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Pippins Withstand Wenatchee’s Rally to Complete Sweep
Pippins Withstand Wenatchee’s Rally to Complete Sweep
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...
Pips Start 2nd Half On Right Foot
Pips Start 2nd Half On Right Foot
Pips Start 2nd Half On Right Foot
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
7 COME 11
7 COME 11
7 COME 11
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...
Pips Muster Little In Loss
Pips Muster Little In Loss
Pips Muster Little In Loss
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...
Sordahl’s Blast Boosts Pippins to Win Over Black Bears
Sordahl’s Blast Boosts Pippins to Win Over Black Bears
Sordahl’s Blast Boosts Pippins to Win Over Black Bears
YAKIMA, Wash. – When Steve Sordahl (St. Martin’s) hit a line drive that drifted just inside the foul pole and over the right field fence on June 27 in the Yakima Valley Pippins’ 7-3 win over the Bend Elks, even he attributed the solo shot to wind and a little luck...
Pippins Stun Kelowna With Four-Run 9th
Pippins Stun Kelowna With Four-Run 9th
Pippins Stun Kelowna With Four-Run 9th
YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins trailed the Kelowna Falcons 4-0 after the top of the 1st inning on Sunday night. Headed to the 7th, the Pippins led 9-5, only to trail once again, this time by a score of 13-10, heading into the bottom of the 9th...
Pips Streak Snapped At 6
Pips Streak Snapped At 6
Pips Streak Snapped At 6
YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins entered Saturday night’s game against the Kelowna Falcons riding a five game winning streak, and had seemingly brushed any memory of being swept in Kelowna to the backburner. After all, the calendar had turned to July, and this Pippins team had been much different than the one that was swept for just the second time in franchise history a few weeks ago...
Streaking Pippins Roll to Sweep, 5th Straight Win
Streaking Pippins Roll to Sweep, 5th Straight Win
Streaking Pippins Roll to Sweep, 5th Straight Win
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...
Plew Powers Pippins to Fourth Straight Win
Plew Powers Pippins to Fourth Straight Win
Plew Powers Pippins to Fourth Straight Win
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...
Pippins Explode in 6th for First Win of 2017
Pippins Explode in 6th for First Win of 2017
Pippins Explode in 6th for First Win of 2017
YAKIMA – Leading 4-2 after five innings, it seemed that the Victoria HarbourCats were well on their way to a second straight road win over the Yakima Valley Pippins. It did not seem that way for much longer. Propelled on by a seven-run 6th inning the Pippins ran away with an 11-4 win over the HarbourCats for their first win of the 2017 West Coast League season at Yakima County Stadium on Saturday