valley Pippins extended their record to 28-18 Friday night with their fifth straight win, 2-1, over the Kelowna Falcons at Yakima County Stadium.   Mitch Yada made his second start of the season and Kenny Rosenberg got the save. ...

The Yakima Valley Pippins swept the Walla Walla Sweets by rolling to a 4-1 victory Thursday night in Walla Walla. Yakima's Andrew Woods, Beau Kerns, Kenny Rosenberg and Nick Kern combined for a one-run, five-hit performance that gave Woods his fourth win of the season and Kern save number six...

Austin Woodward had a strong showing and Nick Kern picked up his fifth save of the season as the Yakima Valley Pippins held off a late-inning Walla Walla Sweets surge for an 8-7 win Tuesday in Walla Walla.   The second inning was the big blast for the Pippins, who scored seven runs off eight hits. Sha...

The Yakima Valley Pippins started off strong Saturday night in Kelowna with four runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk, a two-run double and a batter hit by a pitch with the bases. Trailing 4-0, the Kelowna Falcons answered with runs in the second and third to close the gap and bring the score to 4-2...

With timely hitting and fielding, the Yakima Valley Pippins kept the Kelowna Falcons playing catch-up Friday night. The Pippins set the table for their 7-5 win in Kelowna with a double celebration in the first inning, when Vince Fernandez -- who was celebrating his 19th birthday -- hit a three-run home run...

For the past three games, the Yakima Valley Pippins and Bellingham Bells have squared off like heavyweights. But Bellingham answered the bell Thursday night, coming back from an early 5-0 deficit to defeat the hometown Pippins, 6-5. The Pippins lit up the scoreboard in the second inning with Laz Villa's RBI double...