USPL DOUBLE A
YAKIMA HOPS AT MINNESOTA LOONS
09/15/2025
 
USPL DOUBLE A
YAKIMA HOPS AT MINNESOTA LOONS
GAME ID: 5053 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakima Hops (56-44) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 1
Minnesota Loons (43-57) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Hops Stun Loons, 3-2
Yakima beat Minnesota on the strength of starter Mariano Martínez's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a 3-2 win. Yakima reliever John Sirica picked up the win, upping his record to 1-0. Jim Unknown was saddled with the loss. Finn Wuilink was called on to finish, recording his 8th save.

It could have been a different outcome for Yakima, had it not been for Pedro Tapia, the speedster . Tapia contributed a run-scoring sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning to put Yakima up, 3-2.

"For the most part, I stayed out of the middle of the plate," Martínez said.

The Hops saw their record improve to 56-44.
YAKIMA BATTING LINESCORES MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORES
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
P. Tapia CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .272 2 29
O. Villa RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .237 4 48
T. Jones C 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .244 3 29
L. Luquín SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277 6 41
E. Lugo 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .266 4 26
D. Luna DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .178 1 14
L. Roper 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .238 6 22
   c-J. Reyes PH, 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .274 2 30
C. Shafer 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .223 6 35
B. Skelly LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241 0 3
   a-J. Unknown PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-J. Unknown LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3 1 8 18      
a - J. Unknown pinch hit for B. Skelly in the 7th
b - J. Unknown substituted for J. Unknown in the 7th
c - J. Reyes pinch hit for L. Roper in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Jones , L. Luquín , B. Skelly , C. Shafer , P. Tapia , L. Roper , O. Villa , E. Lugo , J. Reyes
2-out RBI: T. Jones , O. Villa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Jones , C. Shafer , O. Villa , E. Lugo
Sac Fly: P. Tapia
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Luna (7) , P. Tapia (8) , E. Lugo (10)

FIELDING
Errors: E. Lugo (8)
Double Plays: 2 (Lugo-Luquín-Shafer, Shafer-Luquín)
PB: T. Jones
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Arévalo CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .253 3 32
   f-S. Esparza PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292 2 21
L. Creek LF 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .227 3 30
   a-A. Marreiros PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188 1 4
   g-D. Stockman PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 2 14
G. Sánchez DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .271 13 54
J. León 1B 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .257 6 38
D. Aiken 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .195 0 12
   b-M. Rosales PH, 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316 5 27
D. García RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .263 1 5
J. Soto SS 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .139 0 1
   c-J. Unknown PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   d-B. Reeves SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 2 25
W. Horton C 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .250 1 13
F. Santos 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 .260 1 16
   e-A. Rucker PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 1 7
Totals 34 2 10 2 3 12 19      
a - A. Marreiros pinch hit for L. Creek in the 7th
b - M. Rosales pinch hit for D. Aiken in the 8th
c - J. Unknown pinch hit for J. Soto in the 8th
d - B. Reeves substituted for J. Unknown in the 9th
e - A. Rucker pinch hit for F. Santos in the 9th
f - S. Esparza pinch hit for A. Arévalo in the 9th
g - D. Stockman pinch hit for A. Marreiros in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. León (14, 4th Inning off M. Martínez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Santos , J. Soto 2 , L. Creek , D. Aiken , A. Arévalo , J. León 3 , M. Rosales , S. Esparza
2-out RBI: L. Creek
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Marreiros , J. Unknown
GIDP: G. Sánchez
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Santos (3)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Rosales (4)
YAKIMA PITCHING LINESCORES MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORES
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
M. Martínez 6.0 7 2 2 3 8 0 102 62 4.01
J. Sirica W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 34 21 1.90
F. Wuilink SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 2.75
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Martínez 55
Batters Faced: M. Martínez 27, J. Sirica 7, F. Wuilink 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Martínez 6-2, J. Sirica 0-1, F. Wuilink 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Martínez 102-62, J. Sirica 34-21, F. Wuilink 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Sirica 2-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
J. Larranaga 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 101 71 5.01
S. Rayla 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 10 3.83
J. Unknown L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 12 0.00
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Larranaga 55
Batters Faced: J. Larranaga 26, S. Rayla 6, J. Unknown 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Larranaga 6-6, S. Rayla 2-2, J. Unknown 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Larranaga 101-71, S. Rayla 14-10, J. Unknown 20-12
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mariano Martínez
Ballpark: Loony Bin
Weather: Partly Cloudy (57 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm CST
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 3483
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