west coast league

Fresh off a couple of tough losses in Bellingham, the Pippins needed some early Fourth of July fireworks Friday night, and Darrion Simons -- who dealt eight quality innings -- was just the spark they needed. His strong start led the Pippins to a 6-1 win over the Walla Walla Sweets at The Orchard...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – In a pitcher’s duel through eight innings between the Pippins and the Bellingham Bells, the offense showed off over the final couple frames. The final display was a walk-off home run from Bellingham’s Chase Scott that sent the Bells to a 5-3 win over the Pippins at Joe Martin Field...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The road may not offer familiar environments for the Yakima Valley Pippins, but they keep turning in familiar results away from home: wins. Yakima Valley improved to 8-2 away from home on Tuesday night, knocking off the Bellingham Bells, 6-3, at Joe Martin Field...

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins were unable to complete a couple rally attempts Sunday in a doubleheader with the Kelowna, dropping both games to the Falcons.   Game one   After going scoreless over the first two innings, the Falcons put up runs in each of the next four innings against starter Darrion Simons and reliever Alhanon Miller. Both sid...

WENATCHEE, Wash. – For the third straight road trip, the Yakima Valley Pippins came into the final game of a three-game series with a chance to pick up a sweep. After two unsuccessful tries, the Pippins finally brought out the brooms on Thursday, knocking off the Wenatchee Applesox by a score of 7-4...

WENATCHEE, Wash. – In a game that took almost four hours and saw 18 runs cross the plate on 31 hits, the Yakima Valley Pippins prevailed over the Wenatchee Applesox Wednesday night by a score of 10-8.   Early on, it seemed the Pippins (11-6) could do no wrong. The...

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Yakima Valley Pippins have been road warrior through their first two seasons as a franchise, and that warrior mentality came through again Tuesday in Wenatchee, as the Pippins dealt the Applesox a 6-3 loss in the series opener...

In a series full of offense over the first two games, Sunday’s rubber match between the Yakima Valley Pippins and the Kelowna Falcons was much more about the pitching. Ultimately, it was Kelowna’s Brady Miller that came out on top, as his Falcons left Yakima with a 5-0 win to clinch the series...

After a couple of frustrating nights at the plate, things finally turned in a positive direction for the Yakima Valley Pippins Saturday night, as Tyler Friis delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th to get the Pippins a 7-6 win over the Kelowna Falcons...

Saturday night, the Pippins had a ninth-inning rally fall just short to the Walla Walla Sweets. Sunday, they made yet another late rally and did enough to prevail by a score of 6-4 over the Sweets at The Orchard in State Fair Park. For the first six innings, the Pippins (6-2) had trouble mustering much at the plate against Sweets’ starter Trevin Haseltine and reliever Chris Tate...