Rainiers Rally Late, Beat Comets in Extras

Tacoma Rainiers — 8

Oklahoma City Comets — 7

(10 Innings)

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 – Cheney Stadium – Tacoma, Wash.

Game Summary: The Tacoma Rainiers overcame a three-run deficit in the late innings and defeated the Oklahoma City Comets, 8-7, in 10 innings on a game-winning double by Jacob Nottingham Saturday night at Cheney Stadium. The Comets (38-36/84-65) led, 7-4, heading to the bottom of the eighth inning when Leody Taveras hit a two-run homer close the gap to one run. Jack López led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk and later scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly. The Rainiers (47-27/85-64) then loaded the bases with one out but the Comets escaped the inning with a strikeout and a groundout. OKC failed to score in the top of the 10th inning before Nottingham hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the frame. Tacoma scored in the first inning before Jose Ramos tied the game in the second inning with a home run. OKC then took a 3-1 lead in the third inning on a two-run single by Justin Dean. Kody Hoese added a two-run homer in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 5-1. Tacoma responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and the score remained 5-4 until Luken Baker hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to give the Comets a three-run edge.

Of Note:

-The Comets lost for the eighth time this season when leading after eight innings and 13th time when leading after seven innings…OKC fell to 6-6 in extra innings, including 2-5 on the road…Saturday was the team’s 12th walk-off loss the season.

-Saturday was the team’s fourth loss of the season after leading by as many as four runs…OKC was charged with its Minor League-leading 41st blown save of the year.

-Jose Ramos homered for a second straight game and extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games. During the streak, Ramos is batting .409 (18x44) with four home runs, eight extra-base hits and eight RBI…Over his last 14 games, Ramos is 19-for-52 (.365) with five homers.

-Justin Dean recorded a team-high three hits and went 3-for-5 with two RBI…Since his return to OKC, Dean has hit safely in seven of eight games, going 13-for-30 (.433) with five multi-hit games.

-Luken Baker hit his fourth home run in the last six games with a two-run dinger in the eighth inning.

-Austin Gauthier walked twice and now has 93 walks this season — the most by an OKC player in a single season during the Bricktown era (since 1998).

Next Up: The Comets conclude the 2025 season at 3:35 p.m. Central time Sunday in Tacoma. Live radio coverage of each Comets game begins 15 minutes before first pitch on AM 1340 "The Game," 1340thegame.com and through the free iHeartRadio or MiLB First Pitch apps.