TACOMA, Wash. (Interstat) — The El Paso Chihuahuas built an early lead and held off a Tacoma rally to earn a 6-4 victory over the Rainiers on Tuesday night at Cheney Stadium.

El Paso scored twice in the first inning and added single runs in the second and third to lead 4-0. Rodolfo Durán extended the lead with a two-run homer in the fifth, finishing with three RBIs. Tacoma answered with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on RBI singles from Spencer Packard and Colin Davis, and added single runs in the sixth and eighth, but could not complete the comeback.

Winning pitcher JP Sears earned the win for El Paso, while Alek Jacob secured the save. Randy Dobnak took the loss for Tacoma. Attendance was 4,518. The game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes. Both teams are now 1-2.