Pippins Pick Up Big Bounceback Win

For the second time in the span of three days, the Pippins followed up a tough loss with a dominant win, as they dispatched the Walla Walla Sweets, 8-1, on Sunday night.

Just like the Pippins (16-11) got from Darrion Simons in Friday’s big bounceback win, a strong starting pitching performance from Jens Jensen led the way for the Pippins. The righty lasted 7 innings and allowed 4 hits, 1 run, 3 walks and struck out 5 to pick up his third win of the season. The only run the Yakima-native allowed came on a bases-loaded walk in the 6^th.

He got plenty of support from the bats, too, as the Pippins teed off on Walla Walla starter Max Gamboa. Yakima Valley scored four times in the 1^st inning by way of an Alex Guenette single, a Mitch Skaggs double and a Tyler Mildenberg sacrifice fly. The Pippins got two more runs against Gamboa in the 3^rd to make it 6-0.

After the Sweets (13-14) got their only run in the 6^th, the Pippins scored their final two runs of the evening in the bottom of the inning on RBI singles from Branson Trube and Guenette.

The win ended a streak of three consecutive home series losses for the Pippins, who took two of three games from Walla Walla. The two teams will play the back end of a home-and-home series starting Monday at 7:05 p.m. in Walla Walla. Left-hander Mitch Yada is slated to make the start for the Pippins, who hit the halfway point of their second West Coast League season on pace for a 32-22 record.

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