Jack Benjamin
Six Errors Stall Pippins’ Comeback Bid
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,
Pippins Let Opportunities Slide in Loss to Corvallis
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
Pippins Withstand Wenatchee’s Rally to Complete Sweep
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...
Pippins Set Home Run Mark, Hold Off AppleSox in Series Opener
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
Granberg Leads South to Victory in 2017 WCL All-Star Game
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...
Pippins Punch Late Run Across to Beat Bells
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Entering Saturday night, the Yakima Valley Pippins had struggled to win close games. In fact, they had dropped a tight one-run decision a night prior to the Bellingham Bells, whom they were tied with in the top of the eighth inning once again on Saturday...
Pippins’ 9th Inning Rally Falls Short Against Bells
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Down 4-3 to the Bellingham Bells entering the top of the ninth inning on Friday night, the task at hand for the Yakima Valley Pippins seemed reasonable. By plating a run the Pippins could force extra innings by recording three outs in the bottom of the frame...
Dollard Delivers as Pippins Take Series in Victoria
VICTORIA, B.C. – After losing a 13-10 high-scoring affair on Thursday, in which their starter lasted just three innings, and after having their starter go just four innings on Tuesday despite a 12-6 win, the Yakima Valley Pippins were desperate for a quality start in the rubber game of their series with the Victoria HarbourCats...
Pippins Use Furious Rally to Roll Past HarbourCats
VICTORIA, B.C. – The Yakima Valley Pippins scored in the first inning on Tuesday night for just the ninth time in the 2017 season. A notoriously slow-starting group, the Pippins had to be pleased with their pushing across the first run of the game...
Pippins Bats Stay Quiet in Loss to Cowlitz
YAKIMA, Wash. – Early Monday, the Yakima Valley Pippins were notified that six of their players had been selected to participate in next week’s West Coast League All-Star Game. The six selections were the second most in the WCL, second to only the Corvallis Knights, and they were well deserved, considering the Pippins had boasted one of the league’s best offenses in the first half of the season...