TACOMA, Wash. (Interstat) — The Tacoma Rainiers answered a three-run second inning by Sacramento with one of their own and later pulled ahead to defeat the River Cats 6-4 on Saturday at Cheney Stadium.

After Tacoma took a 1-0 lead in the first, Sacramento surged ahead in the second on an RBI single by Turner Hill and a two-run double from Osleivis Basabe. Tacoma’s Jakson Reetz immediately erased the deficit with a three-run homer in the bottom half. Hill tied it with another RBI single in the fourth, but the Rainiers scored twice in the fifth for the decisive lead.

Winning pitcher Gabe Mosser earned his first victory for Tacoma. Alex Hoppe secured his third save. Nick Zwack took the loss for Sacramento. Attendance was 5,791. The game lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes. Tacoma improved to 9-10, while Sacramento fell to 10-7. The series concludes Sunday.