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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. – On June 20, the Yakima Valley Pippins were reeling after a second walkoff loss in four games, and had dropped four straight to sit dead last at four games back in the West Coast League South Division standings. A little more than a week later, the Pippins are now the hottest team in the West Coast League...

YAKIMA, Wash. – On June 7, Dillon Plew (Washington State) homered for the Yakima Valley Pippins. At the time, Plew’s towering shot over the right field wall seemed surprising, given that it was already the Pippins’ third home run of the season just six games in...

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins had hit five home runs as of Friday night. The Pippins have now hit eight in their past four games, including two more on Tuesday night, to propel themselves to an 8-5 victory over the Bend Elks for their third straight win...

Over two seasons in the West Coast League, opponents have had a tough time sweeping the Pippins. The Bend Elks became the latest team to fall short in its quest to break out the brooms, as the Pippins held on for a 5-4 win in the series finale at County Stadium...

After four straight one-run games, the Yakima Valley Pippins found themselves on the wrong side of a lopsided loss on Wednesday, falling 12-3 at the hands of the Bend Elks. The Elks (30-8) built a 4-0 lead after four innings, but the Pippins (20-18) made things interesting in the 6th...

A great combined pitching performance by Brandon Williams, Kenny Rosenberg and Nick Kern helped the Yakima Valley Pippins shut down the Bend Elks, 3-1, Saturday night in Bend. Brandon Williams got his fourth win on the season and Nick Kern notched his third save...

The Bend Elks snapped the Pippins' four-game winning streak in a 6-3 game in Oregon that left an additional sting for Yakima Valley’s Shawn Wardian — his hitting streak was stopped at 14 games. The Elks got the scoring off early in the first inning with an RBI single by Billy King...

The Yakima Valley Pippins struck swiftly in their first meeting with the Bend Elks, putting three runs on the scoreboard in the first two innings en route to a 15-7 win on the road Thursday night. Yakima's Reed Martinez got a sacrifice fly in the first inning...